The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has announced that all Level III and Level IV facilities ...

The “modified program” in place imposes severe restrictions on inmates’ movements and cuts off access to visits, phone calls ...

Two inmates have been killed and a correctional officer attacked since the beginning of June, say CDCR officials ...

More than a dozen state prison facilities — including four in Kern County — have been placed under a higher-than-normal level of restrictions following high rates of inmate violence and contraband.

Data released by California Correctional Health Care Services indicates ... a modified program at its facilities following violent incidents. Similar restrictions were put in place in March ...

Kern Valley State Prison violence in California leaves death row inmate Julian Mendez dead in attack involving multiple ...

Advocates are calling on Governor Gavin Newsom to permanently close the state's deactivated prisons before they can be ...

Several prisons across the state, including Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility near Otay Mesa, have been placed under a ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has implemented a modified program at all Level III and ...