Shortly after taking office in 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on executions and ordered death row dismantled.

California ministry sponsors compromise bill, arguing that “one community’s safety cannot come at the cost of another’s.” ...

Prosecutors have reduced a felony misconduct charge against a former Wisconsin prison warden implicated in two inmate deaths ...

Daytime highs will be mostly in the high 50s to low 60s on the coast, in the mid 50s to low 60s around the bay, and in the low to mid 60s inland. Overnight lows will be mostly in the low to high 40s.

Three inmates at a southeast Nebraska prison face attempted murder charges stemming from a 2023 incident at a separate ...

() - California Board of Parole Hearings ordered the release of convicted child murderer Herbert David Brown III, making this the second announced early release of a convicted ...

A convicted rapist serving a life sentence in the California prison system was killed Sunday after he was allegedly attacked by another inmate at a Los Angeles County prison. Renee Rodriguez ...