As California closes state prisons, rural towns like Susanville and Blythe struggle with lost jobs, shrinking populations and ...

California prison officials are investigating an attempted homicide following an attack on an officer at Richard J. Donovan ...

“We are pushing for the state to not only close prisons permanently and not reopen or sell them, but then to try and transform the conditions of the prison… detoxify the land, give it back to the ...

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.

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 ...

Correctional officers at the California Rehabilitation Center (CRC) in Norco have started writing Attorney General Rob Bonta to to keep the prison open, presenting it as an option to alleviate the ...

A new report, prepared by Amend at the University of California, San Francisco, and the Criminal Law & Justice Center at UC ...

This sto ry was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Five California correctional officers who were accused of sexually assaulting incarcerated people over the last dozen ...

VR Headsets Are 'Hope Machines' Inside California Prisons, Offering Escape and Practical Experience CHOWCHILLA, Calif. (AP) — Jacob Smith has been in prison for two decades, but he and other inmates ...

More than 12,400 inmates across California have been fasting since Monday, to protest solitary confinement and call for improved prison conditions. The strike, involving roughly two-thirds of the ...