SF News Woman Who Died During Conjugal Visit to Sacramento Area Prison Likely Strangled By Inmate Husband A coroner has ruled that a woman died by strangulation during an overnight visit to Mule Creek State Prison in November, and she was alone with her convicted murderer husband at the time.
SF News 'Dirty Dick' Smith, the Eighth Former FCI Dublin Prison Figure Charged With Sex Crimes, Begins His Trial The eighth man to be charged in connection with sex crimes at the now shuttered women's prison known as FCI Dublin, and the one charged with the most counts, had his first day of trial Monday at a courthouse in Oakland.
SF News California’s Effort to Reduce, Overturn Unjust Prison Sentences From 2021 through 2024, the state of California ran a pilot program that aimed to correct excessive sentences from '90s-era “tough on crime” policies.
SF News Judge Rips Chaotic Closure of Dublin Women’s Prison, Orders That Transferred Prisoners' Rights Be Restored Every prisoner has now been abruptly transferred out of the federal women’s prison in Dublin, but some have been hauled as far away as Florida, and a judge is ordering their belongings returned and their medical care restored.
SF News Lawyers Frantically Try to Halt Chaotic Inmate Transfer at FCI Dublin Women’s Prison We don’t know how many women have been transferred out of the scandal-ravaged and soon-to-be-shuttered FCI Dublin women’s prison, but attorneys for the inmates have filed an emergency restraining order to halt the clearly haphazard and rushed transfer process.
SF News Scandal-Plagued FCI Dublin Women’s Prison Is Abruptly Closing After Torrent of Sex Abuse Claims In a sudden and surprising Monday morning announcement, the federal Bureau of Prisons announced they’re immediately closing the FCI Dublin women’s prison, and they’re already transferring the inmates out.
SF News Humpday Headlines: California Is Closing Down Two Prisons California's Correctional Department just announced the closure of two prisons and the shrinking of six others, state Sen. Scott Wiener issued a statement about his latest bomb threat, and former Theranos COO Sunny Balwani faces sentencing today.
SF News Second COVID Surge Takes Shape In CA Prisons Amid Revelations About Lax Mask-Wearing Among Staff There have now been over 3,300 new cases in California prisons in the last 14 days, and a new report suggests that mask-wearing and other safety protocols have been lax or non-existent at some prisons during the pandemic.
SF News Newsom Signs Bill Clearing Way for Ex-Inmates To Become Professional Firefighters Friday, Governor Newsom (while sitting at an ash-covered picnic table) signed Assembly Bill 2147 into law, allowing inmates who have worked as firefighters to ask for the dismissal of their charges — which will make it feasible for them to become professional firefighters once they're released.
SF News Supreme Court Orders California to Release 30,000+ Prisoners; Scalia Freaks Out The Supreme Court today issued what amounts to an injunction against the State of California and its prisons, ordering the state to release 30,000 prisoners from the overcrowded system. The 5-4 majority
