California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating after a death row inmate was killed at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano on Friday. Convicted murderer ...

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating after a death row inmate was killed at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano on Friday. Convicted murderer ...

The state hopes to permanently empty California's death row by this fall, a CDCR official says. Friend vows to fight the effort. A public hearing on the issue is scheduled in Sacramento for March 8.

According to the CDCR, the state has put 513 people to death since 1893. Since the U.S. Supreme Court allowed states to pursue the death penalty again in 1976, California has put 13 people to ...

More than 200 Civil rights groups urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to use his powers to commute California's more than 500 death sentences over accusations of its constitutionality and racial discrimination.

Chino, specifically, has undergone a series of repairs and upgrades, including improvements to its electrical systems and security lighting, according to the CDCR. All of the death row inmates are ...

San Quentin’s infamous death row is facing its own death sentence. The California Department of Corrections (CDCR) has now begun transferring death row inmates to other prisons across the state ...

The program also will enable CDCR to repurpose existing facilities for educational and restorative justice purposes. Expanding upon a previous pilot program, the CDCR's initiative will extend ...

SAN FRANCISCO — California this week pushed ahead with controversial efforts to dismantle the largest death row system in America. Under Gov. Gavin Newsom, the state is moving to make the ...