A system designed to protect state inmates who wish to leave gangs has backfired, leading to increased violence fueled by ...

An inmate at Kern Valley State Prison stabbed a correctional officer over the weekend with a makeshift weapon, according to ...

California's prison system faces rising violence from 'dropout' gangs. These gangs, formed by defectors from traditional gangs, operate in protective custody areas, contributing to a surge in prison ...

Joseph Mendoza was killed by two fellow inmates of Salinas Valley State Prison, shown here, on April 8. Mendoza’s family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against prison officials. Renée C. Byer ...

A prison guard sued the state Friday alleging the Corrections Department failed to protect her from being held hostage and sexually assaulted by an inmate. The complaint lays out in horrific detail ...

The death of a Yolo County man at Salinas Valley State Prison this week is being investigated as a homicide, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said Wednesday. Israel M.

A 37-year-old man who walked away from a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation reentry program in Los Angeles was apprehended in the Inland Empire this week. Jeremy D. Hendricks had ...

For years, residents of Norco have tried to convince the state to close a medium-security prison occupying roughly 100 acres of prime real estate in the Southern California city. Last week, the ...

SAN DIEGO — A jury has awarded nearly $17 million to a San Diego resident who alleged in a lawsuit that while working as a clinical psychologist at a California state prison, she was retaliated ...