High-security prisons across California have tightly restricted movement, calls and visits while officials probe a surge in violence this year. The restrictions started Saturday and affect the ...

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

mostly to combat poor conditions caused by overcrowding. Attorneys representing inmates in Arizona have asked a judge to take ...

Two women were allegedly strangled by their partners during conjugal visits at a California prison in 2024. The Amador County District Attorney is calling for a suspension of the visits and a ...

A California inmate convicted of killing four people is now being accused of killing his wife during a conjugal visit at a prison in November, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.

SACRAMENTO — 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 ...