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CDCR Honors Employees at Medal of Valor Ceremony
113 honored for courage, service above and beyond the call of duty SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) honored 113 employees today during its 32nd annual Medal of Valor Ceremony. The Medal of Valor is earned by employees...
read moreCalifornia State Prison-Corcoran Investigating Inmate Death as a Homicide
CORCORAN – California State Prison-Corcoran (CSP-COR) officials are investigating the death of inmate Dennis Cruz, 28, as a homicide. This morning at approximately 10:40 a.m., inmate Jonathan Lewis, 35, chased inmate Cruz on the Facility 3B yard, a maximum-security...
read moreOffender Who Walked Away from Los Angeles Reentry Program Apprehended
LOS ANGELES — A man who walked away from the Male Community Reentry Program (MCRP) in Los Angeles County Sept. 10, 2017, was apprehended today. Ronaldo Pineda, 21, was apprehended at 10:50 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12, in the city of Bell Gardens by the California...
read moreOffender Walks Away from Los Angeles Reentry Program
LOS ANGELES — California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are looking for Rolando A. Pineda, 21, who walked away from the Male Community Reentry Program (MCRP) facility in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 10, 2017. An emergency search was...
read moreCondemned Inmate Christopher Adam Geier Dies of Unknown Causes
SAN QUENTIN — Condemned inmate Christopher Adam Geier, 49, who was on California’s death row from San Bernardino County, was pronounced dead on August 30, 2017, at 11:34 a.m. at San Quentin State Prison. He was out on the recreation yard when he collapsed at 10:46...
read moreCalifornia State Prison, Sacramento Investigating Inmate Death as a Homicide
FOLSOM – California State Prison, Sacramento (SAC) officials are investigating the death of an inmate as a homicide. At around 2 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 29, inmates Osvaldo Luengas, 26, and Jose Chavez, 27, were observed stabbing inmate Anthony Oliva, 22, on the exercise...
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