The venture, launched by a venerable San Francisco foundation, counts Jerry Brown and Gov.Newsom among its supporters.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is investigating the death of an inmate as a homicide.

A former California public school district official was sentenced ... Convicted: Illinois woman sentenced to 2 years in ...

In the scene in Escape From Alcatraz where the prisoners finally leave their cells and climb down the wall and into the water ...

A 33-year-old man from Phoenix, Arizona responsible for one of the more gruesome cartel-related murder scenes to ever unfold in Southern California was sentenced to life without the possibility of ...

The California state legislature passed the End Slavery In California Act, which tees up a statewide vote this fall that ...

IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. - A gang leader from Panorama City was fatally stabbed in prison, the state Department of Corrections ...

A man convicted of helping two other men escape prison while he was in custody for a fatal brawl among soccer fans in Philadelphia has been sentenced in both cases.

A second power outage at California State Prison, Solano on Tuesday evening left inmates without access to running water or ...

VACAVILLE, Calif. — Power was restored Tuesday at an overcrowded California men’s prison that ran on emergency generator power for three days following a major electrical outage amid a heat wave.