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.

SACRAMENTO (KGET) – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has announced a new tool to help friends and family visit inmates. The Visitation Scheduling Application (VSA) app can ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has implemented a modified program across all Level III and Level IV facilities in response to a troubling ...

High Desert State Prison in Susanville. California prison officials said a 33-year-old inmate accused of stabbing another inmate was fatally shot by a correctional offficer Thursday afternoon. CDCR ...

FOLSOM – Five inmates from the California State Prison, Sacramento were injured and taken to the hospital on Wednesday morning after officials said a riot involving about 40 inmates broke out in the ...

MITRI JOINS US WITH THE DETAILS. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL’S OFFICE SAYS THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION, OR CDCR, TOOK SO LONG TO LOOK AT SOME OF THESE COMPLAINTS THAT THE ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said it discovered weapons, cell phones, syringes and other contraband items during enforcement sweeps of its ...

Authorities are searching for an inmate who walked away from a conservation camp in Inyo County Tuesday morning. Ashiel Bahar, 37, was discovered missing from the Owens Valley Conservation Camp around ...

An inmate in a California state prison was allegedly killed by two other inmates on Friday evening, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced. Per a CDCR media release, the ...

CDCR official Kevin Robinson alleges demotion followed reports of racism. Lawsuit claims CDCR violated racial, religious rights and retaliated unlawfully. Attorney cites systemic discrimination, urges ...