A new California bill seeks to prohibit the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from forcing inmates to work.

Supporters of the bill say that forced labor meant missing out on important rehabilitation programs and educational ...

California has inked a nearly $190 million contract for prison communication tablets with a company that has sued the state multiple times in recent years and has been sued for recording prisoners' ...

SACRAMENTO – A homicide investigation is underway after an inmate at California State Prison, Sacramento was allegedly fatally attacked by two fellow inmates. California Department of ...

FOLSOM – The California State Prison, Sacramento is among facilities that are being placed on modified movement after a surge in violence, correctional officers said. Effective Saturday ...

After 35 years of failing reports and climbing suicide rates, a federal judge is appointing an outsider to propose fixes for ...

California State Prison-Los Angeles County and California State Prison-Sacramento. Under the protocols, meals must be delivered directly to housing units and showers and any other movements must ...

Scott Peterson, convicted of murdering his pregnant wife and unborn son, was injured Sunday at a state prison during an ...

Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City, Calif., is one of 11 correctional facilities where officials have limited movement and privileges for inmates amid a "surge" in violence. (Mark Boster/Los ...

Faced with seven homicides in the first nine weeks of the year, California prison authorities announced they have restricted inmate movement and revoked privileges such as visits and phone calls ...

CITY OF FAIRFIELD LAUNCHING TWO NEW DIGITAL ... SAYS AN AVERAGE OF 53,000 CARS AN Two men incarcerated at California State Prison, Sacramento are accused of using improvised weapons to attack ...