Prisoners and detainees of California
Anand Jon
Anand Jon Alexander (born November 28, 1973), know simply as Anand Jon; is a fashion designer who appeared on America's Next Top Model and rose to fame in the fashion industry prior t...
Anand Jon Alexander (born November 28, 1973), know simply as Anand Jon; is a fashion designer who appeared on America's Next Top Model and rose to fame in the fashion industry prior t...
Andrew Luster
Andrew Stuart Luster (born December 15, 1963) is the great-grandson of cosmetics giant Max Factor, Sr. and an heir to the Max Factor cosmetics fortune.
Andrew Stuart Luster (born December 15, 1963) is the great-grandson of cosmetics giant Max Factor, Sr. and an heir to the Max Factor cosmetics fortune.
Bobby Blood (Musician/filmmaker)
Bobby Blood is an American musician, filmmaker, drummer for the band First Blood and former drummer of the NYHC band Merauder.
Bobby Blood is an American musician, filmmaker, drummer for the band First Blood and former drummer of the NYHC band Merauder.
Cathy Smith
Catherine Evelyn Smith is an occasional backup singer, rock star girlfriend, "groupie" and drug dealer, who served 15 months in the California state prison system for injecting John Belushi with...
Catherine Evelyn Smith is an occasional backup singer, rock star girlfriend, "groupie" and drug dealer, who served 15 months in the California state prison system for injecting John Belushi with...
Charles Ray Hatcher
Charles Ray Hatcher (July 16, 1929 – December 7, 1984), was an American serial killer who confessed to murdering 16 people between 1969 and 1982.
Charles Ray Hatcher (July 16, 1929 – December 7, 1984), was an American serial killer who confessed to murdering 16 people between 1969 and 1982.
Dan White
Daniel James "Dan" White (September 2, 1946 – October 21, 1985) was a San Francisco supervisor who assassinated San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, on Monday, November...
Daniel James "Dan" White (September 2, 1946 – October 21, 1985) was a San Francisco supervisor who assassinated San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, on Monday, November...
Deborah Peagler
Deborah "Debi" Denise Peagler was a battered woman who was in prison from 1983 to 2009 for alleged involvement in the murder of Oliver Wilson, the man who abused her, forced her into prostitutio...
Deborah "Debi" Denise Peagler was a battered woman who was in prison from 1983 to 2009 for alleged involvement in the murder of Oliver Wilson, the man who abused her, forced her into prostitutio...
DeWayne McKinney
DeWayne McKinney was an ATM entrepreneur and wrongfully convicted and imprisoned man.
DeWayne McKinney was an ATM entrepreneur and wrongfully convicted and imprisoned man.
Edgar Smith
Edgar Smith (born 1934) is an American convicted murderer, who was once on Death Row for the 1957 murder of fifteen-year-old honor student and cheer leader Victoria Ann Zielinski.
Edgar Smith (born 1934) is an American convicted murderer, who was once on Death Row for the 1957 murder of fifteen-year-old honor student and cheer leader Victoria Ann Zielinski.
Edward Morrell
Edward H. Morrell, commonly known as Ed Morrell, was an accomplice to the Evans and Sontag gang that robbed the Southern Pacific Railroad in California's San Joaquin Valley in the 1890s.
Edward H. Morrell, commonly known as Ed Morrell, was an accomplice to the Evans and Sontag gang that robbed the Southern Pacific Railroad in California's San Joaquin Valley in the 1890s.
Edwin Ramos
Edwin Ramos October 09, 1983gunpowder plot
Edwin Ramos October 09, 1983gunpowder plot
Eldridge Cleaver
Leroy Eldridge Cleaver (August 31, 1935 – May 1, 1998) better known as Eldridge Cleaver, was a writer and political activist who became an early leader of the Black Panther Party.
Leroy Eldridge Cleaver (August 31, 1935 – May 1, 1998) better known as Eldridge Cleaver, was a writer and political activist who became an early leader of the Black Panther Party.
Ellie Nesler
Elena Starr "Ellie" Nesler (August 2, 1952 – December 26, 2008) shot and killed her son's accused molester in a Jamestown, California, courtroom during the preliminary hearing on the charges aga...
Elena Starr "Ellie" Nesler (August 2, 1952 – December 26, 2008) shot and killed her son's accused molester in a Jamestown, California, courtroom during the preliminary hearing on the charges aga...
Emigdio Preciado, Jr.
Emigdio Preciado, Jr. is a Mexican-American criminal, gang member and a former fugitive who was added to the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list on March 14, 2007.
Emigdio Preciado, Jr. is a Mexican-American criminal, gang member and a former fugitive who was added to the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list on March 14, 2007.
Eric McDavid
Eric McDavid, (born October 7, 1977), is a green anarchist and vegan convicted of conspiring to use fire or explosives to damage corporate and government property.
Eric McDavid, (born October 7, 1977), is a green anarchist and vegan convicted of conspiring to use fire or explosives to damage corporate and government property.
Fleet Robert Current
Fleet Robert Current was an American bank robber and listed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list in 1953.
Fleet Robert Current was an American bank robber and listed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list in 1953.
Griffith J. Griffith
Griffith Jenkins Griffith (January 4, 1850 – July 6, 1919) was a Welsh-American industrialist and philanthropist.
Griffith Jenkins Griffith (January 4, 1850 – July 6, 1919) was a Welsh-American industrialist and philanthropist.
Heidi Fleiss
Heidi Lynne Fleiss is an American former madam, and also a columnist and television personality regularly featured in the 1990s in American media.
Heidi Lynne Fleiss is an American former madam, and also a columnist and television personality regularly featured in the 1990s in American media.
James Butler (boxer)
James Butler Jr. is a former American light heavyweight boxer, and former USBA super middleweight champion.
James Butler Jr. is a former American light heavyweight boxer, and former USBA super middleweight champion.
Jang In-hwan
Jang In-hwan (born Pyongyang, 30 March 1875; died San Francisco, California, 24 April 1930) was a Korean independence activist.
Jang In-hwan (born Pyongyang, 30 March 1875; died San Francisco, California, 24 April 1930) was a Korean independence activist.
John Floyd Thomas, Jr.
John Floyd Thomas, Jr. is an American serial killer convicted of the murders of seven women in the Los Angeles area during the 1970s and 1980s, and suspected by police of 10 to 15 more.
John Floyd Thomas, Jr. is an American serial killer convicted of the murders of seven women in the Los Angeles area during the 1970s and 1980s, and suspected by police of 10 to 15 more.
John Keith Irwin
John Keith Irwin (May 21, 1929 – January 3, 2010) was an American sociologist who was known internationally as an expert on the American prison system.
John Keith Irwin (May 21, 1929 – January 3, 2010) was an American sociologist who was known internationally as an expert on the American prison system.
Lawrence Singleton
Lawrence Singleton (July 28, 1927 - December 28, 2001) was an American criminal best known for perpetrating an infamous rape and mutilation of a teenage hitchhiker in California in 1978.
Lawrence Singleton (July 28, 1927 - December 28, 2001) was an American criminal best known for perpetrating an infamous rape and mutilation of a teenage hitchhiker in California in 1978.
Nino Durden
Gino Floyd "Nino" Durden (born May 5, 1963), was a police officer in the elite Los Angeles Police Department Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH) unit implicated in the LAPD Rampa...
Gino Floyd "Nino" Durden (born May 5, 1963), was a police officer in the elite Los Angeles Police Department Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH) unit implicated in the LAPD Rampa...
Paris Hilton
Paris Whitney Hilton is an American businessperson, potential future heiress, actress, producer, singer and socialite.
Paris Whitney Hilton is an American businessperson, potential future heiress, actress, producer, singer and socialite.
Phillip Craig Garrido
The kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard occurred on June 10, 1991, when she was 11 years old.
The kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard occurred on June 10, 1991, when she was 11 years old.
Santos Reyes (prisoner)
Santos Reyes is a prisoner at Folsom Prison in the state of California who became a focal point of an effort to overturn the state's three strikes law.
Santos Reyes is a prisoner at Folsom Prison in the state of California who became a focal point of an effort to overturn the state's three strikes law.
Sara Jane Olson
Sara Jane Olson, formerly Kathleen Ann Soliah (born January 16, 1947), was a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) in the 1970s.
Sara Jane Olson, formerly Kathleen Ann Soliah (born January 16, 1947), was a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) in the 1970s.
Sara Kruzan
Sara Jessimy Kruzan (born January 8, 1978), convicted of first degree murder, is a victim of human trafficking and inmate of Central California Women's Facility, Chowchilla.
Sara Jessimy Kruzan (born January 8, 1978), convicted of first degree murder, is a victim of human trafficking and inmate of Central California Women's Facility, Chowchilla.
Soledad Brothers
The Soledad Brothers were three African-American inmates charged with the murder of white prison guard John V. Mills at California's Soledad Prison on January 16, 1970.
The Soledad Brothers were three African-American inmates charged with the murder of white prison guard John V. Mills at California's Soledad Prison on January 16, 1970.
Tom Neal
Thomas Neal was an American actor best known for appearing in the critically lauded film Detour, a tryst with Barbara Payton and later committing manslaughter.
Thomas Neal was an American actor best known for appearing in the critically lauded film Detour, a tryst with Barbara Payton and later committing manslaughter.
Tray Deee
Tray Deee (born Tracy Lamar Davis on April 27, 1966 in Long Beach, California) is a rapper who was once signed to Death Row Records and later signed with Snoop Dogg's label Dogghouse Recor...
Tray Deee (born Tracy Lamar Davis on April 27, 1966 in Long Beach, California) is a rapper who was once signed to Death Row Records and later signed with Snoop Dogg's label Dogghouse Recor...
Tung Kuei-sen
Tung Kuei-sen (1951 - 3 April 1991) was a member of the Taiwan-based United Bamboo Gang.
Tung Kuei-sen (1951 - 3 April 1991) was a member of the Taiwan-based United Bamboo Gang.
Wendy Yoshimura
Wendy Masako Yoshimura (born January 17, 1943) is an American still life watercolor painter better known for her involvement with the Symbionese Liberation Army.
Wendy Masako Yoshimura (born January 17, 1943) is an American still life watercolor painter better known for her involvement with the Symbionese Liberation Army.
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