An inmate in a California state prison was allegedly killed by two other inmates on Friday evening, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced. Per a CDCR media release, the ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and Gov. Gavin Newsom identified the agent as 40-year-old Joshua Lemont Byrd. This is the first line-of-duty loss for the CDCR since 2018.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says they are investigating the death of an inmate on Thursday as a homicide. Staff saw three inmates in the recreation yard at around 9:52 ...

FOLSOM – Five inmates from the California State Prison, Sacramento were injured and taken to the hospital on Wednesday morning after officials said a riot involving about 40 inmates broke out in the ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is under scrutiny after two women were killed during conjugal visits at Mule Creek State Prison in Ione. Though the deaths happened ...

California will shutter a prison in Riverside County next year as part of the multiyear effort to reduce the state’s prison expenses as the average incarcerated population continues to decline. On ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said it discovered weapons, cell phones, syringes and other contraband items during enforcement sweeps of its ...

Nearly two dozen incarcerated women received bachelor’s degrees through Cal State LA on Oct. 3, marking the first all-female graduating class as part of a collaborative effort between the university ...