Cesar Hernandez, a prison inmate convicted of murder, allegedly was involved in a shootout with Mexican authorities months after escaping from California authorities.

Advocates today warned that three recently closed California prisons are at risk of reopening as immigration detention ...

After 35 years of failing reports and climbing suicide rates, a federal judge is appointing an outsider to propose fixes for ...

The Fresno City Council approved a resolution Thursday asking the state not to allow parole for Rudolph Acosta. One of his 22 ...

California lawmakers are debating a bill to increase pay for inmate firefighters, with some arguing current wages are akin to slavery while others oppose the proposed pay hike.

The California Republican Party has a new chairwoman with Silicon Valley roots. She’s trying to capitalize on recent gains by ...

The restrictions started Saturday and affect the top-security sections of nearly a dozen lockups including the California Correctional Institution, California State Prison-Los Angeles County and ...

I SEE A STATE. I SEE A CITY THAT I GREW UP IN ... person at California Medical Facility in Vacaville, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said. Officials said the officers ...

A new California bill seeks to prohibit the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from forcing inmates to work. A similar measure, Proposition 6, would have banned the practice as well, but ...

STATE DEFENDS INMATE RELEASES: The Hochul administration is telling New Yorkers not to worry about a plan to release some ...

Bruce Dallas Goodman spent 19 years in prison for the rape and murder of Sherry Ann Fales Williams, a crime he maintained he ...