California death row inmate who hired man to kill his pregnant wife dies at 76
A California death row inmate convicted in the killings of his pregnant wife and her unborn child has died while incarcerated, according to state prison officials.
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A California death row inmate convicted in the killings of his pregnant wife and her unborn child has died while incarcerated, according to state prison officials.
An investigation is underway at a Northern California prison after a man died earlier this week, officials said.
Two correctional officers at California State Prison, Sacramento are hospitalized and an attempted murder investigation has been launched following an alleged attack on the officers Saturday night.
Two California members of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang were sentenced to consecutive life terms in prison for murder, racketeering and other crimes committed while incarcerated in a Sacramento-area prison.
A homicide investigation is underway at the California State Prison, Sacramento after an inmate died early Saturday morning, officials said.
A former state correctional officer from North Highlands was convicted Wednesday in an investigation into her signing off on a series of reports after an inmate who was assaulted died, the Department of Justice announced.
The state corrections department says it happened Friday afternoon at the prison in the Sacramento area as guards tried to break up a fight in the recreation yard of the New Folsom Prison.
An incident at California State Prison, Sacramento forced a guard to fire off their weapon late Monday morning.
Authorities say a California State Prison-Sacramento inmate attacked four staff members Thursday morning.
State corrections spokesman Aaron Konrad says two inmates at California State Prison-Sacramento began stabbing another prisoner with a homemade weapon around 10:15 a.m. Thursday.
Pinell survived repeated assassination attempts over the years even while he was kept isolated from other prisoners, first in administrative segregation cells and later in Pelican Bay State Prison's security housing unit with other purported gang leaders.
Hugo Pinell, 71, was attacked first by a fellow inmate. That fight escalated into a riot involving dozens of inmates at the maximum-security prison, sending 11 of them to the hospital. Pinell died from his stab wounds.
Authorities say there has been a riot at New Folsom Prison Wednesday afternoon.
An inmate was found dead in his cell at New Folsom Prison early Saturday morning, and authorities believe his cellmate is responsible.
