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

He expected to be on the next bus to a federal prison yard, and prosecutors said at the time they’d work to make that happen.

A prosecutor in California blasted the state's $239 million taxpayer-funded project to build a prison rehabilitation center in the Bay Area, arguing that it's another example of politicians ...

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 ...

Mark Leno, who authored California’s medical parole law when he was a Democratic state senator, criticized prison officials for ending their use of the law without legislative approval and ...

Authorities are investigating a California inmate in the death of his cellmate, a convicted child molester, whose body was found at Mule Creek State Prison on Friday. Officers at the Amador County ...

Understaffing and overcrowding in prisons are causing unsafe conditions, low retention rates, and a higher suicide rate among ...

Mark Leno, who authored California’s medical parole law when he was a Democratic state senator, criticized prison officials for ending their use of the law without legislative approval and instead ...