Peter Navarro, who spent four months in federal prison for a contempt of Congress order over the Jan. 6 investigations and ...

The Prison and Justice Writing Program at PEN America has announced its Incarcerated Writers Bureau. The bureau, announced on ...

NORCO, Calif. (AP) — Robert Ross' mother died while he was in prison for robbing a bank and he hasn't seen his 12-year-old son since the boy was in diapers. For all that he has lost, however, Ross ...

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Some officials say it’s time to rethink shared quarters for inmates because of the risk of violence and the detriment to rehabilitation.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has floated several ideas to stabilize the state’s finances. Some are controversial, some ...

Five years after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced plans for California to shutter some of its prisons, the state’s prison budget is reflecting savings. Newsom announced plans to close two prisons in 2020, ...