Shannon O’Connor faces a larger possible sentence after a judge found she preyed on vulnerable victims by planning alcohol-fueled teen parties that led to sexual assaults and injuries.

As reported by The New York Times, the new policy lets Medicaid start paying for certain services up to 90 days before someone leaves jail or prison and continue afterward. The Times notes that Santa ...

Medicaid is now paying for health care in jails and prisons, helping smooth inmates’ return to the community. Corrections and law enforcement officials say they’re all for it.

Nicholas Jacobson had just been accused of murder when a raging infection nearly killed him. Left untreated for two weeks in a California jail, sepsis drove him into a coma as his organs started to ...

Three California Democrats are speaking out against the idea that the Trump administration could turn a shuttered women’s prison in Alameda County into a new immigration detention facility. Sens. Alex ...

Federal protections against detention and deportation for sexual abuse survivors have deteriorated under Trump.

Shannon Marie O’Connor, 51, the Los Gatos, Calif., 'party mom,' was found guilty on 48 of 63 charges related to ...

Leonard Jones, who holds the title of being among the longest held in Santa Rita Jail, is working toward reducing his 59-year prison sentence, while simultaneously fighting with the Alameda County ...