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 ...

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

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 ...

If convicted, the maximum for each defendant is four years in state prison. Three of the defendants are also charged with falsifying documents related to the death of Maurice Monk, 45, who was ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters have rejected a measure amending the state Constitution to ban forced labor in any form. The constitution currently bans it except as punishment for crime.

(AP) — California voters have rejected a measure ... a target of criminal justice advocates who are concerned about prison labor conditions. People who are incarcerated are often paid less ...

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 ...

After learning to crochet as part of the the Art Behind Bars programme at Changi Prison Complex Institution A4, four women inmates have channelled their creative energies into making outfits for ...

Inmate firefighters with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Fenner Canyon Conservation Camp take a break while battling the Mountain Fire in Moorpark, Calif., ...

During prison intake, prisoners are assessed for skills and abilities for job placement in the prison system, ranging from cooking and cleaning in the prison, to cutting other inmates’ hair.

ranging from cooking and cleaning in the prison, to cutting other inmates’ hair. Prop 6., which had no opposition filed while it was being voted upon in the state legislature, and in the ballot guide ...