A California inmate already serving life in prison for repeated attacks on corrections officers, including the murder of a ...

California is incarcerating 70,000 fewer people than in 2010, enabling the Newsom administration to close five state prisons. It has capacity to shut one more, according to a new analysis.

Jon Blaylock, who was already serving a life sentence for a 2023 in-prison murder of a peace officer, has since been moved to ...

Assemblymember Gregg Hart said California needs to weigh the benefits of rehabilitation with the stubbornly high cost of incarceration.

California prison officials are investigating the fatal Jan. 11 assault of inmate Mario Ramos at Calipatria State Prison. Authorities say Ramos was targeted by two fellow inmates, Deandre Powell and ...

L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna has asked the National Institute of Corrections to step in and conduct a review of jail conditions after 10 inmate deaths in less than three months.

VACAVILLE, California -- Inmates at a California state prison put their talents to the test during a performance of Shakespeare's King John for visitors and fellow inmates. The performers were from ...

Arthur Jackson is an inmate of San Quentin Rehabilitation Center and founder of The People in Blue, a committee of incarcerated advocates Re: “California prisoners sleep with ‘one eye open.’ Should ...

These 20 women represent a major milestone in a decade-long partnership between the state’s department of corrections and ...

IONE, Calif. -- Some inmates at one Northern California prison have a new job. Tender Loving Canines just started an inmate training program at Mule Creek Prison in Ione. The convicts will train pups ...

A federal judge overrode a California state law on Friday to help combat a growing problem of inmates dying from drug overdoses. U.S. Judge Thelton Henderson of San Francisco approved waiving state ...