Serial Sacramento child rapist David Allen Funston, serving multiple life terms, was set to be released Thursday on elderly ...

Convicted California child molester David Funston was arrested on new charges just before his scheduled parole release this ...

California prison officials are investigating the death of John Cisneros, 49, as a homicide after he was found unresponsive in his cell at a state prison.

Officials at California State Prison, Sacramento, are investigating the death of John Cisneros as a homicide involving his ...

The union representing correctional officers opposed the recommendation, arguing closing the Soledad prison was “shortsighted ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s criminal justice system looks different in a very tangible way compared to when Gov. Gavin Newsom took ...

An investigation is underway at a Northern California prison after a man died earlier this week, officials said.

While California’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office has recommended closing another prison to save the state millions ...

An incarcerated person's constitutional right to a safe and healthy environment in a single occupancy cell cannot be withheld on the condition that she or he be good.

California's parole board is using unreliable drug test results in decisions about releasing incarcerated people despite flaws that were exposed in a rash of false positives two years ago, more than a ...