Bay Area Representatives Mark DeSaulnier and Zoe Lofgren on Tuesday sent a letter voicing their opposition to efforts by the ...

A homicide investigation is underway after an inmate at California State Prison, Sacramento was allegedly fatally attacked by ...

Then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed the California Values Act into law in 2017, limiting state and local law enforcement's ...

"Many" of those charged also have prior convictions for crimes including kidnapping, manslaughter and child molestation, ...

Two U.S. lawmakers have asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold an “urgent” hearing about the Trump administration’s ...

Officials from the Department of Corrections are investigating the death of a man who was incarcerated at California State Prison, Los Angeles County in Lancaster as a homicide.

Hundreds of people turned out Saturday afternoon, protesting near the now-closed federal women's prison in Dublin where some ...

Attorneys for Lyle and Erik Menendez say California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered the state parole board to investigate ...

Tyler Yates, 30, and Jake Kennedy, 32, are accused of using improvised weapons to attack 39-year-old Jonathan Rude in the main exercise yard around 1:20 p.m. at California State Prison ...

A judge has given final approval to a legal settlement that subjects the federal Bureau of Prisons to independent monitoring ...

Drug use and excessive speed were to blame for last year's fiery crash of a Tesla Cybertruck that killed three college ...