California Gov. Gavin Newsom has floated several ideas to stabilize the state’s finances. Some are controversial, some ...

California’s $17.5 billion prison system is over budget, contributing to a projected state deficit. Some groups want him to ...

Inmates remained on lockdown Thursday at Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, Calif. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Authorities on Thursday rolled back restrictions at nine California prisons ...

Four inmates were hospitalized after a riot involving 20 incarcerated people on Monday at the California State Prison, Sacramento, in Folsom, according to the California ...

Some officials say it’s time to rethink shared quarters for inmates because of the risk of violence and the detriment to ...

TIRELESSLY TO ENSURE JUSTICE OCCURS IN THIS CASE. OTHER NEWS RIGHT NOW, FOUR INMATES WERE INJURED IN A PRISON RIOT THAT BROKE OUT IN FOLSOM. THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS SAYS IT HAPPENED AT ...

California City Correctional Facility in eastern Kern County. Federal authorities are planning to open California’s largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center at the site of the ...

Attorneys from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Stanford Law School filed 18 petitions seeking to reduce the prison terms of ...

Immigrants in California’s newest ICE detention center allege they’re experiencing inhumane conditions and that they’re not ...

The Federal Communications Commission recently voted to dramatically increase the cost of prison and jail calls.” ...