A fire broke out early Saturday morning, May 16, at the state prison in Norco. The blaze was reported around 5:45 a.m. at the ...

The 175-page report released Friday offers the most detailed look to date inside the detention centers that are often in ...

Joseph Fiorella is seen in a 2018 inmate photo, right, and at his March 1997 sentencing for the murder of Elyse Pahler. File ...

The California City Detention Facility, formerly known as the California City Correctional Facility, in California City in 2014. Photo by Anthony Albright via Wikipedia Welcome to CalMatters, the only ...

Detectives served a search warrant at a Central California home Wednesday as part of a three-decades-long effort to find the ...

SOLEDAD — A Monterey County jury on April 23 convicted Salinas Valley State Prison inmate Miguel Angel Espino, 33, of first-degree murder in the killing of a fellow inmate, according to the Monterey ...

CHOWCHILLA, Calif. — State lawmakers are demanding answers from prison officials following the state’s $1.9 million settlement nearly two years after guards inside California’s largest women’s prison ...

Mayor Lester Miller will host a press conference on Wednesday, at 3:00 p.m. at the Kings Park Community Center to announce the launch of the "Macon Good Neighbo Sheriff’s investigators recover stolen ...

The California Health Care Facility (CHCF), a state prison in Stockton, is among the numerous California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) facilities that are leaning into the ...

A 19-year-old inmate's death at York County Prison has been ruled a homicide by investigators. An autopsy concluded Jacob Brady died from blunt force trauma and strangulation. State police are ...