Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is visiting the high-security El Salvador prison where Venezuelans who the Trump ...

Santa Clara County leaders want to reduce recidivism at Elmwood Correctional Facility in Milpitas and plan to study offering ...

A federal judge in Sacramento has put control of California prisons' mental health programs into a rare receivership, overseen by former Bureau of Prisons Director Colette Peters.

Supporters of the bill say that forced labor meant missing out on important rehabilitation programs and educational ...

Robert Downey Jr. had it all and lost it to addiction. Drugs, prison, and a Hollywood blacklist later, here is how he rewrote ...

No other such surgeries for people in federal custody are publicly documented, although some people in state prisons have also received gender-affirming surgery, including at least five in Illinois ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has issued restrictions at Level IV facilities.

A proposed California bill could increase pay for inmate firefighters housed in county jails and state prisons. Assembly Bill 247, if approved, would require jail inmates assigned to work active ...

High-security prisons across California have tightly restricted movement, calls and visits while officials probe a surge in violence this year.

20 People Charged in Nevada Prison Brawl in Which Three Inmates Were Killed ELY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada prosecutors say 20 people have been charged in connection with a brawl at a maximum-security ...

High-security prisons across California have tightly restricted movement, calls and visits while officials probe a surge in violence this year. The restrictions started Saturday and affect the top ...

Under the protocols, meals must be delivered directly to housing units and showers and any other movements must be done in a “controlled manner,” the California Department ... was attacked by two ...