The death of Robert Cole at Mule Creek State Prison, if determined to be a homicide, would be the latest in a spate of ...

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

California plans to spend around $240 million of taxpayer money on a new prison rehab center that comes with lavish amenities, including a farmers market, grocery store and podcast studio for inmates.

California officials are moving forward with a costly multi-hundred-million dollar renovation to the San Quentin State Prison ...

Crime rates for prisoners who were released in California five years ago fell to their lowest level in at least a decade, ...

Jones is now housed at California State Prison, Sacramento. The fact that San Quentin’s death row is in effect extinct makes Jones’ work historically relevant, Kinmont said. As a bookseller ...

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 ...

But Kesling was convicted on fraud charges in the 1930s, and was sentenced to two years in the infamous California state prison. During his time inside, he reportedly gave the John L. Hudson ...

I don’t believe I’ve ever met an Olympian, and it’s crazy to think it’s going to be the first opportunity I have for that,” said Rich Yvon, Maine State Prison recreation officer.

Strong winds on Monday drove an out-of-control wildfire through a remote area of eastern California, prompting evacuations for hundreds of homes. The Silver Fire erupted Sunday afternoon along ...

March 31 (Reuters) - A rapidly growing wildfire in California's Eastern Sierra region burned through 1,000 acres and forced evacuations in multiple counties, the California Department of Forestry ...

A few weeks later, Mr. Kotov, then 48, was found dead in his prison cell. Prison officials ... par with the likes of Al Qaeda or the Islamic State. Under laws targeting extremist groups, gay ...