The fatal overdose of a homeless man at a Sacramento County jail is one of multiple deaths in which staff have been accused ...

Deputies arrived to find the man on the floor of the cell after the apparent attack, the Sheriff’s Office said.

Scott Peterson, convicted of murdering his pregnant wife and unborn son, was injured Sunday at a state prison during an ...

High-security prisons across California have tightly restricted movement, calls and visits while officials probe a surge in ...

California corrections officials say high-security prisons across the state are tightly restricting movement, calls and ...

The next phase of updated California Fire Hazard Severity Zones is set to be released Monday by the Office of the State Fire Marshal and Cal Fire. New maps rating the likelihood and severity of ...

Erik and Lyle Menéndez‘s murder case was thrust back into the spotlight with Ryan Murphy‘s Monsters - and now there is a ...

The cause of death for notorious cult leader Charles Manson was acute cardiac arrest, with colon cancer as a factor. That's ...

At least five inmates were allegedly stabbed in a fight at the prison, which saw an emergency response of 22 firefighters from the Folsom Fire Department.

The deadly stabbing comes two days after a brawl at the prison resulted in the alleged stabbing of six inmates prompting a large emergency response.

The California State Prison, Sacramento is among facilities that are being placed on modified movement after a surge in ...