inmates

DA Gascon speaks out against new jail

San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon Tuesday spoke out against plans to build a new jail.

8 years ago

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…

8 years ago

Court upholds California death penalty

California's death penalty was left in place by a federal appeals court in San Francisco Thursday.

8 years ago

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.

9 years ago

Sonoma sheriff denies beating allegations

A sergeant with the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office has enthusiastically denied the claims contained in a federal lawsuit.

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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.

9 years ago

Six cases of Legion­naires’ confirmed at San Quentin

Six San Quentin prison inmates have been diagnosed with Legionnaires disease as of today.

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

‘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…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

FBI probes SF jail ‘gladiator’ fights

The FBI is investigating allegations that jail inmates were forced to fight gladiator-style by sheriff's deputies.

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

Brown urges second chance for ex-offenders

Gov. Jerry Brown spoke about the benefits of prison labor and hiring former convicts.

9 years ago

San Francisco issues tablets to inmates

Inmate education at the San Francisco Sheriff's Department just got a little more sophisticated.

10 years ago

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