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

For years, conditions at L.A. County's juvenile halls have been deteriorating in plain sight. But despite entering into a ...

Then-new Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on executions and ordered death row dismantled. Years later, inmates say they ...

These new positions would also monitor the investigatory process of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. More than 2,000 staff sexual misconduct and assault claims are ...

and to require that the California Department of Corrections apply more good behavior credits to reduce prisoners’ time served. With the state tight on cash, she said she doesn’t believe lawmakers ...

and can cause serious disease in humans (California Department of Public Health) He said there was no clear picture of how the third person, a young adult, had contracted the virus, as there was ...

Hernandez escaped from the custody of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation as he was being transported to a courthouse in Delano, California on Dec. 2, prison officials said ...

A Corrections staff member suffered critical injuries during an altercation at the department's Whanganui service centre. Emergency services were called to an assault at the Wilson Street office about ...

according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Kolomoeits is believed to be driving a 2016 gray Toyota Prius with California license plate number 9PKY966. The vehicle was last seen crossing the ...

The Silver Fire ignited at 2:11 p.m. local time Sunday in Inyo County near Highway 6 and Silver Canyon Road, north of Bishop, near the state border with Nevada, the California Department of ...

FRAYRE AND YOUNG ARE NOW IN RESTRICTED HOUSING PENDING FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND POTENTIAL FELONY CHARGES California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is investigating the homicide of ...