The powerful prison syndicate known as the Aryan Brotherhood has moved to expand its reach, testimony and court records show, ...

Prison staff reportedly used physical force to pin Christopher Leong, 35, to the ground after he charged and hit them — then he stopped breathing.

By Ana Kasparian, RealClearInvestigationsMay 1, 2025 Smiley Martin should have been behind bars. A career criminal with a ...

Republicans in the California Assembly on Thursday will try to force a vote that could revive a Democrat's proposal to make it an automatic felony to purchase a 16 or 17-year-old for sex.

A proposed bill aimed at altering punishments for certain defendants in California hit a roadblock Tuesday after the state's Assembly Public Safety Committee voted against advancing it.

Renee A. Rodriguez, A Man once sentenced in Monterey County, died in a Los Angeles County prison after an attack from another ...

WIN SOME, LOSE SOME — Republican state Sen. Shannon Grove fell short of an ambitious legislative double-play yesterday as her ...

The death of an L.A. County inmate marks the 13th suspected homicide in state prisons this year as violence surges despite a ...

A CalMatters investigation found that California's DMV routinely allows deadly drivers with horrific histories to operate on ...

Special to The OBSERVER SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California has halted a court-ordered medical parole program, opting ...

Prison officials are investigating an assault on an officer at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano. Early Saturday evening, a prisoner stabbed an officer with “an improvised weapon” as the incarcerated ...