A Merced family has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the State of California and the California Department of ...

High Desert State Prison in Susanville, Calif., in Lassen County. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation faces a wrongful death lawsuit that alleges a corrections officer fired a ...

A condemned inmate was stabbed to death at North Kern State Prison on Friday, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Kern County coroner's office. Julian ...

Joseph Mendoza’s death at Salinas Valley State Prison was posted on social media. Lawyers say CDCR staff leaked it.

The family of Joseph Mendoza is hauling the state into federal court, claiming staff at Salinas Valley State Prison stood by ...

An inmate in a California state prison was allegedly killed by two other inmates on Friday evening, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced. Per a CDCR media release, the ...

California State Prison, Sacramento, once known as New Folsom, was opened in 1986 and is adjacent to Folsom State Prison, California’s second-oldest correctional facility. CSP Sacramento houses ...

SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — A California corrections officer is sharing, in her own words, what she calls the “worst night of her life.” Katie Jackson, 40, said an inmate repeatedly sexually ...

The death of a Yolo County man at Salinas Valley State Prison this week is being investigated as a homicide, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said Wednesday. Israel M.