Nine Tennessee death row inmates are suing the state over its efforts to schedule a new round of executions. That move comes ...

California lawmakers are debating a bill to increase pay for inmate firefighters, with some arguing current wages are akin to ...

Strong winds on Monday drove an out-of-control wildfire through a remote area of eastern California, prompting evacuations ...

A male inmate was pronounced dead on Sunday, March 30 while in custody at the Robert Presley Detention Center, the Riverside ...

A pair of Assembly Bills working their way through Sacramento are taking a closer look at how the state—and ...

San Benito County Sheriff Eric Taylor says an investigation into the county jailbreak last year has been fully concluded.

Moving defendants from jails to courts is one of the L.A. County Sheriff's Department's main responsibilities. For more than ...

Moving defendants from jails to courts is one of the L.A. County Sheriff's Department's main responsibilities. For more than ...

State and federal officials clashed last week on what to do when endangered fish started dying at the state's water pumps.

A judge has initiated a federal court takeover of California's troubled prison mental health system by naming the former head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to serve as receiver, giving her four ...

Gabriela and Bode have had a good run, but is it time to let go of "Bodriela" and start embracing "Bodrey" as the newest Fire ...

where prisoners assist the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). Bode lands an assignment in his ...