Scott Peterson moves to new prison
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Convicted killer Scott Peterson moved last week from San Quentin State Prison, where he spent much of the last two decades, mostly on death row, to Mule Creek Read More …
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Newsom reverses parole for Dystiny Myers killer
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday reversed a parole board decision to grant parole to Jason Greenwell, one of the killers of 15-year-old runaway Dystiny Myers. In Sept. 2010, Read More …
Notorious Men’s Colony inmate recommended for parole
By KAREN VELIE A 70-year-old California Men’s Colony inmate who, close to a half-century ago, kidnapped a bus full of children, buried them in an underground trailer and attempted to hold Read More …
California Supreme Court rules violent criminals ineligible for early release
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The California Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday that corrections officials do not need to consider early release for violent felons whose primary offense is considered nonviolent under Read More …
Newsom denies parole to SLO County killer who murdered Arroyo Grande teen
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has denied parole to a San Luis Obispo County man who, as a teenager, killed a 15-year-old Arroyo Grande High School student in what was initially planned as part of a satanic ritual. Read More …
SLO County killer on death row dies in prison
A San Luis Obispo County man who murdered a woman and her three children in Nipomo in 1986, and had been on death row since the following year, died on Memorial Day. Read More …
Atascadero stalker likely to be released from prison in April
A serial stalker who one year ago received a nearly five-year sentence will likely be released from prison in April. Read More …
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 …
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 …