Joseph Mendoza's death at Salinas Valley State Prison was posted on social media. Lawyers say CDCR staff leaked it.

A leaked video is circulating online showing the brutal killing of a Merced man who was stabbed to death by two inmates while ...

The banned book is “What Kind of Bird Can’t Fly: A Memoir of Resilience and Resurrection,” by Dorsey Nunn and co-author Lee ...

A new audit from the California state prisons’ inspector general found that five correctional officers who were accused of sexually assaulting incarcerated people over the last dozen years ...

Safety threats from collapsing concrete have closed Terminal Island prison, with nearly 1,000 inmates now being moved to other federal facilities.

The death of an inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison is being investigated as a homicide, allegedly at the hands of a former ...

The Federal Correctional Institution Terminal Island is closing due to crumbling underground tunnels and other infrastructure problems, authorities said.

California state prison officials said an inmate is accused of trying to kill a psychiatrist during a one-on-one meeting on Friday. Jose L. Ramirez, 35, was identified as the inmate. The attack ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Some of California’s most dangerous inmates could be getting more sleep under an agreement announced Thursday that requires guards to hold down the noise. Dozens of prisoners ...

President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is taking further action to keep male inmates away from women’s prisons, but ...

Over the course of several years, two women's prisons in California signed at least 150 pregnant women up for permanent sterilization to be performed after they gave birth, without following the ...

The Department of Justice has released data revealing the amount of sexual victimization in prisons and local jails in the ...