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| Apr.17 |
San Francisco |
Two escape juvenile facility in San Francisco 
San Francisco police say they are on the lookout for two escapees from a juvenile facility near Twin Peaks after a break-out around ten last...
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| Mar.16 |
Pinole |
Pinole bank robber let go from prison over snafu 
| Police made an arrest, but now Gary Casdell Fite Jr. is back on the streets by mistake. A snafu in charging him, forced them to let him go | |
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| Mar.12 |
Oakland |
Innocent man freed after 14 years not angry | Johnny Williams was exonerated after 14 years in prison for a sex crime he never committed saying he just wants to move forward with his life | |
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| Jan.29 |
San Francisco |
5 Keys Charter School helps S.F. inmates The San Francisco County Jail's class of 2013 included 20 graduates who earned their diplomas behind bars, doing algebra and history homework...
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| Jan.11 |
East Oakland |
Police in Oakland searching for escaped inmate Police are searching for 31-year old Anthony Hoskins, a prisoner who escaped while being transported to Highland Hospital just south of I-58...
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| Oct.30 |
Martinez |
Inmate death at CoCo County jail
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| Aug.18 |
Fishermans Wharf |
Escaped sex offender found panhandling Derrick Sanders, 34, a paroled offender who escaped from a locked mental health facility in Redwood City was apprehended while panhandling
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| Aug.10 |
San Rafael |
Max Wade target of jailbreak in Marin County Map of Juvenile Hall San Rafael Police say the teen accused of stealing celebrity chef Guy Fieri's Lamborghini was the target of a breakout attempt Friday morning
| Police are seeking the suspect, or suspects, who tried to break into the Marin County Juvenile Hall this morning. All inmates accounted for
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| Feb.20 |
San Quentin |
Hundreds gather to protest at San Quentin |
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| Feb.9 |
San Quentin |
San Quentin fight involves 150-200 inmates |
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| Jan.9 |
Dublin |
Inmate caught after escaping jail
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Dublin |
Inmate escapes from Dublin jail Map of Santa Rita Jail Dublin| County sheriff's deputies are searching for 56-year-old inmate Jose Luis Gonzales Franco who escaped from Santa Rita Jail wearing jail clothing | |
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| Sep.14 |
Woodside |
2 in custody after leaving juvenile facility
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| Jul.13 |
San Francisco |
Man who threatened senator back in jail |
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| Mar.3 |
Dublin |
Inmate escapes from Santa Rita Jail |
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| Jan.19 |
Martinez |
Jailed man suspected in Antioch homicide
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| Nov.28 |
Redwood City |
County, Redwood City close jail deal
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| Oct.26 |
Martinez |
Jail nurse hospitalized after attack
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| Oct.4 |
San Francisco |
Mother of SF inmate sues city for $50M
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| Aug.29 |
San Quentin |
Inmate hangs self after sentence lifted George Hatton Smithey, 70, was found hanging alone in his cell in the San Quentin State Prison
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| Aug.18 |
Dublin |
Man Held In Jail Shocked By Taser, Dies |
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| Aug.16 |
Vallejo |
Woman Blamed In Fire Hangs Self In Jail
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| Aug.11 |
San Quentin |
Death Row Inmate Dies Of Natural Causes |
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| Aug.10 |
San Leandro |
Juveniles back in custody after escaping |
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| Aug.2 |
San Francisco |
SF Jail Cells Suddenly Sitting Empty |
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| Jul.27 |
San Quentin |
Fatal DUI Driver Murdered In Prison Edward John Schaefer, 44, sentenced for killing a 9-year-old girl and maiming her fathe died after he was stabbed by another inmate
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| May.11 |
San Jose |
County Keeps Very Young Out Of Lock-Up |
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| Apr.24 |
Redwood City |
Man In Mental Hospital Must Take Meds |
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| Apr.7 |
Santa Rosa |
222 Inmates Released From County Jail
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| Dec.31 |
San Quentin |
New Hospital Couldn't Treat 2 Inmates |
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| Nov.21 |
San Quentin |
Treasurer Delays Financing For S. Quentin |
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| Sep.29 |
San Francisco |
Lake County Jail Escapee Captured |
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| Sep.27 |
Marin County |
Inmate Found Dead In Cell
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| Aug.4 |
Santa Rosa |
Lockdown At County Jail Tentatively Lifted |
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| Jul.31 |
Santa Rosa |
Gang Members Locked Down At Jail Members of a violent street gang at the Sonoma CountyJail remain confined to their cells after a series of fights in the jail during the week
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| Jul.17 |
San Quentin |
Death Row Inmate Dies Of Natural Causes |
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| Jul.2 |
San Quentin |
Swine Flu Quarantine At Prison About 800 State Prison inmates have been quarantined while officials investigate 30 suspected cases of swine flu
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| Jun.16 |
San Quentin |
Death Row Inmate Found Dead In Cell |
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| May.26 |
San Quentin |
Brief Lockdown, But No Prison Escape |
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Oakland |
Craigslist suspect tried to escape
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| May.14 |
San Quentin |
Schwarzenegger Selling San Quentin
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| Apr.4 |
San Jose |
Sex Offender Back In Jail For Tutoring |
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| Mar.31 |
San Quentin |
Lawmaker Proposes Selling State Prison Some lawmakers want to sell San Quentin to private developers who might pay $2 billion for the property and help replenish the state's coffe...
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| Mar.15 |
SF Downtown |
Hastings Law To Host Prison Conference |
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| Jan.2 |
San Jose |
Teen flees from juvenile hall
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| Nov.10 |
Santa Rosa |
Man dies in police custody
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| Aug.23 |
SF City Hall |
Appeals court against strip search policy |
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| Jul.23 |
San Francisco |
Mayor visits city engineer in jail, gets codes Terry Childs had been accused of withholding the access codes and has been jailed on felony counts
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| Jul.9 |
Dublin |
Reiser In Jailhouse Interview: Sorry I Lied |
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| Jun.27 |
Dublin |
Authorities investigating death of inmate |
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San Quentin |
Price Tag Soars For New Death Row |
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| Apr.30 |
Dublin |
Inmate allegedly killed by cellmate |
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| Apr.25 |
San Quentin |
Chaplain Jailed In Alleged Wife Attack Rafeeq Hassan is free on bail after being arrested for allegedly choking his wife with an electrical cord
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| Apr.3 |
San Quentin |
Device with data on visitors disappears |
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| Mar.25 |
Alum Rock |
Opposition derails proposal for prison |
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| Feb.16 |
San Mateo |
2 teens arrested for aiding jailbreak |
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| Feb.15 |
San Mateo |
Teen Murder Suspect Escapes Jail 17-year-old Josue Raul Orozco escaped from the San Mateo County juvenile detention center by scaling a wall and wriggling through a hole cut
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| Nov.30 |
Milpitas |
San Jose Man Dies In Milpitas Jail |
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| Oct.10 |
San Francisco |
16-Year-Old Escapes Detention Facility
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| Sep.9 |
San Quentin |
Successful Drug Recovery Program |
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| May.26 |
San Jose Downtown |
In custody death
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| Apr.4 |
Dublin |
Inmate Dies From Meningitis At Jail |
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| Feb.3 |
San Quentin |
Rehab program to ease overcrowding |
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| Jan.23 |
San Quentin |
Condemned inmate found dead |
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| Aug.18 |
San Quentin |
Klaas Killer's Cell Searched for Karr Letters Prison officials have not turned up any material in the cell of Richard Allen Davis that connects him with Karr
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| Jul.10 |
San Francisco |
Bonds' Trainer Asks To Be Released |
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| May.4 |
San Quentin |
Sex Offenders Moving To San Quentin| 12 parolees will temporarily live at prison because the Solano County hotels no longer want them there | |
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| Apr.23 |
San Quentin |
New prison health czar tours state prison Robert Sillen, California’s new corrections department inspector general, was appalled by the crowded conditions
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| Mar.30 |
San Quentin |
Federal judge toured State Prison |
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| Feb.26 |
San Quentin |
Riot Prompts Lockdown |
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| Jan.25 |
San Quentin |
Inmate Slashes Guard, Prompts Lockdown |
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| Jan.19 |
Novato |
Escaped inmate apprehended
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| Jan.13 |
San Quentin |
Riot Injures 9 Inmates, Staff The fight between black and Hispanic inmates started in a dining hall with about 260 inmates
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| Oct.1 |
San Quentin |
Lockdown to search for contraband |
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| Sep.21 |
SF Bayview |
Man Dies In Police Custody
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| Aug.8 |
San Quentin |
Dozens Injured In Prison Riot Parts of San Quentin were on lockdown after a riot erupted just after breakfast among at least 70 prisoners
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| Jun.21 |
Oakland City Hall |
Oakland Approves Plan To Shut City Jail
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| Jun.19 |
San Quentin |
Louis Farrakhan Meets With Inmates Black Muslim Leader visited state prison, meeting with death row inmate Stanley 'Tookie' Williams
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| May.21 |
San Quentin |
Opposition to Moving Death Row |
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| May.11 |
Martinez |
Suspect Who Attacked Jail Arrested The man threw a lit Molotov cocktail-type device into the lobby of the jail and then drove his van into a closed gate
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| Apr.17 |
San Quentin |
Lawmaker Plans to Fight Prison Expansion |
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| Apr.14 |
San Quentin |
Report critical of health care |
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| Mar.29 |
East Palo Alto |
Escaped San Quentin prisoner arrested
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Santa Clara |
Prisoner Dies In Jail |
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| Mar.17 |
San Quentin |
Scott Peterson Moved To Death Row
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| Feb.7 |
Alameda County |
Abuse Allegations at Juvenile Hall
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| Jan.18 |
San Bruno |
Sickout at county jail |
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| Jan.5 |
San Quentin |
Inmate escaped from prison
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| Dec.29 |
San Quentin |
Death row inmate dies from cancer |
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| Nov.10 |
Richmond |
Prisoner escaped from courthouse |
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| Feb.8 |
San Quentin |
Prison, protesters ready for execution |
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| Jan.8 |
Oakland |
Violent criminal escaped from hospital
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| Nov.16 |
San Francisco |
Prisoners complain about strip searches
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| Sep.4 |
San Francisco |
Women Sue City over Strip Searches |
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| Aug.30 |
San Francisco |
Wrongly Convicted |
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| Jun.30 |
San Francisco |
Former Priest Released |
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| Jun.18 |
San Jose |
Debate Over Release of Child Molester |
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| May.12 |
Dublin |
Prisoner killed |
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| May.6 |
San Leandro |
Supes voted for juvenile hall |
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| Dec.24 |
San Quentin |
Inmates Save Christmas |
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| Aug.30 |
Fremont |
Police offering free night in jail |
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| Aug.17 |
San Francisco |
Deputies let convicted go by mistake |
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| Jul.21 |
Martinez |
Jail mistakenly releases robber |
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| Jul.20 |
Oakland |
Jail Program Gets Moms Back with Kids
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| Jun.3 |
San Pablo |
Died in custody after ingesting drug |
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| Apr.27 |
San Jose |
DeGuzman Under Suicide Watch |
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| Apr.4 |
San Bruno |
Jail inmate died trying to escape
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| Feb.26 |
San Jose |
Cop allegedly threatened cop killer |
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| Nov.21 |
San Francisco |
Death Threat in Dog-Mauling Case |
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| Oct.24 |
San Jose |
Riot at county jail |
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| Sep.5 |
SF Downtown |
Prison escaped arrested after 6 years |
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| Aug.17 |
San Francisco |
Home invaders' killer jailed |
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| Jul.8 |
Milpitas |
2 men escape County jail |
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| Jun.5 |
Oakland |
San Quentin escapee surrenders |
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| May.31 |
San Francisco |
Prisoner Escapes From Work |
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| Feb.14 |
San Francisco |
Nude pictures of dog owner |
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| Jan.30 |
San Francisco |
Prison Linked to Killer Dog |
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| Sep.25 |
San Quentin |
Sex Offender Escaped |
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| Jul.29 |
San Quentin |
Security deteriorating |
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| Mar.21 |
Richmond |
Escapee From Jail May Have Scaled Wall |
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