Attorneys claim the inmate, jailed for assault with a deadly weapon, should never have worked in the kitchen with access to ...

33 incarcerated women at Puerta La Cruz Conservation Camp are volunteering to be on the front lines this wildfire season in ...

California's elder parole law, which considers convicts aged 50 and older as elderly, is facing criticism as it allows some ...

Officials are investigating a possible case of hantavirus in an inmate at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center.

An inmate at California’s notorious San Quentin prison has exhibited hantavirus symptoms, sparking concerns of a potential ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is waiting for more lab test results, a spokesperson said.

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 ...

SUSANVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The death of a California prison inmate is being investigated as a possible homicide. State prison officials say the 29-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell late ...

The school’s LIFTED program is part of a broad expansion of education behind bars. For at least one inmate graduate, the ...

Condemned prisoners on California's death row are partly filling their time by watching pornography and engaging in lewd conversations using taxpayer-funded tablets as the state continues its shift ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In 2012, under court order to reduce prison overcrowding, California announced an ambitious criminal justice reform plan that promised not only to meet the court mandate but ...