On Wednesday, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation published the findings of the latest recidivism ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation  published its latest recidivism report, finding the recidivism ...

Female legislators proposed a slate of bills aimed at prison reform, including offering survivors of sexual violence alternatives to incarceration.

A Republican lawmaker is pushing a new bill that would seclude female transgender prisoners from cisgender women prisoners in ...

The state is morally and legally responsible for the safety of all people in their care. Instead of protecting these women, it neglected them.” ...

State of play: San Quentin State Prison — the state's most notorious correctional facility that has been home to criminals ...

A new California bill seeks to prohibit the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from forcing inmates to work. A ...

Scott Peterson was attacked in prison by fellow California murderer Charles Miles, corrections officials said. Peterson was convicted of killing his pregnant wife, Laci.

Inmate firefighters housed in California's county jails and state prisons would earn an hourly wage of up to $19 under legislation being considered by state lawmakers.

Several weeks after Cal Fire captain Rebecca Marodi was killed in her home, her wife was arrested in Mexico on suspicion of ...

The sign at Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla is shown in a file photo. TOMAS OVALLE Fresno Bee file photo Earlier this year, former corrections officer Gregory Rodriguez was ...