Earthquakes, wildfires and floods all could cause problems for California prisons. A new audit says they aren't ready to ...

The move ends nearly 18 months of litigation by one of the five men, who said he was looking forward to the change of scenery ...

President Donald Trump’s call to reopen Alcatraz, the famed San Francisco-area prison closed more than 60 years ago, drew ...

The audit from the California Office of the Inspector General warns lives could be lost if prisons don’t improve their ...

Prison advocates worry that thousands of false positive drug test results have tainted the parole decisions for some ...

A prosecutor in California slammed a plan to build a rehabilitation center to replace San Quentin State Prison, saying the ...

In its initial stages, the California Model has improved working conditions for some officers. Others say it’s creating more ...

Mark Leno, who authored California’s medical parole law when he was a Democratic state senator, criticized prison officials ...

Shortly after taking office in 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on executions and ordered death row dismantled.

A person incarcerated at Folsom State Prison was stabbed in the yard on Thursday, officials said. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said staff observed the person’s injuries ...

A man who was found dead along Interstate 5 in Oregon has been identified after nearly 45 years and police say a notorious ...

Former President Donald Trump has proposed reopening Alcatraz Island as a federal prison to address what he calls a "national ...