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 ...

A California man was sentenced to prison for making violent threats against people in North Carolina, including law ...

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.

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

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

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

Prosecutors say John Stinson, Kenneth Johnson and Francis Clement will probably spend the rest of their lives in federal prison after being convicted of orchestrating murders and racketeering schemes ...