Inmate dies at Lompoc federal prison
The FBI is investigating the death of an inmate at the Lompoc Federal Correctional Complex over the weekend. Read More …
Tag: Prisons
Carjacking California inmate escapes San Quentin, then allegedly carjacks person
A California prisoner serving a sentence for carjacking escaped San Quentin State Prison Wednesday evening and reportedly carjacked a person in order to flee authorities. At about 9:35 p.m., prison guards Read More …
California Men’s Colony escapee still on the loose
A week after an inmate escaped the California Men’s Colony, possibly using a prison vehicle as a getaway car, authorities still have yet to capture the fugitive. Read More …
Inmate escapes from California Men’s Colony
An inmate escaped from the California Men’s Colony Tuesday morning, possibly driving off in a prison vehicle.
Minimum-security inmate David Grey Hall, 26, was last seen at approximately 10 a.m. Read More …
A few thousand California inmates with life sentences could get parole
As many as 4,000 inmates serving life sentences in California could be eligible for parole following a decision by the state to give up its legal battle over the implementation of a voter-approved ballot measure. Read More …
Former Hancock College basketball players get life in prison for murder
A pair of former Hancock College basketball players received sentences Monday of life in prison without the possibility for parole for a late 2014 botched robbery of a drug dealer that ended in a murder. Read More …
PCP salesman escapes Lompoc prison camp
An inmate serving time for conspiracy to distribute PCP and possession of a firearm walked away from the minimum security Federal Correctional Complex in Lompoc on Thursday, according to the Federal Read More …
Charles Manson dies at 83
Murder mastermind Charles Manson died of natural causes Sunday evening at a Kern County hospital. He was 83. [LA Times] Manson persuaded his family of followers to carry out a string Read More …
Inmate dies after riot at California Men’s Colony
More than 160 inmates rioted Sunday morning on the main yard at the California Men’s Colony. Following the melee, a 25-year-old prisoner died. Multiple inmates suffered stab wounds during the riot, Read More …