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CDCR Announces Third Prison Closure

Wednesday, December 7

The state’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) names the next prison to close as outlined in the depts budget, along with several yards at six prisons across the state and terminating a lease with another facility.The latest named prison on the chopping block... Read More.

Prison Staff and Inmate Medical Information Leaked in CDCR Data Breach

Tuesday, August 23

If you were tested for COVID at the prisons from June of 2020 to January of this year your medical information may have been included in a data breach announced by CDCR. The department made the discovery early this year following routine system maintenance.... Read More.

Buried Bill in State’s Budget Throws Out Prison Closure Criteria- New Closure Date Set for CCC

Friday, July 1

Yesterday marking the announced proposed closure of the California Correctional Center, CCC, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB200, a trailer bill to the state budget that rewrites the state’s own penal code throwing out criteria outlined for prison closures and declares a new closure date... Read More.

Susanville City Council to Discuss Road Projects, Special Events, and Prison Closure Research

Tuesday, May 31

Road closures, repaving projects, and a letter in support of research on the effects of prison closures on rural communities are on the agenda for tomorrow’s Susanville City Council meeting. A change order increase of 19,000 dollars is needed for a contracting firm to... Read More.

LCC President to Speak at Community Forum on Prison Closure Effects on Communities

Wednesday, April 6

President of Lassen Community College, Trevor Albertson will speak at a community forum this Thursday aiming to answer the question, What would the end of mass incareration mean for prison towns? Albertson will be among several other panelists including a former correctional officer and... Read More.

Westwood Burglar Sentenced to State Prison

Thursday, December 30

As posted from Lassen County District Attorney Facebook PageRYAN ROBERT BAUER, 35, was sentenced on 12/21/21 to 12 years, 10 months in state prison for an incident that occurred May 17, 2021 in Westwood. It was alleged that Bauer, in the midnight hours, after... Read More.

California Prison Staff Vaccination Mandate Gets Stalled in the Appellate Court

Tuesday, November 30

Prison staff vaccination mandate gets pushed back to March after appellate court issues a stay that blocks the January 12th enforcement. The 9th U.S. circuit court of appeals granted the stay request following Oakland Judge Tigar’s September court order that prison workers must be... Read More.

Newsom and CDCR ask Oakland Judge to Pause COVID Vaccine Mandate for Prison Guards

Thursday, October 28

The latest in the battle to require prison staff to be mandated for the COVID vaccine, Newsom and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation have appealed Oakland Superior Court’s ruling from last month. Just this Monday asked the judge to pause his order... Read More.

Bomb threat at Northern California prison followed alleged employee shooting

Wednesday, September 22

A High Desert State Prison employee is on leave amid allegations he shot another prison employee Sunday in Susanville.On Monday, someone made a bomb threat to the same prison, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokeswoman Dana Simas confirmed in the email.“It has not yet... Read More.

City of Susanville Moves Forward with Lawsuit, State May Face Prison Closure Lawsuit

Tuesday, June 15

The Newsom administration could soon be facing a lawsuit over its decision to close a prison in rural Lassen County, which employs more than a quarter of the workforce in the city of Susanville.Just days after the prison's June 30, 2022, closure date was... Read More.

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Stories tagged with: prison

CDCR Announces Third Prison Closure

Prison Staff and Inmate Medical Information Leaked in CDCR Data Breach

Buried Bill in State’s Budget Throws Out Prison Closure Criteria- New Closure Date Set for CCC

Susanville City Council to Discuss Road Projects, Special Events, and Prison Closure Research

LCC President to Speak at Community Forum on Prison Closure Effects on Communities

Westwood Burglar Sentenced to State Prison

California Prison Staff Vaccination Mandate Gets Stalled in the Appellate Court

Newsom and CDCR ask Oakland Judge to Pause COVID Vaccine Mandate for Prison Guards

Bomb threat at Northern California prison followed alleged employee shooting

City of Susanville Moves Forward with Lawsuit, State May Face Prison Closure Lawsuit

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