The top three state prisons for ICE arrests in the six-county region include Avenal, Corcoran and Pleasant Valley. Federal ...

Three convicted killers who are serving sentences at Salinas Valley State Prison in Central California are suspected of ...

California prison officials are investigating the death of an inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison as a homicide after three ...

Three inmates serving life sentences at Salinas Valley State Prison are accused of killing another prisoner during an attack ...

Three California state prison inmates serving life sentences are being investigated in connection with the death of another ...

Officials with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation are investigating the death of an incarcerated man ...

A prison sergeant from Martinez was charged with multiple counts of lewd acts involving children, prosecutors said.

A 27-year-old California State Prison, Solano inmate was stabbed with an “improvised weapon” and died Wednesday and two other inmates are now under investigation, state prison officials said.

A 27-year-old California State Prison, Solano inmate was stabbed with an “improvised weapon” and died Wednesday and two other inmates are now under investigation, state prison officials said.

California over the past dozen years enacted a series of criminal justice laws that were meant to give more people an opportunity to be resentenced and thin out the state’s severely overcrowded ...

(This story was updated to include the number of correctional officers at the three state prisons south of Hagerstown.) Plans to close an aging Jessup, Maryland, state prison next year include ...