Testing reveals Lompoc prison complex has 600 coronavirus cases
Accelerated testing has revealed there is currently a total of 599 coronavirus cases at the Lompoc prison complex, a nearly six-fold increase from the previous count. Read More …
Tag: Prisons
Four inmates killed in less than 24 hours at California prisons
In a span of less than 24 hours, more California state prison inmates died as a result of murder than have died as a result of coronavirus since the onset of the pandemic. Read More …
Hospital built at Lompoc prison amid coronavirus outbreak
A hospital has been constructed and is set to open Wednesday at the Lompoc Federal Correctional Complex, to deal with the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Read More …
California records first state prison inmate coronavirus death
California’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced on Sunday the first coronavirus death of a state prison inmate. Read More …
Drug dealer walks away from Lompoc prison camp
For at least the third time this year, an inmate escaped the minimum security Federal Correctional Complex in Lompoc. Read More …
Prison fight in Lompoc sends inmate to the hospital
One inmate was hospitalized following a Sunday morning brawl at the medium-security United States Penitentiary in Lompoc. Read More …
Men’s Colony inmates riot for second straight day
A day after a violent riot at the California Men’s Colony left four inmates injured, 50 inmates fought in the same yard and at approximately the same time, this one requiring medical personnel to transport two inmates to a local hospital. Read More …
Another inmate walks away from Lompoc prison camp
For the second time in the span of about one month, an inmate escaped the minimum security Federal Correctional Complex in Lompoc. Read More …
California killer allegedly beheads his cellmate
A man already serving life in prison without the possibility of parole for murder allegedly tortured and beheaded his cellmate in what authorities are describing as a sadistic act. [LA Times] Read More …
California inmate sues state over maggots and mice on prison dining tables
The state of California is awaiting a judge’s ruling in a civil case over deteriorating prison conditions that could put officials in a bind as they attempt to stay below a federally-imposed cap on inmates. Read More …