Folsom prison museum is closed. Here’s why and when it might open again
The Big House Prison Museum in Folsom, where visitors can see hanging ropes and Johnny Cash memorabilia, has closed as ...
California parents plead with Gov Newsom to keep daughter's 'maniac' killer behind bars
The parents of a 13-year-old girl who was run over by a suicidal driver in Malibu in 2010 are appealing to California Gov.
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Labor contract dispute could end in layoffs of more than 60 workers at Vacaville prison
On the last day of February, over 60 janitorial and custodial workers are scheduled to lose their jobs at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, a male-only state prison. The potential mass ...
Folsom Prison Big House Museum temporarily closed, CDCR says
The Folsom Prison Big House Museum will close its doors for at least a couple of months, the California Department of ...
‘American Nightmare’ rapist confesses to crimes dating to 1993, California authorities say
Matthew Muller, a Harvard lawyer and former Marine who grew up in Sacramento County, is serving a 40-year prison sentence for kidnapping and raping Denise Huskins, now Denise Huskins Quinn, in March ...
Her mother’s killer was freed because of cancer. She wants to change California’s laws
Mary Shojai was brutally murdered in her San Diego home in 2012. Her killer was released last year. Her daughter wants to ...
Waiting in silence: How California’s first media center inside a women’s prison came to life
The Paper Trail is defining their identity as they build a legacy by empowering their community and recording their stories.
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Emergency room workers are facing more attacks. A new California law increases penalties
A new California law imposes harsher penalties for assaulting emergency room workers. It responds to rising attacks on health ...
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Trump allies warn California leaders, including LA Mayor Karen Bass, that they could go to prison over sanctuary city laws
A conservative organization led by Trump adviser Stephen Miller sent letters to California leaders warning of ‘serious ...
California stiffened penalties for theft — and more changes are coming
and increasing court and prison costs in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Behavioral health experts across the state have ...
Southern California man, 24, busted using Instagram to sell ‘ghost guns’
A 24-year-old man from Los Angeles County was sentenced to a little more than 10 years in federal prison for his role in the armed robbery of a confidential informant and the ...
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Bachelor's degrees in prison offer incarcerated students a second chance (Re-broadcast)
The last couple of years have seen an expansion of bachelor’s degree programs in prison. Inside the first women’s program at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla, incarcerated women ...