The death of an L.A. County inmate marks the 13th suspected homicide in state prisons this year as violence surges despite a ...

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

A man convicted of a murder in the Coachella Valley was accused of killing a convicted rapist Sunday night at California ...

Then-Assemblymember Brian Jones said state-built prisons in other nations would "operate at a lot lower expense than being ...

An officer is recovering after being stabbed by an inmate in Kern County this weekend. The attack happened yesterday just ...

Stephanie Dowells, 62, was visiting her husband behind bars for a conjugal visit at Mule Creek State Prison in California, US ...

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

The ruling is the latest chapter in a decades-long case over the inadequacy of the state prison system's mental health care.

A man incarcerated at a California state prison was indicted on federal charges after prosecutors say he sexually exploited a teenage girl, who he’s accused of previously abusing, while ...

After two women died while visiting their husbands at a Northern California prison, Assemblyman David Tangipa wants to ...

Five correctional officers at Calipatria State Prison were injured in an attack on Saturday, April 26, the California ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is investigating the death of an inmate at High Desert ...