California is incarcerating 70,000 fewer people than in 2010, enabling the Newsom administration to close five state prisons. It has capacity to shut one more, according to a new analysis.

Jon Blaylock, who was already serving a life sentence for a 2023 in-prison murder of a peace officer, has since been moved to ...

A California inmate already serving life in prison for repeated attacks on corrections officers, including the murder of a ...

Will the next governor continue Gavin Newsom's emphasis on rehabilitation for incarcerated people or move in a different ...

Monterey County inmate Gabriel Otero was found dead at Pelican Bay; investigators are probing an apparent homicide.

These 20 women represent a major milestone in a decade-long partnership between the state’s department of corrections and ...

VACAVILLE, California -- Inmates at a California state prison put their talents to the test during a performance of Shakespeare's King John for visitors and fellow inmates. The performers were from ...

California prison officials are investigating the death of an incarcerated man at California State Prison, Sacramento, as a homicide, authorities announced Wednesday. Staff found 49-year-old John ...

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 ...

State correctional officials said an inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison from Monterey County died Monday in an apparent ...

California officials say inmates have ended their nearly two-month hunger strike to protest the prison system's isolation policies. More than 30,000 inmates had been refusing meals when the strike ...

A federal judge overrode a California state law on Friday to help combat a growing problem of inmates dying from drug overdoses. U.S. Judge Thelton Henderson of San Francisco approved waiving state ...