Nelson Barrera allegedly stabbed an officer's protective vest twice, according to the California Department of Corrections ...

A California corrections officer is recovering after being stabbed twice by an inmate using a makeshift weapon, authorities announced Monday. The incident occurred around 4:30 p.m. Sunday at the ...

In 2013, nearly 4,000 California inmates in long-term solitary confinement (for decades, in some cases) went on what would ...

"The things that he did to us will forever haunt us and traumatize us," said a woman identified only as Jane Doe #5.

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the alleged attempted homicide of ...

Women at the California Institution for Women reported sexually abusive and “sadistic” behavior during gynecology exams ...

In a news release, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said the incident unfolded at around 7:15 a.m. in the dining hall at Pelican Bay State Prison. Officials said the ...

The family of a twice-convicted child molester believes the California law that has now freed him from prison should not exist in the first place.

A man convicted of burglary in Sacramento County was declared dead Wednesday in his prison cell he shared with another inmate ...

These medications are life and death for someone coming out of custody and in that state,” said Mary Taylor, a clinical ...