A 31-year-old Pleasanton man was arrested on suspicion of the stabbing death of his mother, police said Wednesday.

Supervisors stipulated North County Jail facilities must maximize the use of beds for mental health services, called for ...

A Pleasanton man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of murder after he walked into the city’s police station and said he ...

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted to add more beds to the Northern Branch Jail after a long and complicated meeting on Tuesday. The ...

Deputies are searching for an inmate who was inadvertently released from the Pima County Adult Detention Complex. This marks the second such incident at the facility within a week.

Wellpath, a for-profit company, is facing over 1,500 lawsuits nationwide for deaths and other tragedies inside jails.

A community group presented an idea to some Alameda County supervisors on Thursday to end a contract with a private ...

An Oakland man charged with murder in an alcohol-related wrong-way crash that killed a 30-year-old woman was found dead in his cell at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, authorities said.

Just before midnight Monday, Alameda County sheriff’s deputies found Oakland resident Elias Angel Rivera unresponsive in his ...

A 37-year-old inmate died earlier this week after he was found severely injured inside his cell in Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, according to the Alameda County Sheriff's Office. The Sheriff's Office ...