Mark Leno, who authored California’s medical parole law when he was a Democratic state senator, criticized prison officials ...

Prisoners who qualify — excluding inmates sentenced to death or life without parole — can be placed in a community health ...

Medical parole is reserved for the sliver of California’s 90,000 prisoners who have a “significant and permanent condition” ...

Hawaii lawmakers have earmarked nearly $400 million for housing subsidies and public housing developments over the next two years to try to make a dent in the increasingly desperate statewide need for ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Erik and Lyle Menendez have lived more time behind bars than free. Since their arrest over 35 years ago ...

The California Legislative Black Caucus has introduced a bill package of 16 bills to address economic harm and abuse ...

A California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation patch. (Photo courtesy of the department) California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials Saturday are searching for ...

However, recent reports from Singh’s own office show core aspects of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s grievance and investigatory process are deficient ...

These new positions would also monitor the investigatory process of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. More than 2,000 staff sexual misconduct and assault claims are ...