The July 4 death of a Kern Valley State Prison inmate is under investigation as a homicide, according to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

In a better world it would be rather touching, the way that for many years now — for decades — the members of the Los Angeles ...

Santa Clara County has started gathering community input on the needs of its crumbling jail system while simultaneously ...

One of Sánchez’s former ministers is embroiled in the same kickback investigation as Cerdán, who is also being investigated ...

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

DISTANCING ONESELF from gang violence in search of a better life is not easy. Neither is rejoining society after years in ...

I bathe in and drink the sometimes cloudy, often foul tasting water every day. I can attest to the black mold that forms on ...

In the largest prison building boom in history — 24 prisons built in California between 1982 and 1998 — mass incarceration was sold to rural communities like Ione with the promise of jobs and ...

IONE — A convicted killer from Alameda County — currently serving a term at Mule Creek State Prison for forcible rape of a mentally disabled woman — is under investigation in a suspected ...

IONE, Calif. - An incarcerated man has died at Mule Creek State Prison during medical rounds, and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said they are investigating his death ...

IONE, Calif. — California prison officials said they are investigating the Wednesday death of an inmate in Amador County as a homicide, and his cellmate is in restrictive housing pending ...