Federal officials recently visited Alcatraz as part of the president's efforts to reopen the historic site as a prison. How ...

A Kern County jury on Wednesday found an inmate guilty of first-degree murder and assault with force likely to cause great ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum visited the site on Thursday to study whether reopening it as a ...

An A.C.L.U. lawyer said it was possible that any sheriff who complied with the request could be in violation of California’s ...

Zamperini's dream of participating in the 1940 Tokyo Olympics was thwarted by World War II. The games were canceled and he traded his track shorts for a military uniform, thus commencing his second ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum visited Alcatraz on Thursday, where they are expected to announce plans to reopen the dilapidated California state prison that closed ...

'Catastrophe': States scramble after Trump's cuts to Medicaid, SNAP Michael Jackson’s estate says they’ve had to deal with ‘issues’ with his ex-wife ...

“CDCR and the corrections budget in general has been a black hole, a money pit,” said Brian Kaneda, CURB’s deputy director.

California has six privately operated immigration detention centers. Two of these — Golden State Annex in McFarland and Mesa ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation had restricted inmate movements and suspended privileges at 21 prisons because of a statewide surge in violence.

San Quentin California is looking to Norway, with help from a Danish architecture practice, to revamp its prisons. Will it work?

Over 20 California prisons shut off outside communication for inmates under big restrictions that took effect in June, which led to hunger strikes.