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DA Gascon speaks out against new jail
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon Tuesday spoke out against plans to build a new jail.Read More
Lawsuit filed over solitary confinement
The inmates would be kept in tiny cells, as small as six feet by seven feet, for months or even years at a time.Read More
Court upholds California death penalty
California's death penalty was left in place by a federal appeals court in San Francisco Thursday.Read More
Class action lawsuit seeks end to monetary bail
A class action lawsuit claims San Francisco's wealth-based pretrial detention system unfairly targets low-income inmates.Read More
Sonoma sheriff denies beating allegations
A sergeant with the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office has enthusiastically denied the claims contained in a federal lawsuit.Read More
Sonoma sheriff sued over alleged beatings
A federal lawsuit has been filed against the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office for the alleged beatings of more than 20 Sonoma County Jail inmates.Read More
Deputies charged with murder allegedly assaulted other inmates
Three correctional deputies due in court Friday for a murder charge in an inmate's death allegedly assaulted other inmates earlier this year.Read More
San Francisco moves toward housing transgender inmates
San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi took the first step Friday toward housing transgender inmates according to their preferred gender.Read More
Six cases of Legionnaires’ confirmed at San Quentin
Six San Quentin prison inmates have been diagnosed with Legionnaires disease as of today.Read More
Rare pneumonia strikes San Quentin
Visiting time for prisoners at San Quentin has been halted as health and prison officials investigate a case of Legionnaires disease.Read More
Vacaville inmate allegedly attacks guard
An inmate at a state prison medical facility in Vacaville allegedly tried to kill a guard early this morning, according to prison officials. The inmate attacked the correctional officer...Read More
‘San Quentin Six’ member dies in prison riot
An inmate killed during a prison riot in Folsom has been identified as Hugo Pinell, a man who was involved in a deadly escape attempt from San Quentin State...Read More
Richmond voices concerns over jail expansion
A proposal to expand a jail in Richmond by transferring inmates from the county's high-security facility in Martinez is meeting tough opposition.Read More
SF receives grant to help mentally ill offenders
San Francisco sheriff's department secured a $950,000 state grant to fund programs that would benefit low-level offenders suffering from mental illness.Read More
San Quentin inmates performing Shakespeare plays
San Quentin State Prison inmates are performing two plays by William Shakespeare and an inmate-written play about issues facing military veterans this month, according to a spokesman for the prison. Inmates...Read More
Body cameras to watch over SF jail guards
San Francisco sheriff's deputies working as jail guards may be the first county jail guards in California to wear body-worn cameras.Read More
FBI probes SF jail ‘gladiator’ fights
The FBI is investigating allegations that jail inmates were forced to fight gladiator-style by sheriff's deputies.Read More
SF jail inmates say deputies forced them to fight ‘gladiator-style’
Jail inmates held in San Francisco’s Hall of Justice allege sheriff’s deputies have forced them to fight “gladiator-style,” San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi said Thursday. Adachi said Thursday...Read More
Brown urges second chance for ex-offenders
Gov. Jerry Brown spoke about the benefits of prison labor and hiring former convicts.Read More
San Francisco issues tablets to inmates
Inmate education at the San Francisco Sheriff's Department just got a little more sophisticated.Read More