Californians accused of crimes can receive mental health treatment rather than prison time. Lawmakers are revamping the rules ...

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 ...

MARTINEZ — A man accused of shooting at a Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office deputy earlier this year died Sunday, less ...

A search was underway Saturday for a 41-year-old inmate of the Fenner Canyon Conservation Camp believed to have walked away. Francisco Cervantes was discovered unaccounted for at 8 a.m. Saturday ...

Multiple inmates were injured, with one severely, following a large-scale altercation at Arizona State Prison Complex–Eyman. The incident, described as a "full-blown riot" by a correctional officers' ...

Alexander Mateuz pleaded guilty to murder for killing cellmate Robert Aranda. An Amador Superior Court judge sentenced Mateuz to 25 years to life in prison. CDCR officials have said Aranda was found ...

(FOX40.COM) — An inmate at Mule Creek State Prison has pleaded guilty to the first-degree murder of his cellmate, according to the Amador County District Attorney’s Office. The DA’s office said in a ...

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 ...

Tory Lanez has filed a $100 million federal lawsuit against California corrections officials, alleging negligence after he was stabbed multiple times while incarcerated. The rapper, whose legal name ...