Santa Rosa Press Democrat8h
California mulls new domestic violence protections for when an abuser exits prison
Domestic violence survivors sometimes lack protections when a convicted abuser is released from prison. A proposal by a San ...
Santa Monica Daily Press9h
California bill would make wildfire looting a felony with prison time
California legislators came together on Monday to announce bipartisan legislation to strengthen penalties for looting and impersonating emergency personnel during wildfires and other natural disasters ...
Lawsuit accuses gynecologist at California women’s prison of abusing patients for years
A lawsuit filed this week alleges that the only full-time gynecologist at the California Institution for Women in Chino ...
Women sue prison gynecologist over ‘horrific, sadistic’ exams, sexual abuse in California
Women at the California Institution for Women reported sexually abusive and “sadistic” behavior during gynecology exams ...
California teenager sentenced for nationwide swatting spree, including two Florida incidents
Alan Filion, an 18-year-old from California, has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for making over 375 swatting ...
Suit alleges sexual violence by Chino prison gynecologist, says state failed to prevent it
The suit says that for years, Dr. Scott Lee was the only full-time gynecologist at the California Institution for Women ...
Los Angeles Times7d
A mass hunger strike transformed solitary confinement in California prisons. This documentary captures the fight
This is what your system does. This is what the California Department of Corrections does to people.” The Pelican Bay State Prison, which opened in 1989, served as a limit case for the practice ...
Family of repeat child sex predator says California law that freed him from prison must be changed
The family of a twice-convicted child molester believes the California law that has now freed him from prison should not exist in the first place.