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Convicted Fresno Murderer Allegedly Stabs Inmate to Death

DELANO — Convicted Fresno murderer Richard Escalon, 42, is now accused of stabbing a Kern Valley State Prison inmate to death. State prison officials said that Omar Orane, 40, was stabbed several times in the upper body with an inmate-made weapon by Escalon on Thursday morning. Crane later died at...

4 California Correctional Officers Injured in Inmate Attack

DELANO — Four California correctional officers were injured while subduing an inmate who pulled a weapon on them at Kern Valley State Prison last weekend, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said. The incident Saturday is being investigated as attempted murder, the department said in a statement Monday. The inmate,...

California Judge Cracks Down on Smuggled Inmate Cellphones

SACRAMENTO — Judges in California and South Carolina have ordered cellphone carriers to disable nearly 200 contraband cellphones used by inmates to orchestrate crimes behind and outside prison walls, the most sweeping order of its kind ever won by corrections officials. It's an important victory for prison officials who have...

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