Inmates Transferred from San Quentin to Chino Prison Despite Public Outcry

Chino, California – Death row inmates from San Quentin are being relocated to 19 other prisons across California to adhere to Proposition 66, approved by voters in 2016. Among these facilities is the California Institution for Men in Chino, sparking opposition from public officials and residents like Mary Ann Hughes of Chino Hills. Hughes, whose son was murdered in 1983 by an inmate who had escaped from the Chino prison, vividly recounted the tragedy during …

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Death Row Convict David Westerfield Transferred to High Desert State Prison Amid California Program Changes

San Diego, California – David Westerfield, the man sentenced to death for the 2002 kidnapping and killing of 7-year-old Sabre Springs resident Danielle van Dam, was recently moved from San Quentin to a new state prison facility. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation confirmed that Westerfield, now 72 years old, was transferred to High Desert State Prison in northeastern California last month as part of the Condemned Inmate Transfer Program. This program does not …

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