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Cain Velasquez’s Parole Eligibility Moved Up to February 2026

The update reflects credits earned under California sentencing rules.

Henry Ruggs III Graduates From Alabama With 4.0 While Serving Prison Term

Jessup Inmate Death Investigated as Homicide After Fellow Prisoner Named as Suspect

Last Inmate Caught in New Orleans Jailbreak Gets Two Life Terms for 2018 Double Murder

Henry Ruggs III Transferred to Carson City Medium-Security Prison

Maryland Indicts 10 in Three Alleged Jessup Prison Contraband Schemes

Ex-Jail Librarian, Inmate Among 5 Indicted in Alleged K‑2 Smuggling at Bristol County Jail

Cumberland County Inmate Charged With Homicide in Fatal Beating of Sleeping Cellmate

Death of 27-Year-Old Inmate at Eastern Kentucky Prison Investigated as Suspected Foul Play

Brawl Involving About 30 Inmates at Redwood City Jail Injures Deputies, Sends Six to Hospitals

Coroner Rules Sacramento Prison Cell Death a Homicide as Probe Focuses on Cellmate

Death of Inmate in 2019 La Jolla Drive-By Case at Tehachapi Prison Investigated as Homicide

Suspect Identified After 24-Year-Old Inmate Found Dead at Eastern Correctional Institution

Judge Grants Luigi Mangione Secured Laptop in Jail Ahead of Trial

Ex-California K-9 Sergeant Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud Over Contraband Scheme

Shawn Ryan Grell, Convicted of Setting Daughter on Fire, Dies in Arizona Prison

Parole board again recommends release of Charles Manson cult member Patricia Krenwinkel