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Patrol
Federal Corrections Officer Murdered in California Prison
Jose Rivera survived two tours of duty in Iraq, but his job as a corrections officer at a high-security federal prison in California cost him his life.
August 26, 2008
Patrol
California Cop, Corrections Officer Arrested in Kidnap, Rape Case
According to Sgt. David McBride of the Ontario Police Department, the woman was walking to her car in the parking lot of Ontario Mills Mall when Westminster police Det. Anthony Nicholas Orban and California Corrections Officer Jeff Thomas Jelinek approached her.
April 4, 2010
Patrol
Video: 15 to 20 Shots Fired into California Prison Yard, Corrections Officer Injured
Officials at the prison say that between 15 and 20 rounds were fired outside the secure perimeter and into the Facility A yard. One correctional officer -- whose identity has not been released -- was grazed by a bullet that penetrated his stab-resistant vest.
April 28, 2015
Patrol
15 to 20 Shots Fired into California Prison Yard, Corrections Officer Injured
Officials at the prison say that  between 15 to 20 rounds were fired outside the secure perimeter and into the Facility A yard. One correctional officer -- whose identity has not been released -- was grazed by a bullet that penetrated his stab-resistant vest. More Here.
April 28, 2015
Patrol
California Won't Resume Executions This Year
The request by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to delay review of newly revised lethal-injection protocols until January at the earliest follows a decision last week by Gov. Jerry Brown to scrap plans to build a new death row facility at San Quentin State Prison.
May 3, 2011
Patrol
California Legislature Considers Bill to Reduce Parole Time for Violent Offenders
According to the California Globe, AB 1182 would drop the parole-service requirement from either two or three years to either one or two years for high-risk offenders. AB 1182 also strips the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation of its ability to recommend certain offenders be retained on parole.
April 23, 2019
Patrol
Justice Department Issues Warning to Sanctuary Cities
The letters went to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, as well as officials in Chicago, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, Miami, Milwaukee, New York and Cook County, Ill.
April 21, 2017
Weapons
California's Fugitive Apprehension Team Deploys TASER Devices
Agents assigned to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Office of Correctional Safety (OCS) are field testing 28 TASER X26 ECDs and 28 TASER CAM systems. The deployment of the TASERs is being conducted as a pilot program.
May 7, 2009
Patrol
8 CA Guards Sent to Hospital after Pelican Bay Prison Brawl
Eight California prison guards and seven inmates were taken to hospitals Wednesday after a fight between two inmates quickly raged out of control and required live ammunition to stop, corrections officials said.
May 25, 2017
Special Units
Calif. Proposes Returning High-Risk Prison Gang Members to General Population
California corrections officials have floated a plan that would allow gang members living in high-security housing units to return to the general population as a reward for good behavior.
March 12, 2012
Patrol
SHOT Show 2014: Safariland Honors Calif. Agent Saved by Vest
Agent Nate Castro of the California Department of Corrections choked up as he was asked to tell the story of what happened to him nine weeks ago. “I can still smell the smoke,” he said.
January 15, 2014
Gangs
Gang Task Forces Take Down Mexican Mafia 'Carnals'
Two recent investigations show us the value of gang task forces that combine resources from law enforcement, prosecutors, and corrections to take down Mexican Mafia "carnals" in Southern California.
March 13, 2013
Special Units
The Mexican Mafia
In the mid-1950s 13 California Youth Authority (CYA) wards were sent to the Duel Vocational Institute located in Tracy, California. Since the wards were juveniles they were housed in a special section of the adult correcÂtions facility.
February 29, 2000
Weapons
U.S.'s first hate crime database introduced in California
July 31, 2000
Patrol
Killing of Infamous San Quentin 6 Prisoner Sparks California Prison Riot
A notorious inmate, who was part of a deadly prison escape attempt in 1971, was stabbed to death on Wednesday at New Folsom prison in California, triggering a riot of about 70 inmates, authorities said.
August 13, 2015
Special Units
California to Overhaul Youth Prison System
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s administration has promised to back a new system that would seek to remediate the golden state’s juvenile offenders with therapy and positive reinforcement instead of simply using punishment.
February 2, 2005
Patrol
Report: California Recidivism Among Highest In Nation
More than two-thirds of California's convicts return to crime within three years, according to a new state report that puts the state among the highest in the country for parolees returning to correctional facilities.
November 7, 2010
Patrol
California's No. 2 Sheriff's Agency Begins Massive Layoffs
Riverside County (Calif.) Sheriff Stan Sniff has mailed layoff notices to 800 full-time staffers and will begin implementing layoffs of deputies June 1 to help close budget gaps plaguing the county. The cuts could also cause reductions in jail operations.
May 17, 2011
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