Republicans gained seats in the Assembly and state Senate, a change they see as a repudiation of the governor's 'disastrous' ...

President Biden left in place the capital punishment sentences of just three federal inmates: Robert Bowers, Dzhokar Tsarnaev ...

California's transgender family is now allegedly letting men rape women in women's prisons and then demanding prosecutors call those male rapists women.

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 Clinton-era law created a separate, unequal justice system for prisoners, placing obstacles in their way before civil rights claims can be heard court.

On Dec. 5, nine children from the greater Tehachapi area were selected and partnered up with law enforcement officers from ...

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

California State Prison-Corcoran Correctional Officer Charged with Federal Conspiracy and Civil Rights Violations ...

Using contraband cellphones and women that he called his 'wives,' a California prisoner oversaw a sprawling drug ring that ...

The annual effort, dubbed Operation Home for the Holidays, was conducted this year over a two-day period in National City and ...

The stabbings, which were witnessed by correctional officers, happened just after 6 p.m. in a prison dayroom, officials said.