CDCR officials are searching for an inmate who walked away from Acton Conservation Camp in Los Angeles County on Tuesday, ...

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced Thursday the apprehension of an inmate who walked away from the ...

The rebellion at Collins Correctional Facility in Erie County began around 1 a.m. on Wednesday, a union rep said.

"You are undermined constantly at every corner, and the inmates essentially have more rights and more power than you do as correctional officers," Jackson said. CDCR sent a statement about the ...

A man convicted of burglary in Sacramento County was declared dead Wednesday in his prison cell he shared with another inmate ...

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are investigating the death of an inmate at North Kern State Prison as a homicide, according to CDCR. Officers were conducting ...

As of Friday, 939 prison inmates have been deployed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to help contain the blazes, the department confirmed to CBS News.

according to the CDCR. Prisoners fighting the Los Angeles fires like Almanza are working 24-hour shifts, earning $26.90 per day. Inmates also receive two additional days off their sentence for ...

Inmates help firefighters to extinguish the last embers in the hills of Mandeville Canyon after the Palisades Fire burned part of it, on Jan. 13, 2025, in Los Angeles. "CDCR Fire Camp Program ...

Inmate firefighters are also known as hand crews that use hand tools to aid in wildfire suppression. They do not use water or hoses, according to the CDCR. Participants in the Conservation (Fire ...