SF News San Quentin Riot Injures 4 After a dining hall riot broke out at San Quentin on Sunday, four prisoners were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. The minor melee involved at least 200 convicts. No idea what, exactly, prompted the
SF News Solano County Escapee Nabbed Remember Nathan Simpson? The convict who escaped from a detention facility in Solano County on Sunday night? Well, he was caught. According to CBS 5, Simpson "was captured by special agents from the
SF News Solano County Prison Camp Inmate On the Lam Have you seen this man? He's Nathan Simpson, 30, and he escaped from a detention facility in Solano County on Sunday night. CBS 5 reports: "Simpson is described as a white man with
SF News Tom DeLay Sentenced To 3 Years In Jail Amid this Monday swamp of owl starvation, Arizona rampage, and Dolores Park shooting, a silver lining shines through: Tom DeLay, former House majority leader during our country's darkest period, was sentenced to three
SF News Santa Cruz Inmate Escapes Custody, Then Gets Nabbed Santa Cruz was on the edge of its seat yesterday during the intense hunt for escaped fugitive Maurice Lamont Ainsworth Jr., who had escaped police custody yesterday while at Dominican Hospital for an
SF News Meanwhile, In Berkeley... While the rest of the Bay Areacelebrated the World Series victory, earnest-college-students-who-get-arrested-in-dangerous-countries-while-traveling-abroad poster girl Sarah Shourd, right, held candles during a vigil for her hiker pals still jailed in Iran. Alas, what with
SF News Prison Guards' Union Endorses Jerry Brown Jerry Brown scored another coup (not that it will matter) when the state's prison guards' union endorsed him for governor. Sacto Bee reports, "California Correctional Peace Officers Association President Mike Jimenez said in
SF News Twin Peaks Bakery Stabber Receives 26-year Sentence Scott Thomas was sentenced to 26 years in the clink yesterday. If you recall, back in 2007 Thomas walked into Creighton’s Bakery and stabbed 15-year-old Loren Schaller five times, which severed her
SF News S.F. Rally Highlights Prison Overcrowding; S.F. Jail Population Plummets A group of people are expected to hold a rally in front of the State Building in San Francisco today. It's part of "a statewide day of fasting and advocacy actions" geared at
SF News Laura Ling On <em>Oprah</em> Current TV journalist Laura Ling, who was arrested in North Korea for (accidentally?) crossing the border, will appear on Oprah today. Among other things, according to Gawker who already saw the show (damned
SF News Violent Inmates Being Freed Early? A Dateline-worthy report from The Associated Press, according to NBC Bay Area, reveals that inmates "convicted of violent crimes are among those being freed early from California jails to save money, despite lawmakers'
SF News Swine Flu Outbreak at San Quinten? A quarantine has been "expanded" at San Quentin due to a probable outbreak of the swine flu epidemic. KTVU reports that "Luis Patino, a spokesman for the federal receiver who oversees medical care
SF News Bernie Madoff Sentenced to 150 Years for Ponzi Scheme Ponzi-schemer and former non-executive chairman of the NASDAQ stock exchange Bernard Madoff was handed a 150 year prison sentence by U.S. District Judge Denny Chin this morning. In the courtroom, Madoff explained
SF News Formerly Jailed Journalist Josh Wolf On Jailed Journalists Concerned that today's sentencing will land, if all goes horribly wrong, Current TV journos Laura Ling and Euna Lee 12 years of hard labor inside a North Korean jail, we asked formerly-jailed journalist
SF News North Korean Prisons: No San Quentin While many chin-scratching political commentators claim that Laura Ling and Euna Lee, the two Current TV journalists who were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in North Korea, are bargaining chips in
SF News Ed Jew Sentenced to 5.5 Years In Prison "Former San Francisco Supervisor Ed Jew sentenced to five and a half years in prison for fraud & extortion," says CBS 5. The disgraced former supe, as most of you know by now,
SF News Former SLA Member Released from Clink Ex-Symbionese Liberation Army member Sara Jane Olson (AKA Kathleen Soliah) was released from prison today. Olson, the soccer mom who was arrested in 1999, was pinched for a 1975 police car bombing plot
SF News Alcatraz the New Guantanamo Bay? Still sniveling over losing the election, Republican leaders like House Minority Leader John Boehner are seriously suggesting opening up historical landmark Alcatraz as the new Guantanamo Bay. See, Obama (rightfully) closed down Gitmo,
SF News Hans Reiser Attacked Clearly not willing to take on the "bitch" role in his new home, wife killer and former Linux computer programmer Hans Reiser was attacked in prison the other day. According to reports, Reiser
SF News Where In the World is Bernie Ward? Recently transferred to federal prison in Oklahoma, former KGO radio host and child porn connoisseur Bernie Ward has been transported to a federal prison in eastern Texas to serve out the remainder of
SF News Chronicle Article About San Quintin Segregation Stirs Sweet Sensations At the risk of sounding too gay--God forbid--the Gate has an article today about integrating cell mates. Or something critical about race relations. Or about ponies and sunshine. We're can't tell you for
SF News Norman Hsu Gets Three Years In the Slammer Denied. Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu - who helped raised cash for Mayor Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris, Fiona Ma, Hillary Clinton, and the victorious Barack Obama - was sentenced to three years in prison
