CDCR officials at the time said corrections officers fired a “less lethal 40 mm direct impact round and chemical agents” to stop a fight between Birdon and another inmate. Robert Chalfant ...

The escape of a convicted killer from California Department of Corrections custody in Delano has shaken, angered and even ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO, California — The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is investigating an alleged attempted homicide of a peace officer at Richard J. Donovan Correctional ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he will veto a bill that would prevent California prison officials from communicating with ...

An incarcerated person was injured in a fight at the Folsom State Prison, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said.

A prison guard sued the state Friday alleging the Corrections Department failed to protect her from being held hostage and sexually assaulted by an inmate. The complaint lays out in horrific ...

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are investigating the death of an inmate at North Kern State Prison as a homicide, according to CDCR. Officers were conducting ...

Richard J. Donovan Prison Officials in San Diego County Investigating Attempted Homicide of Correctional Facility Officer ...

The suit says that for years, Dr. Scott Lee was the only full-time gynecologist at the California Institution for Women ...