The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is investigating a homicide that occured on Saturday at Salinas ...

California’s $17.5 billion prison system is over budget, contributing to a projected state deficit. Some groups want him to ...

A California corrections officer is recovering after being stabbed twice by an inmate using a makeshift weapon, authorities announced Monday. The incident occurred around 4:30 p.m. Sunday at the ...

Nearly two dozen state prisons last week imposed sweeping restrictions on their incarcerated population — including shutting off all outside communication. Now, hundreds of prisoners are reported to ...

The Santa Cruz County District Attorney's Office said a woman was sentenced to four years in the California Department of ...

A Fresno County man is suspected of homicide after a 26-year-old inmate was found dead in his cell at the Salinas Valley ...

A dangerous criminal in custody for murder escaped from California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s (CDCR) custody on Monday. Caesar Hernandez, 34, was being transported to the ...

Authorities on Thursday rolled back restrictions at nine California prisons where privileges had been suspended and inmate movements restricted because of a statewide surge in violence. Twelve other ...

(FOX40.COM) — California welcomed 339 graduates from Cal Fire, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and the California Highway Patrol to the state’s already robust contingent of ...

Two inmates at California State Prison Solano are under investigation after an inmate died following a prison yard attack Wednesday morning. According to the California Department of Corrections and ...

An investigation is underway after a California inmate convicted of murder was accused of trying to kill a prison psychiatrist during a one-on-one meeting. On Aug. 29, Jose L. Ramirez, 35, allegedly ...