Bay Area Representatives Mark DeSaulnier and Zoe Lofgren on Tuesday sent a letter voicing their opposition to efforts by the ...

A judge has given final approval to a legal settlement that subjects the federal Bureau of Prisons to independent monitoring ...

A San Diego inmate is accused of attacking and killing a fellow prisoner Sunday in a Sacramento prison, state corrections ...

California lawmakers tried to figure out how to fund and fully implement Proposition 36, the crime measure voters ...

California lawmakers in the State Senate on Tuesday began the process of figuring out how to fund and fully implement ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are investigating the death of an inmate in Sacramento as a homicide. At 1:21 p.m. on Feb. 23, officers ...

California lawmakers are trying to make sure there's enough money to pay the costs of Prop. 36, which reinstated felony sentences and prison time for some repeat theft and drug crimes.

Two state prison inmates, including one sentenced for a San Diego County burglary and assault, are suspected of killing a ...

Newly revealed details from an arrest warrant describe the final moments of a California fire captain found fatally stabbed ...

Two inmates at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi have been sentenced to additional prison time for their ...

RIVERSIDE — A 25-year-old motorist who killed a man in a fiery wreck while the defendant was driving under the influence on ...