A former medical worker is sentenced to 4.3 years in prison, closing the final criminal case tied to the largest sexual abuse ...

An inmate at a California prison who was shot in the head by a guard, lost part of his skull and nearly died in January […] ...

The Bureau of Prisons ultimately shut down the Dublin facility in April 2024 after acknowledging it could not reform the ...

Federal officials are probing whether transgender inmate housing policies in California and Maine violate female inmates' constitutional protections.

A caged outdoor area is used to discipline general population women prisoners at the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) The California Department of ...

Arthur Jackson is an inmate of San Quentin Rehabilitation Center and founder of The People in Blue, a committee of incarcerated advocates Re: “California prisoners sleep with ‘one eye open.’ Should ...

Canine Companions' service dogs change the lives of people with disabilities on a daily basis. Organization leaders say this program takes it a step further, as it helps the inmates with ...

Assistant Atty. Gen. Harmeet Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, announced an investigation into two California prisons on Thursday. (Andrew Harnik / Associated Press) ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A system designed to protect state inmates has led to increased violence involving so-called ‘dropout’ gangs of ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom's wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, is getting raked over the coals for comments she made several years ago, suggesting criminals housed in a notorious California prison, ...