A new report on discipline in California prisons highlights slow handling of several sex assault cases filed against officers ...

Joseph Mendoza's death at Salinas Valley State Prison was posted on social media. Lawyers say CDCR staff leaked it.

The banned book is “What Kind of Bird Can’t Fly: A Memoir of Resilience and Resurrection,” by Dorsey Nunn and co-author Lee ...

California's essential health care facilities are wasting money on expensive contract labor amid chronic staffing shortages, ...

Safety threats from collapsing concrete have closed Terminal Island prison, with nearly 1,000 inmates now being moved to ...

Throughout California prisons, outdoor showers were condemned, water hoses in kitchen areas discontinued, and garbage disposal usage ceased. Numerous drinking fountains were turned off, and ice ...

FOLSOM, Calif. (AP) — Two California prison officers were hospitalized after an alleged attack by an incarcerated man, and authorities are investigating it as an attempted homicide, officials said ...

If you’re serving hard time inside a California prison, you’ll often find yourself stuck in a cramped cell with a complete stranger. You hang a bedsheet to manufacture the semblance of privacy between ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. If you’re serving hard time inside a California prison, you’ll often find yourself stuck in a cramped cell with a ...

A Southern California pastor was sentenced to 45 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting three young girls he met at church. Carlos Ramirez Valdez, 61, of Riverside, was arrested in 2021 and ...

Brian Joaquin Alvarado was serving a prison sentence in California when he "organized and coordinated" shipments of ...