Earthquakes, wildfires and flooding can threaten the safety of millions of people across California — including prison inmates. In 2025, a total of 90,584 inmates were incarcerated at institutions ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California ‘s prison system has systematically failed to protect incarcerated women from sexual abuse and harassment by guards, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday. The ...

A California bill expanding organized sports programs in state prisons is set to take effect next year. How the state plans ...

A federal investigation has uncovered decades of sexual abuse by staff at two women’s prisons run by the California ...

A California correctional officer stands at a gate on the grounds of Valley State Prison in Chowchilla, in July 2021. Andrew Kuhn akuhn@mercedsun-star.com California spends a lot of money running its ...

More than a dozen current and formerly incarcerated women spoke to KQED about a pattern of sexual abuse and retaliation that persists at the largest women’s prison in California.

California Prisons Have Life-Saving Addiction Treatment. Doctors Say Parole Board Is Undermining It California’s parole board is using unreliable drug test results in decisions about releasing ...

Richard Buchanan, a reputed member of the Mexican Mafia from San Diego, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Kern Valley State Prison, authorities said Wednesday.

Inside a California Prison's Restaurant, Where Workers Get a Second Chance VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Kamiali Abdulsalam, Kami for short, has already been in the kitchen for several hours baking a batch ...