A new report on discipline in California prisons highlights slow handling of several sex assault cases filed against officers ...

Joseph Mendoza's death at Salinas Valley State Prison was posted on social media. Lawyers say CDCR staff leaked it.

Jail administrators in L.A., Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties struggle to meet the needs of a population that is ...

The banned book is “What Kind of Bird Can’t Fly: A Memoir of Resilience and Resurrection,” by Dorsey Nunn and co-author Lee ...

This searchable database created by the Southern California News Group contains details about every jail death in the region ...

Nicholas Jacobson had just been accused of murder when a raging infection nearly killed him. Left untreated for two weeks in a California jail, sepsis drove him into a coma as his organs started to ...

U.S. Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi, shown at a news conference Tuesday, said she looks "forward to cooperating with California's county sheriffs." (Julia Demaree Nikhinson / Associated Press) The U.S. Justice ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- An inmate in solitary confinement at a California jail was refusing to leave his cell. The jailers' usual response: Send an "extraction team" of corrections officers to burst ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)—California counties are housing more than 1,100 inmates on long-term sentences in jails designed for stays of a year or less, according to the first report detailing the growth ...

Video above: This Nexstar Media video explains the process of deportation. WASHINGTON, D.C. (FOX 5/KUSI) — The Department of Justice has formally requested data from several major California counties, ...

Throughout California prisons, outdoor showers were condemned, water hoses in kitchen areas discontinued, and garbage disposal usage ceased. Numerous drinking fountains were turned off, and ice ...

The Justice Department said it hopes for voluntary cooperation from California counties, but will pursue legal recourse to force compliance if necessary. The request ratchets up the Trump ...