A NEW STATE LAW requires California to maintain oversight of all publications banned in state prisons. The state’s Office of ...

A former NYC Board of Corrections member Julio Medina, who was also CEO of a firm called Exodus, has been indicted for ...

According to a press release from CDCR, the incident happened at around 7:15 a.m. on Jan. 30, 2025, when inmates Jose Gonzalez, Richard Wilson and Luis Torres allegedly attacked a supervising ...

The following is a press release from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the ...

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 ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The inmate who walked away from Acton Conservation Camp in Los Angeles County was arrested Thursday morning in Bakersfield. CDCR said on Tuesday night ...

The case against the prison workers stemmed from an inmate uprising at Penal Colony No. 15 in the nearby city of Angarsk in April 2020. After the riot was suppressed, suspected participants were ...

The representative emphasizedd, hower, that the pardon order from Trump demanded that all inmates convicted of crimes linked to the Captiol riot be released “immediatey,” regardless ...

DOJ's decision followed a report by the department's inspector general that found private facilities less safe (for both inmates and guards) and less secure than government-run lockups. Still, the ...

In April 2021, two inmates were charged with punching a jail guard in the face as he tried to break up a riot. Charges said the corrections officer was treated at a hospital for his injuries.