An inmate serving four years was killed Saturday afternoon inside Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga, with two other ...

A system designed to protect state inmates who wish to leave gangs has backfired, leading to increased violence fueled by ...

According to a press release, it happened Monday at around 9:35 a.m. Pacific when staff responded to a fight involving three ...

North Kern State Prison remembered an employee who died after more than 21 years of service with the California Department of ...

One inmate is dead and another is under investigation for murder following a violent altercation earlier this month at the ...

California prison officials are investigating the fatal stabbing of inmate Mario Ramos at Calipatria State Prison following a ...

An inmate in a Solano County state prison is suspected of killing another incarcerated man, the California Department of ...

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are investigating the death of an incarcerated man at the ...

Joseph Mendoza was killed by two fellow inmates of Salinas Valley State Prison, shown here, on April 8. Mendoza’s family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against prison officials. Renée C. Byer ...

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 detail ...