Supreme Court standards prohibit officer use of force only if it is "malicious and sadistic." Courts rarely rule that extreme ...

Federal grand jury indicts correctional officer and inmate for conspiring to violate inmate's rights at California State ...

Jason Brannigan, 47, swung an “improvised weapon” and stabbed Lamar Scott multiple times about 6:05 p.m., according to the ...

Ronald D. Yandell, 62, is currently serving a life sentence at California State Prison, Sacramento after a 2004 murder conviction. FOLSOM, Calif. - An inmate at a California state prison is ...

FOLSOM – A homicide investigation is underway at California State Prison, Sacramento after an inmate was attacked by another inmate on Monday. The California Department of Corrections and ...

FOLSOM, Calif. - An inmate at a California state prison is accused of trying to kill two prison guards as he was being escorted back to his cell, prison officials said. The incident happened last ...

Stephen Joseph Crittenden, 44, of Suisun City was sentenced to two years and one month in prison by U.S. District Judge Troy N. Nunley, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Crittenden worked ...

FOLSOM, Calif. - An inmate at a California state prison is accused of trying to kill two prison guards as he was being escorted back to his cell, prison officials said. The incident happened last ...

FOLSOM, Calif. — A man imprisoned at California State Prison, Sacramento, died after being stabbed multiple times by another incarcerated man on Monday, the California Department of Corrections ...