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 ...

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

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

Joseph Mendoza was killed by two fellow inmates of Salinas Valley State Prison, shown here, on April 8. Mendoza’s family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against prison officials. Renée C. Byer ...

ELMORE (AP) — Family and advocates of people incarcerated in Alabama prisons on Thursday said they want to keep a public spotlight on problems in state lockups and said inmates are planning another ...

In the past six years, 478 people have died under the care of the Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino County jails. To better understand that figure, the Southern California News Group ...

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear the cases of two inmates who challenged the use of rotating lockdowns at a Nova Scotia jail. The two inmates at the Central Nova Scotia ...

A 24-year-old former corrections officer at the Atlantic County jail has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a female inmate in her cell. Sebastian Flores-Huamani is charged with official ...

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 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Eric and Vicki Cordes, a Simi Valley couple in their 60s, were gunned down in their garage Sunday. A black Honda ...

UTICA, N.Y. -- Two former Mid-State corrections officers have been sentenced for assaulting an inmate. Michael Williams will serve 21 months in federal prison and Rohail Khan will serve 24 months.

A doctor and his wife were both shot to death outside their California home on Sunday, according to authorities. The victims, Eric and Vicki Cordes, were found injured in the driveway of their Simi ...