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Justice Department probes California and Maine over housing transgender women with female inmates

The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether California and Maine violate female inmates’ rights by housing them with transgender women

The Independent UK

Court Rejects Women Inmates' Objections to California Law Related to Housing of "Transgender, Nonbinary, or Intersex" Inmates

The court's reasoning mostly turns on a conclusion that much of the prison behavior that plaintiffs complained about wasn't dictated by that particular law.

Reason

Women in California prison accuse staff cook of rape and urge criminal charges

Exclusive: After investigators concluded an abuse incident occurred, women speak out for first time – ‘I was so scared to tell anybody’

The Guardian - US

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Newsom debunks DHS claim about California releasing undocumented criminals from prison

California governor accused the administration of trying to ‘distract’ from Trump posting a racist video of the Obamas

The Guardian - US

Menendez Brothers Face Parole Board Seeking Freedom After Parents Murders

Lyle and Erik Menendez will appear before California's parole board to seek freedom this week, more than 35 years after the shotgun murders of their parents in the family's luxury Beverly Hills home.

International Business Times

Ex-guard at California women’s prison sentenced to 224 years for sexual abuse

Gregory Rodriguez convicted of more than 60 charges of abusing women in his custody over nearly a decade

The Guardian - US

$10.24 a day to risk their lives – and a lot of pride: incarcerated LA firefighters speak out

People serving out their prison terms as firefighters form an integral part of the response to the devastating LA wildfires

The Guardian - US

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‘Running to danger and saving lives’: 1,100 incarcerated firefighters are on the LA frontlines

The jobs are highly coveted, offering training and reduced sentences, but face criticism over low wages

The Guardian - US

California ex-prison guard found guilty of 64 charges of sexual abuse of women

Gregory Rodriguez, 56, who faced 97 counts, convicted of crimes in one of state’s largest prison abuse scandals

The Guardian - US

Hundreds of first responders to the wildfires are prison inmates

Inmates in California respond to the blazing fires, facing deadly conditions for less than minimum wage

Fortune

‘Essential’: nearly 800 incarcerated firefighters deployed as LA battles wildfires

The firefighters earn $5.80-$10.24 per day plus $1 an hour when responding to active emergencies, according to CDCR

The Guardian - US

Dangerous Murderer Escapes Custody In California

Learn about the escape of dangerous criminal Caesar Hernandez from CDCR custody and the ongoing search efforts by law enforcement agencies.

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Inmate Missing For 13 Years Arrested In New York City

Inmate missing for 13 years from California prison camp apprehended in New York City. Escapees captured and camp's role in fire suppression highlighted.

The Guardian - US

She repeatedly reported a prison guard’s sexual abuse. It took years for officials to believe her

Exclusive: Nilda Palacios fought to prove a California sergeant had assaulted and stalked her – by the time her claims were ‘sustained’, he’d quietly resigned

The Guardian - US

A prison guard confessed to sexual misconduct. He got a year of paid time off and no charges

Records obtained by the Guardian show women in California prisons routinely report abuse, but few officers face consequences

The Guardian - US

The women trapped in prison with abusive guards: ‘They hold my life in their hands’

As California prosecutes a prison guard on nearly 100 charges, survivors behind bars say officer abuse is so widespread it feels inescapable

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One prison guard, 96 abuse charges: women say ‘serial rapist’ targeted them over a decade

Exclusive: Records and interviews suggest the California prison system let Gregory Rodriguez get away with rampant sexual abuse, while his victims were punished

The Guardian - US

As San Quentin prison vows to transform, its residents ask: is change possible?

Inside California’s oldest prison, a mix of hope and fear as the governor’s $380m plan to ‘reimagine’ incarceration begins

Tribune News Service

More inmates come forward with lawsuits against California prison guard accused of rape

Eight more inmates have filed lawsuits alleging they were raped and abused inside the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla, where former guard Greg Rodriguez is suspected of attacking at least 22 inmates and now faces 96 criminal counts that include rape, sodomy, sexual battery and rape threatening to use…

Tribune News Service

Gavin Newsom gets $380 million for San Quentin reforms. But he won’t commit to prison closures

California Gov. Gavin Newsom was able to wrest budget dollars from skeptical lawmakers for his plan to reform San Quentin State Prison — but the spending plan does not commit to closing more facilities, as some Democrats wanted.

The Guardian - US

Can California’s most notorious prison become a rehab center? Ex-residents weigh in

Thanh Tran and James King, formerly incarcerated advocates, on life inside the notorious San Quentin and the governor’s transformation plan

The Guardian - US

‘Ending San Quentin’: plan would turn prison into ‘Norwegian style’ rehab center

Gavin Newsom wants to overhaul California’s oldest prison into a facility focused on training programs and education

Al Jazeera

California mulls statewide standards for religious garb in jails

Advocacy groups say ‘common sense’ bill would help protect incarcerated people’s right to religious freedom, expression.

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