Despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars to fill vacant medical and mental health positions at prisons and state hospitals, California has little to show for it, according to a new report from ...

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

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 ...

The U.S. Bureau of Prisons said Tuesday that it will suspend operations at a California prison, following the news that “chunks” of concrete have begun falling from the decaying ceilings of ...

FIRST ON FOX — Two federal inmates previously on death row — one a crooked New Orleans cop, the other behind a multi-state killing spree — have been transferred to a notorious "supermax" prison in ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Federal Correctional Institution Terminal Island has been closed due to concerns about crumbling underground ...

The jail gym was set up with three distinct seating areas where the families would gather – to talk, hug, have a snack and ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The death of an inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison is being investigated as a homicide, allegedly at the hands of a former Valley resident. The California Department of ...

An inmate who was attacked inside a South Carolina prison has died, according to the state Department of Corrections. Mario Leven Harrison, 37, died at a hospital Monday, the S.C. Department of ...

Robert Brooks Jr., whose father was fatally beaten at Marcy Correctional Facility 11 months ago, said he would like to meet Gov. Kathy Hochul “and just have a real conversation with her, just so she ...

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday, Dec. 9, that an inmate died at the Federal Correctional Institution Yazoo ...