Criminal justice advocates and formerly incarcerated organizers have criticized Governor Gavin Newsom’s revised state budget ...

A corrections counselor at Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City is suing the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for interest on back pay that was seized in what he described ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Immigrants in shackles at the Adelanto Detention Facility in California in 2013. (John Moore / Getty Images) On Aug. 18, 2022, a ...

SACRAMENTO — The state's prison system is run by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), but it turns out that only about half of the state's inmates are actually ...

California lawmakers want to expand organized sports at state prisons, but an incarcerated journalist fears it will benefit ...

California’s prison system used inappropriate tactics to whittle down a backlog of staff misconduct cases, according to a new special review from the Office of the Inspector General, the state’s ...

Condemned California prisoners reportedly watch pornography on taxpayer-funded tablets meant for education, according to ...

"Something happened that was not supposed to happen," said the attorney who represents the 13 women who sued California prison officials.

California State Prison, Sacramento, once known as New Folsom, was opened in 1986 and is adjacent to Folsom State Prison, California’s second-oldest correctional facility. CSP Sacramento houses ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - More than half the people who were released from California prisons did not re-offend, according to a new report conducted by the California Department of Corrections and ...