A man serving prison time for a San Diego County burglary and assault was accused of killing his cellmate Friday, just weeks ...

California State Prison in Sacramento Announce Second Murder Between Inmates Charged in February Homicide, CDCR Reports ...

Officials said 32-year-old Jake Kennedy was found in his cell with multiple stab wounds during a security check ...

Kern Valley State Prison Officials are Investigating the Death of an Incarcerated Person as a Homicide, CDCR Reports ...

Officers then started life-saving measures, CDCR says, but medics soon pronounced Rude dead ... Yates was recently ...

“The injured officer was treated and medically cleared at the institution and is resting at home,” the CDCR stated. The incident remains under investigation by prison officials.

Now, driven by court rulings that make it harder to deny parole, a record number of lifers are getting out -- nearly 2,300 since 2009, or more than three times the number paroled in the previous 17 ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has launched a homicide investigation following the death ...