Supreme Court standards prohibit officer use of force only if it is "malicious and sadistic." Courts rarely rule that extreme ...

A correctional officer at California State Prison-Corcoran is charged with conspiring with an inmate to assault another ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced Monday that the condemned 75-year-old man, Richard J.

A dangerous criminal in custody for murder escaped from California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s (CDCR) custody on Monday. Caesar Hernandez, 34, was being transported to the ...

according to a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation memo obtained by CalMatters. The policy change is ...

Federal grand jury indicts correctional officer and inmate for conspiring to violate inmate's rights at California State ...

California prison officials are investigating after an inmate allegedly killed another inmate and attacked a third inmate ...

A KQED investigation has found California State Prison, Sacramento has the highest use of force rates in the state.

Cesar M. Hernandez, 34, jumped out of a prison van and evaded staff upon arrival at the Kern County Superior Courthouse on ...

Two people were arrested and approximately $300,000 worth of narcotics were seized in Blythe, according to police.

A man convicted of murder escaped from police custody Monday and a search is ongoing for him, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Cesar M. Hernandez ...

A dangerous criminal in custody for murder escaped from California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s (CDCR) ...