Pelican Bay State Prison News

A Sacramento jury today convicted Kevin Wayne Dunigan of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Gary Patrick Veirs some 14 years ago in the Meadowview neighborhood.

In reaction to the city's gang-driven blood-letting, Mike Roddy of Salinas put ink to paper.

The Cabrillo College honor student and ex-con whose saga this fall has drawn attention to the need for prison reform and support for parolees within the community returned Thursday to the place where so many people have argued he belongs: school.

Saving, selling items destined for the landfill Lewis Forknera s merchandise includes a dentista s chair that came from Pelican Bay State Prison.

"Bobby! Mommy said no!" said the mother, scolding her son for playing with his food.

As hard-liners say, "you do the crime, you do the time." But if you feel you're getting ripped off by paying too much for prison coffee -- to quote Doug Llewelyn , "You take 'em to court." Eight inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City in the far north of California last week f iled a federal class action suit in San Francisco court ...

Pelican Bay prisoner attacked his cellmate A former Pelican Bay State Prison inmate who stabbed his cellmate in the neck with a pencil will be incarcerated for an additional two years, a Del Norte County jury has decided.

Outcome of inmate releases, layoffs, budget cuts still unclear With the reduction of inmate populations, layoffs and other cuts looming over the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, it's still uncertain what the exact impact on Pelican Bay State Prison might be.

Freddie Smith sits at his desk at Living Stones Prison Ministry in Winston. A former prisoner himself, Smith and his wife, Barbara, founded their nonprofit group nearly 20 years ago and have been visiting prisons along the West Coast since then.

If you know people who work at Pelican Bay State Prison be kind to them. They are probably feeling under siege.

Sentence softened; DA considers appeal A local business owner once suspected of being part of an insurance fraud scandal that involved multiple victims and spanned several years will likely have to coach youth sports as punishment.

Insurance firm owner faces 30-day sentence Jerrold Young, the local insurance broker who was recently sentenced to serve 30 days in jail on behalf of his company for its involvement in a fraud case, is trying to get out of the time commitment.

The first inclination is to be simply transfixed as the smoke clears and the wreckage gradually comes into focus.

Businessman originally had faced 29 charges A nearly decade-long fraud investigation that included local law enforcement agencies and the California Department of Insurance ended with a wimper Tuesday when a judge handed down a 30-day jail sentence on a Crescent City business owner.

Here is the Del Norte County Sheriff's Office call logs for July 9-15. Thursday, July 9 At 12:20 a.m. police attempted to locate the suspect of a burglary on the 1100 block of California Street.

Treasurer: 'We hope to be able to keep our heads above water' Del Norte County's state IOUs could eventually become You Owe Thems if local officials decide they don't have the funding to cover the temporary cash flow shortage caused by California's $26.3 billion deficit.

The Del Norte County Grand Jury's Final Report issued last week produced good news along with a healthy dollop of constructive, sometimes scathing, criticism about the twisted path Crescent City has taken to expand its wastewater treatment plant.

A riot Friday afternoon at Pelican Bay State Prison left one inmate seriously injured, while another six had to be treated for minor stab wounds and other injuries.

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The police officer who sources inside City Hall say kicked a gang member in the head after a long car chase Wednesday also owns a clothing company that glorifies gang and prison life.