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Damage reported from magnitude-5.7 quake in Calif.

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:20:47 -0400

GREENVILLE, California - Residents in rural northeastern California assessed damage to their homes and businesses Friday from a magnitude-5.7 earthquake, one of the strongest temblors to hit the densely forested region in decades.

Ca. inmate wounds 2 guards with sharp toothbrush

Fri, 17 May 2013 02:44:15 -0400

SAN LUIS OBISPO, California - Prison officials say an inmate at California Men's Colony attacked two guards with a toothbrush sharpened into a knife, leaving them with head and neck wounds.

Inmate killed at Kern Ca. prison, cellmate suspect

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:41:41 -0400

DELANO, California - Corrections officials are investigating the death of a California Prison inmate. They say the death was a homicide and the man's cellmate is the suspect.

No spike in parolee arrests under new prison law

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:53:45 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - Corrections department researchers have found no spike in arrests of parolees since responsibility for many ex-convicts shifted to local authorities under the state's prison realignment law, according to a study released Thursday.

Calif. struggles with experiment to shift inmates

Sun, 12 May 2013 09:56:20 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - In response to a federal court order, Gov. Jerry Brown pushed a novel approach through the Legislature two years ago to dramatically reduce California's prison population.

Calif. man condemned for killing woman, 87, dies

Tue, 07 May 2013 01:59:04 -0400

SAN QUENTIN STATE PRISON, California - A 55-year-old inmate who spent more than 20 years on California's death row for the rape and murder of an 87-year-old woman has died.

AP Exclusive: Calif. spends big on anti-psychotics

Wed, 01 May 2013 14:06:55 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - While under federal court oversight, California's prison mental health system has been spending far more on anti-psychotic drugs than other states with large prison systems, raising questions about whether patients are receiving proper treatment.

Inmate-removal order complicates Calif prison plan

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:20:26 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - Already facing a potential contempt order, Gov. Jerry Brown now must leap another hurdle to meet a court-ordered deadline this week to say how he will reduce crowding in California prisons.