California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are investigating the death of an incarcerated man at Salinas Valley State Prison as a homicide, authorities ...

Brion E. Spidle died after an alleged attack by two other inmates, Jorge Ortega and Victor Wence, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Five California correctional officers who were accused of sexually assaulting incarcerated people over the last dozen years remain employed by the state, according to a new audit from the state ...

Authorities on Thursday rolled back restrictions at nine California prisons where privileges had been suspended and inmate movements restricted because of a statewide surge in violence. Twelve other ...

California must name the next prison closures and release elders by Olivia Gleason, CURB Sacramento, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Proposed 2026–27 Budget underscores what advocates and fiscal experts ...

A man serving life in prison for a deadly gang shooting in Southern California has died following an altercation with another inmate at a prison in Solano County, officials said.

Proposition 57, passed in 2016, was intended to reduce overcrowding in California prisons and incentivize rehabilitation, but ...

Two inmates at California State Prison Solano are under investigation after an inmate died following a prison yard attack Wednesday morning. According to the California Department of Corrections and ...

The State of California and California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation were hit with a sexual assault lawsuit on Dec. 5 in California Superior Court for Sacramento County. The lawsuit, ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Five California correctional officers who were accused of sexually assaulting incarcerated people over the last dozen years remain employed by the state, according to a new audit ...

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