According to the Portuguese prison service, the men, aged between 33 and 61 years old, escaped at 10 a.m. (0900 GMT), "with external help through the launch of a ladder, which allowed the inmates to ...

He was “subjected to not only a deadly but lengthy attack without it ever being heard or observed,” the lawsuit filed in ...

Summer’s waning means the end of another legislative session in California’s Capitol ... and rejected bills to limit solitary ...

It happened Wednesday afternoon at the intersection of Cherry and Beech avenues, which borders Rancho Cucamonga.

The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into allegations that correctional officers sexually abused ...

SB 94 would have offered convicted killers serving life in prison without the possibility of parole petition for for ...

Public notice has begun for housing a 72-year-old sexually violent predator in Aptos, about a mile from Seacliff State Beach.

FOLSOM – An incarcerated man's death at California State Prison, Sacramento in Folsom is being investigated as a homicide after a fight broke out on Thursday, officials said on Saturday.

Authorities said the death of an inmate Friday at California State Prison, Sacramento, near Folsom is being investigated as a homicide following a fight with five other inmates. The California ...

A group of prisoners has taken hostages at a prison in Russia’s Volgograd region, state media has reported. At least three prisoners are involved in the incident, according to TASS news agency.

LOS ANGELES — Nearly 1 million people are released from California prisons and jails every year. While many have a place to go, they don’t always have a ride there. The Anti-Recidivism ...

The investigation into the alleged scheme led to the arrests of a man held in the prison — Jamar Jones, 35 — and two from ...