Suit alleges sexual violence by Chino prison gynecologist, says state failed to prevent it
The suit says that for years, Dr. Scott Lee was the only full-time gynecologist at the California Institution for Women ...
Violent attack by 3 inmates hospitalizes California correctional officer
An attempted homicide investigation is underway in a California state prison after a supervising correctional officer was reportedly attacked by three inmates, authorities announced Thursday. In a ...
Sacramento inmate at Pelican Bay one of three charged in stabbing attack on prison guard
A Sacramento County inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison is one of three facing attempted homicide charges in an attack on a ...
Serial Child Molester Gets Over 4 Centuries In Prison
Lonnie Smith, 72, from Anderson, California, was sentenced to 450 years to life plus two counts of life without parole after he was convicted on eight counts of various child molestation charges from ...
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Lawsuit accuses gynecologist at California women’s prison of abusing patients for years
And she gave me my Depo shot.” As of the start of the year, California housed 3,629 women in state prisons. The one who called out Lee began her campaign around October 2023, saying she was ...
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A mass hunger strike transformed solitary confinement in California prisons. This documentary captures the fight
This is what your system does. This is what the California Department of Corrections does to people.” The Pelican Bay State Prison, which opened in 1989, served as a limit case for the practice ...
Women sue prison gynecologist over ‘horrific, sadistic’ exams, sexual abuse in California
Women at the California Institution for Women reported sexually abusive and “sadistic” behavior during gynecology exams ...
Death of California prison inmate from Sacramento County investigated as homicide, CDCR says
Investigators are working to determine if a man serving a prison term for a Sacramento County burglary was killed by his cellmate on Wednesday, according to the California Department of Corrections ...