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CDCR Prison Guard Convicted of Accepting Bribes

A veteran prison guard at the California Men’s Colony was sentenced to 30 days in jail in August 2013 for accepting bribes.  Kevin Jon Venema, 50, was confronted by internal affairs officers who accused him of selling tobacco and cell phones to prisoners.  Venema, initially charged with three felonies, pleaded no contest to one count

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Man Sentenced to 53 Years in Prison and Married Same Day

By Prison Legal News Danne Desbrow will remember September 17, 2013, as a day with both good and bad news.  First, the bad: he was sentenced to 53 years to life in prison after being convicted of murder.  Then the good: he got married … by the same judge who had just sentenced him.  Plus,

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