More than 250 Texas prisoners are on a waitlist to join the only class in the state that helps prepare them for life after they are released ...

Jenkins said the tablets are part of providing "good rehabilitative services" to inmates, which is crucial for safety not just inside the prison, but outside as well.The Department of Correction ...

San Quentin State Prison is the only death row for male inmates in the state. Gov.. Gavin Newsom imposed a moratorium on the death penalty in 2019. Randy Pench Sacramento Bee file California has a ...

An inmate’s attack on a corrections officer Thursday at a Northern California prison is being investigated as an attempted homicide. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ...

A new soon-to-open jail in Orange County will offer prisoners more positive opportunities and visitors a new way of ...

Inmates in California jails and prisons can be compelled to work, be punished with solitary confinement, or lose privileges such as the ability to make phone calls. The United States Supreme Court ...

California outlawed slavery and involuntary servitude in 1850, but the state's first constitution contained an exception allowing prisons to force inmates to work or be penalized. The removal of ...

On Nov. 12, investigators reviewed prison phone calls made the evening of the attack by the victim. In one call, the inmate stated the fight was over someone stealing his tablet stating “Bucci ...

FIRST ON FOX: Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have introduced new legislation to address a shocking rate of inmate sex crimes against federal corrections officers. The Prison Staff Safety Enhancement ...

Despite zero formal opposition, Californians are rejecting a proposition that would have banned prisons reducing privileges ...