Rare access inside Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla

NBC Bay Area was granted rare access inside Central California Women's Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla. It is the largest of ...
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Judge bans male inmates in federal women's prison from 'female-only privacy area,' certain housing

President Trump's Justice Department opposed temporary restraining order, claiming female inmates didn't exhaust their ...
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Jury deadlocks again in trial of officer charged with sexually abusing inmates at California prison

OAKLAND, Calif. – A federal jury has deadlocked for the second time in a trial of a former correctional officer charged with sexually abusing four inmates at a now-closed federal women’s prison in ...
The Atlantic

California Prisons Were Illegally Sterilizing Female Inmates

Over the course of several years, two women's prisons in California signed at least 150 pregnant women up for permanent sterilization to be performed after they gave birth, without following the ...
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After 2 Mistrials in East Bay Prison Abuse Case, Federal Prosecutors Won’t Try Again

The U.S. attorney’s office filed a notice to dismiss charges against former FCI Dublin officer Darrell Wayne Smith and ...

ICE opened a detention center in a former California prison. Detainees are suing over conditions inside

Immigrants in California’s newest ICE detention center allege they’re experiencing inhumane conditions and that they’re not ...