California Institution for Women

[dramatic music] Peggy Jana Small was tried and convicted of forgery, 10 counts.

She was sentenced to the California Institution for Women at Corona, California, for the term prescribed by law.

Forgery is punishable by imprisonment for a period of from one to 14 years in the state penitentiary.

[dramatic music] You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files.

Right.

I met Sonia at an event at the California Institution for Women, and she and I got to talking, and she told me the story about Jayna and Kenyon.

And I was like, "Damn, this is deep." But I was looking at it as deep from a person that's been through so much actually forgiving the person that did so much to her.

Right.

The producing team inside San Quentin includes Darell Sadiq Davis and Tom Wynn.

The inside managing producer is Tony Tafoya.

Thanks to Warden Andes and PIO Lieutenant Giamar Barry at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, Acting Warden Padilla, Associate Warden Lewis, and PIO Lieutenant Avina at the California Institution for Women, and Warden De La Cruz and PIO Lieutenant Vogel at the Central California Women's Facility for their support of the show.

show.Thanks also to R. Hosea Collins at the Calvary Baptist Church of Hawthorne and Commissioner Bob Barton and the California Board of Parole Hearings.

Lazarus never publicly admits to killing Sherry Rasmussen, that is, until doing so could work to her advantage.

November 16th, 2023, the California Institution for Women near Chino, California.

Stephanie Lazarus' parole hearing.

Two commissioners, Lazarus, and her lawyer are present.

Following sentencing, both women were committed to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Helen was eventually housed at the California Institution for Women in Chino.

Olga was housed at the Central California Women's Facility.

in chowchilla which is probably good because olga complained that helen had failed to pay her adequately for scouting real estate and performing quote other work and helen reportedly described olga as loud explosive and difficult to manage

And this is cool, man, because this is their newest episode in Uncuffed's fifth season.

Yeah, and it's powerful and personal stories made by people in California prisons, like the California Institution for Women, San Quentin and the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, and the Solano State Prison.

And what's really, really cool is in Uncuff, the voices that you hear are people that are directly impacted by the prison system, kind of like Concrete Mama.

People that you hear from are the people that's actually living it, dealing with it, and being affected by it.

Thank you, Fuhala, for telling us all about it.

Shout out to Michael Callahan, who produced that piece.

This next story comes from the California Institution for Women.

Most of us think we know our family's story.

The recommendation thankfully was later reviewed and ultimately reversed in 2024, meaning that Stephanie remained in prison.

She has since had another parole hearing but has not been released and remains at the California Institution for Women, serving her 27 years to life sentence.

And thankfully, that's where she remains today, that evil, evil woman.

She would not be having a good time in there as like an ex-police officer.

The inside managing producer is Tony Tafoya.

Thanks to Warden Andes at San Quentin, Acting Warden Padilla, Associate Warden Lewis, and PIO Lieutenant Avena at the California Institution for Women, and Warden Delacruz and PIO Lieutenant Vogel at the Central California Women's Facility for their support of the show.

And as you know, every episode of Ear Hustle has to be approved by a public information officer.

This week, it's this woman here.