Officials at California State Prison, Sacramento, are investigating the death of John Cisneros as a homicide involving his ...

Will the next governor continue Gavin Newsom's emphasis on rehabilitation for incarcerated people or move in a different ...

Less than 2% of elderly parolees reoffend. Those with sex offenses must register and often get treatment and wear a monitor.

A former California correctional lieutenant, Matthew L. Madsen, was arrested on federal charges alleging he smuggled ...

A 36-year-old man was stabbed nearly 180 times at a California state prison and someone inside captured video of the gruesome death before leaking it to the outside, where it went viral on social ...

A California mother known locally as the “Party Mom” now faces the possibility of decades behind bars after a jury found her ...

The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office recommended closing the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad to help California reduce its corrections spending. Andrew Kuhn akuhn@mercedsun-star.com ...

Joseph Mendoza, 36, was stabbed nearly 180 times and died at the Salinas Valley State Prison. Someone on staff captured video of the stabbing and leaked it where it appeared on social media, according ...