A system designed to protect state inmates who wish to leave gangs has backfired, leading to increased violence fueled by ...

Inmates remained on lockdown Thursday at Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, Calif. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Authorities on Thursday rolled back restrictions at nine California prisons ...

A restaurant inside California State Prison Solano provides a one-of-a-kind training program that provides opportunity and a sense of purpose, as well as skills training. Launched a decade ago, ...

A man sentenced to death for the 1980 rape and murder of a Seal Beach woman died in prison on Monday, Dec. 22 at the age of ...

FCI Dublin was shut down in 2024 after revelations of abuse against prisoners. Residents want it to stay closed.

California City Correctional Facility in eastern Kern County. Federal authorities are planning to open California’s largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center at the site of the ...

Anyone entering a California prison — including visitors, staff and attorneys — will be subject to a canine search under a new policy rolling out today across the state. CalMatters obtained a ...

A year after Californians voted for a conservative shift in criminal justice policy, they began to see the results.

In 2023, amid record-breaking rain and snow, two prisons in the southern San Joaquin Valley faced a serious risk of flooding. But neither prison, California State Prison, Corcoran or the Substance ...

Los Angeles-based nonprofit Creative Acts is using virtual reality headsets to help prepare for life outside prison walls.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is terrorizing our state. Earlier this month, immigration agents and National Guard troops swept into MacArthur Park, frightening families and disrupting a ...