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California Tried to Fix Its Prisons. Now County Jails Are More Deadly.

In a 48-hour stretch during January 2018, three men were booked into the Fresno County Jail. One was beaten into a coma. Two died soon afterwards. Their cases kicked off a nightmarish year in a local jail where problems trace back to California’s sweeping 2011 prison...

‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli moved from federal prison after claim he was running drug company with banned cellphone

WED, APR 24 2019 By Dan Mangan and Jim Forkin - CNBC The “Pharma Bro” is back in his native Brooklyn — for now. Notorious drug-company fraudster Martin Shkreli has been removed from a federal prison in New Jersey after there were claims he was running his pharmaceuticals firm...

Man wounded in Nipsey Hussle shooting to be released from jail

By Richard Winton One of two other men shot next to Nipsey Hussle on March 31 outside the rapper’s clothing shop is expected to be released from detention, his attorney said Thursday. Kerry Lathan, 56, was taken to Men’s Central Jail on a parole violation last week. A...

A CDCR inmate filed a lawsuit accusing the state of not moving fast enough to repair deteriorating prisons.

An inmate is suing a California prison where rain, bird droppings, maggots, and mice drop through holes in the roof In this undated photo provided by the Prison Law Office, a non-profit public interest law firm that provides free legal services to prison inmates, is a dining...