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.

The state’s Elderly Parole program can be traced back to a 2014 court order, according to the California Department of ...

Assemblymember Gregg Hart said California needs to weigh the benefits of rehabilitation with the stubbornly high cost of incarceration.

The California Board of Parole Hearings voted on Wednesday to reevaluate an elder parole grant for a convicted child predator from Sacramento.

Medicaid is now paying for health care in jails and prisons, helping smooth inmates’ return to the community. Corrections and law enforcement officials say they’re all for it.

Inside a gymnasium at California State Prison Solano, the walls are alive with color. Large murals of athletes in motion — some finished, others still in progress — stretch across the space, painted ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive explore the overcrowded conditions and gang structures of the oldest prison in California and the social codes required to stay safe.

Two high-outrage cases of possible parole for sex offenders have put California's elderly parole program under scrutiny. No ...

If a new bill passes in the California Legislature this year, inmates in the state’s prisons would have to wait until they ...

California’s incarcerated population has aged rapidly over the past 30 years. A new report recommends pathways for release.

Four Pomona gang members connected to the Mexican Mafia were sentenced Thursday to life in federal prison for racketeering ...

California legislators are seeking to change the state's elderly parole policy following the recent approval of early release ...