SACRAMENTO – The California State Prison, Sacramento (CSP-SAC) Investigative Services Unit, CDCR’s Deadly Force investigation team, and the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office are investigating the death of an incarcerated person who died after a use of force incident.  On Friday, April 12, at 6:55 p.m., staff responded to a disturbance in a housing unit. Incarcerated person Christopher Leong charged and began to hit staff. Officers attempted to put him in physical restraints, and he continued to lash out and spit at officers. Eventually, officers used physical force to pin him t ..read more

TOLLESON, ARIZ. — California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials today announced an offender who walked away from the Male Community Reentry Program (MCRP) in Los Angeles on Feb. 14, 2024, has been apprehended. On April 15, 2024, at approximately 6:15 p.m., a United States Marshals Task Force took Adolfo Casillas into custody without incident. The apprehension took place as a result of information gathered by CDCR’s Office of Correctional Safety. Casillas will be booked into a Maricopa County jail where he will await extradition to California. Casillas was received fr ..read more

STOCKTON – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the attempted homicide of two peace officers at California Health Care Facility (CHCF). At 6:52 a.m., while conducting a mass search of the facility, two correctional officers were attempting to place incarcerated person Brandon S. Keen into handcuffs. Keen resisted, retrieved a weapon and stabbed one officer twice and sliced another officer’s hand. Staff Immediately responded and used physical force to restrain him and quell the attack. During the response, a third officer ..read more

LOS ANGELES – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials announced an incarcerated person who walked away from a Male Community Reentry Program (MCRP) in Los Angeles on April 8, 2024, was taken into custody on April 9, 2024. At approximately 1:45 p.m., Rafael Rodriguez, 26, was taken into custody in the city of Los Angeles without incident and was transported to California Institution for Men. His case will be referred to the Los Angeles County District Attorney for possible escape charges. Rodriguez was received from Orange County on March 13, 2019. He was senten ..read more

LOS ANGELES – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are seeking a person who walked away from a Male Community Reentry Program (MCRP) in Los Angeles on April 8, 2024.  Rafael Rodriguez, 26, was reported missing at approximately 7:40 p.m. after an alert was received regarding the removal of an ankle monitor. Staff immediately initiated an emergency count and confirmed Rodriguez was missing. A search was quickly initiated and CDCR’s Office of Correctional Safety and local law enforcement agencies are assisting.  Rodriguez is 5′ 9″ tall, weighs 170 pou ..read more

DELANO – Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP) officials are investigating the death of incarcerated person David Dodd as a homicide after he was attacked by another incarcerated person on Friday, April 5, 2024. At approximately 9:30 a.m., officers responded to a fight between Michael Darden, Jr., and Dodd. Officers observed Darden striking Dodd repeatedly with an incarcerated-manufactured weapon. When staff orders to stop were ignored, pepper spray blast grenades were used to stop the attack. Medical staff were immediately called for assistance and determined Dodd had multiple puncture wounds. Life ..read more

BELLA VISTA – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials announced a minimum-security incarcerated person who walked away from Sugar Pine Conservation Camp in Shasta County on March 25, 2024, was apprehended today. At approximately 7:15 a.m., Joseph Stewart, 31, was apprehended without incident by Sugar Pine Conservation Camp staff in the city of Redding. He is being transported to the Sierra Conservation Center where he will be returned to CDCR custody. His case will be referred to the Shasta County District Attorney for possible escape charges. Stewart was recei ..read more

SAN QUENTIN – Condemned person Richard D. Turner passed away at an outside medical facility on Saturday, March 23, 2024, while incarcerated at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center. He was 65 years old. Turner was pronounced deceased by medical staff at 3:45 a.m. with a manner of death identified as natural causes. The Marin County Coroner’s Office will determine his official cause of death. Turner was admitted to CDCR on April 16, 1980, from San Bernardino County to serve life without the possibility of parole for first-degree murder. While incarcerated, on Oct. 19, 1988, he was placed on condemn ..read more

SAN DIEGO – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials announced an incarcerated person who walked away from the Male Community Reentry Program (MCRP) in San Diego on March 15, 2024, was taken into custody on March 24, 2024. At approximately 7:50 p.m., Quintin G. Wilkerson, 53, was arrested in the city of Escondido by the Escondido Police Department following a short foot pursuit. Special agents from CDCR’s Office of Correctional Safety then transported Wilkerson to the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility. His case will be referred to the San Diego County Dis ..read more

SOLEDAD – The Correctional Training Facility (CTF) Investigative Services Unit is investigating the death of an incarcerated person who died after he attacked correctional officers during an altercation. On March 21, 2024, at approximately 11 a.m., officers were releasing people from their cells. Incarcerated person Joseph Altamirano yelled at and then struck an officer with his fist. The officer then struck Altamirano, who fell to the ground and attempted to reengage. Staff activated their personal alarm devices, gave verbal orders to “get down” and then used pepper spray when Altamirano cont ..read more