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

The state's high court handed down a decision Monday that vacated court fines for an alleged prison gang leader, setting a ...

SOLEDAD — Three California prisoners with alleged ties to organized crime are suspected of murdering an Aryan Brotherhood member at Salinas Valley State Prison, authorities announced Thursday. Todd ...

Three men serving life sentences in the California prison system, two of whom have visible Nazi face tattoos, are accused of attacking and killing another inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison in ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2025 announced the closure of another prison, a shutdown that's possible because the state is incarcerating far fewer people than it did just a decade ago.

How fighting deadly Los Angeles fires as an incarcerated firefighter gave Jose Amezcua purpose, reduced his sentence, and ...