"Youth incarcerated in adult facilities recidivate more often, reoffend faster, commit more offenses and have longer criminal ...

California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom is drawing heat after an old clip resurfaced showing her suggesting San ...

In leaked videos from California's largest women's prison, guards stand in a line facing dozens of incarcerated women gathered around cafeteria tables. Suddenly, a guard fires a mustard-brown spray ...

In the quiet halls of certain parole hearings across the country, a dangerous experiment is unfolding. It is an experiment that is rooted in the proven research that most people – even violent ...

A former California correctional lieutenant, Matthew L. Madsen, was arrested on federal charges alleging he smuggled cellphones and tobacco to an inmate in exchange for $100,000 in bribes. Prosecutors ...

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 ...

A state office created in 2024 to scrutinize local investigations into jail deaths has yet to complete a single review of the more than 150 people who have died in custody in California’s county jails ...

A California man has been sentenced to 31 years in prison for selling methamphetamine and fentanyl in eastern North Carolina.