Gov. Newsom identified the parole agent as 40-year-old Joshua Lemont Byrd, and said he leaves behind a wife and three children.

George Brown benefited from an expansion of the state’s military diversion statute, which suspends criminal charges for ...

An A.C.L.U. lawyer said it was possible that any sheriff who complied with the request could be in violation of California’s ...

Kaden Vitellaro filed the suit on July 10, claiming the Arizona Department of Corrections created a hostile work environment that forced him to quit.

The prison staffing crisis in the US has led to dangerous conditions for correctional officers, reduced rehabilitation ...

Judge orders Darren R. Crail, 52, currently in a treatment program at Diablo Valley Ranch in Contra Costa County, to return ...

California deployed incarcerated firefighters to combat wildfires in Los Angeles earlier this year. Now, a new state budget aims to ensure they receive minimum wage for their emergency response work.

California sent incarcerated firefighters to battle blazes in Los Angeles this year. It’s moving toward paying them minimum wage for their work in emergencies.

Two weeks before he was to be released from prison, Patrick Odale was pepper-sprayed, held down and killed by corrections officers, according to a lawsuit filed this week. The mother of his ...

Incarcerated firefighters currently earn between $5.80 and $10.24 per day, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

A Connecticut correction officer who was accused of targeting a South Carolina federal law enforcement agent and his family and pleaded guilty to charges has been placed on administrative leave ...

One of those bills would make California the first state in the country to ban law enforcement officers at all levels from ...