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

Jail video shows Sacramento County deputies and a nurse ignoring or mocking the clear medical problems of an inmate, who soon ...

The Democratic-led legislature's efforts to shield immigrants from the Trump administration's aggressive deportation efforts, ...

Democratic state lawmakers in California have proposed bills to protect women, transgender people, and immigrants in response ...

Assemblymember Damon Connolly and San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins have announced a bill intended to improve safety at state prisons. Assembly Bill 1140 would require the California ...

Erik and Lyle Menendez will have separate hearings, and the Board of Parole will report its findings to Gov. Gavin Newsom in ...

Nevada prosecutors have filed multiple charges against 20 defendants over the incident, including first-degree murder and attempted murder.

Convicted wife killer Scott Peterson was attacked in a California prison while playing pickleball. That's according to TMZ, ...

ICE removed Jose Antonio Garcia, a previously convicted attempted murderer, after his release from Calipatria State Prison ...

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 violence this year.

More than 1,100 inmates in the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation — a group that has historically made up 30% of the California wildfire force — helped battle the Palisades and Eaton ...