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Harvest Davidson Spent Nearly Six Years Fighting Murder Cases in El Dorado County Jail – Now He’s Released

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: December 29, 2022
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Harvest Davidson Spent Nearly Six Years Fighting Murder Cases in El Dorado County Jail – Now He’s Released

by Robert J. Hansen South Lake Tahoe, CA - Earlier this month one of five men who were fighting murder ch ...

by Robert J. Hansen South Lake Tahoe, CA - Earlier this month one of five men who were fighting murder charges in El Dorado County since 2017 was released for time served after accepting a plea agreem ...

December 29, 2022
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Ella Baker Center Celebrates Prison Closures, Urges State Leaders to Continue Efforts to Reduce Prison Populations

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|Date: December 09, 2022
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Ella Baker Center Celebrates Prison Closures, Urges State Leaders to Continue Efforts to Reduce Prison Populations

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – This week, CDCR announced it was moving forward to close one pri ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – This week, CDCR announced it was moving forward to close one prison, ceasing operation of another leased facility as a state prison, and will deactivate some f ...

December 09, 2022
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Squander 101: A Required Corrections Officer Academy Class

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|Date: December 04, 2022
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Squander 101: A Required Corrections Officer Academy Class

By Bryce Canyon My Introduction to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) pri ...

By Bryce Canyon My Introduction to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) prison system followed a length stretch in a Club Fed near Los Angeles. The difference between fed ...

December 04, 2022
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CDCR Secretary Visits Prison Newspaper

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|Date: November 22, 2022
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CDCR Secretary Visits Prison Newspaper

By Christopher Bryson California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Secretary Kathleen Allison ...

By Christopher Bryson California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Secretary Kathleen Allison visited Mule Creek State Prison on November 7, 2022, for a tour of the institution's grounds an ...

November 22, 2022
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Clinical Social Workers Overworked-Underpaided in California Prisons

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|Date: November 20, 2022
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Clinical Social Workers Overworked-Underpaided in California Prisons

By D. Razor Babb Licensed clinical social workers provide a valuable and integral service to the inmate p ...

By D. Razor Babb Licensed clinical social workers provide a valuable and integral service to the inmate population in California prisons. With so many prisoners in need of clinical psychological couns ...

November 20, 2022
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Suboxone – An Up-Close Look at the Biggest Legal Narcotic in California’s Prisons, Part II

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|Date: November 14, 2022
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Suboxone – An Up-Close Look at the Biggest Legal Narcotic in California’s Prisons, Part II

By JC Grant Compstat is CDCR’s official packaging of statistical data. Month to month numbers including e ...

By JC Grant Compstat is CDCR’s official packaging of statistical data. Month to month numbers including everything from how many hours were worked by sergeants, how many open slots in an inmate GED cl ...

November 14, 2022
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CDCR Secretary Tours Mule Creek State Prison

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|Date: November 14, 2022
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CDCR Secretary Tours Mule Creek State Prison

By D. Razor Babb The California Department of Correcting (CDCR) Secretary Kathleen Allison and a host of ...

By D. Razor Babb The California Department of Correcting (CDCR) Secretary Kathleen Allison and a host of dignitaries, including Mule Creek State Prison Warden Patrich Covello, toured the prison Monday ...

November 14, 2022
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CDAA Asks CDCR to Explain Early Release Policy

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|Date: November 06, 2022
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CDAA Asks CDCR to Explain Early Release Policy

(Editor’s note: Last week, the California District Attorneys Association put out a communication asking C ...

(Editor’s note: Last week, the California District Attorneys Association put out a communication asking CDCR to explain their early release policy). The California District Attorneys Association (CDAA ...

November 06, 2022
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Mother of Woman Killed in Chino Prison Presented PowerPoint to Prison Officials to Help Prevent Inmate Domestic Abuse and Violence

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 07, 2022
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Mother of Woman Killed in Chino Prison Presented PowerPoint to Prison Officials to Help Prevent Inmate Domestic Abuse and Violence

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – It was a unique moment for Sheri Graves. In 201 ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – It was a unique moment for Sheri Graves. In 2016, her daughter was beaten to death by her cellmate inside the California Institution for Women ...

October 07, 2022
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One Couple’s Fight against ‘Ludicrous’ COVID-19 Policies in a California Prison

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|Date: October 04, 2022
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One Couple’s Fight against ‘Ludicrous’ COVID-19 Policies in a California Prison

This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project which partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring re ...

This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project which partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring reporting on the pandemic in California’s county jails and Department of Corrections and Rehabili ...

October 04, 2022
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One Man’s ‘COVID-19 Reality’ at California State Prison in Lancaster, California

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: August 31, 2022
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One Man’s ‘COVID-19 Reality’ at California State Prison in Lancaster, California

This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project — an independent journalism project that partners ...

This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project — an independent journalism project that partners with the Davis Vanguard to report on the pandemic in California’s county jails and Department o ...

August 31, 2022
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Explore latest data and updates on COVID in California’s prison system

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|Date: August 04, 2022
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Explore latest data and updates on COVID in California’s prison system

This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project which partners with the Davis Vangua ...

This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project which partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring reporting on the pandemic in California's county jails and Department of Correction ...

August 04, 2022
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My View: Since the 1970s California Has Shifted from Prioritizing Education to Incarcerating People

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 30, 2022
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My View: Since the 1970s California Has Shifted from Prioritizing Education to Incarcerating People

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor This week I came across some stunning data—even though I had impli ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor This week I came across some stunning data—even though I had implicitly known this to be the case, nevertheless seeing the actual data was stunning. In 2021-22, ...

July 30, 2022
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CDCR Investigating In-custody Deaths as Homicide

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: July 30, 2022
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CDCR Investigating In-custody Deaths as Homicide

By Robert J Hansen Sacramento, CA - California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) offic ...

By Robert J Hansen Sacramento, CA - California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating two inmate deaths, one at High Desert State Prison (HDSP) on July 22 and ...

July 30, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Prison Doesn’t Work – In One Graphic

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 25, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Prison Doesn’t Work – In One Graphic

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor They say a picture is worth one thousand words—a good graphic migh ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor They say a picture is worth one thousand words—a good graphic might be worth even more than that. I pulled this graphic from CDCR because it shows the breakdown ...

July 25, 2022
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Rally Held to Support Incarcerated Man Who Was Allegedly Over-Sentenced

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: June 22, 2022
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Rally Held to Support Incarcerated Man Who Was Allegedly Over-Sentenced

by Robert J Hansen Sacramento, CA - A rally was held at the California State Capitol in support of an inc ...

by Robert J Hansen Sacramento, CA - A rally was held at the California State Capitol in support of an incarcerated man who was sentenced to 39 years to life for a crime where no one was physically hur ...

June 22, 2022
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A Bill to Create Humane Health Care for the Incarcerated Moving through Legislature

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: April 11, 2022
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A Bill to Create Humane Health Care for the Incarcerated Moving through Legislature

By Robert J. Hansen Sacramento, CA - A bill that would mandate the Department of Corrections and Rehabil ...

By Robert J. Hansen Sacramento, CA - A bill that would mandate the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to notify designated family members within 24 hours of an incarcerated person be ...

April 11, 2022
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Prosecuting Addiction

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|Date: March 30, 2022
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Prosecuting Addiction

By O. Rick Bridges Post Reporter / Published in Mule Creek Post Literally everything that you think you ...

By O. Rick Bridges Post Reporter / Published in Mule Creek Post Literally everything that you think you know about addiction may not be true. Following a dutiful and methodical course of scientific r ...

March 30, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Confidential Information

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|Date: March 08, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Confidential Information

By John Mendoza This memo was prepared in regards to the use / misuse of confidential information against ...

By John Mendoza This memo was prepared in regards to the use / misuse of confidential information against incarcerated people. When dealing with this topic there are very few “pros” to report and a tr ...

March 08, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Define Slavery

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|Date: March 07, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Define Slavery

By John Mendoza Nationwide we have been tearing down statue after statue of historical figures that repre ...

By John Mendoza Nationwide we have been tearing down statue after statue of historical figures that represent inequality, slavery and oppression. In California, no matter how many statues we remove, w ...

March 07, 2022
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