Officials said the officers were conducting an "emergency cell extraction" when the prisoner attacked the officers with an improvised weapon.

On Wednesday, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation published the findings of the latest recidivism ...

A former Placer County volleyball coach, convicted of child sex charges, was killed Friday in a suspected homicide at a Northern California prison, according to state corrections officials.

An inmate attacked the officers while they were conducting an "emergency cell extraction," according to officials.

Three prison inmates are dead following an altercation reported at a facility in southern Arizona, according to the Arizona ...

Three correctional officers were injured in an attack by an inmate at a prison in Vacaville, authorities said.

Todd Javernick, a spokesperson with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, told the San Francisco Chronicle how the 'holistic initiative' will enhance the prison. ' ...

Incarcerated students inside Sheridan Correctional Center share their thoughts about higher education, rehabilitation and ...

Female legislators proposed a slate of bills aimed at prison reform, including offering survivors of sexual violence alternatives to incarceration.

HOUSE REPUBLICANS IN CONCORD ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH A ROUGHLY $21 MILLION A YEAR CUT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS IN THE NEXT STATE BUDGET, ELIMINATING 191 TOTAL POSITIONS, 99 OF WHICH ARE ...

the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said on Sunday. The Silver Fire, opens new tab, which ignited around 2:11 p.m. PT on Sunday near Highway 6 and Silver Canyon ...

By Monday morning, it had churned through nearly 2 square miles (5 square km) of dry brush, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire. There was no ...