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

They accuse him of ignoring California voters ... he would "wait until the shower, and I'd just peel my own toenails off." At his new prison, inmates can buy their own razors and nail clippers ...

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

President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a ...

Imprisoned 42 years for a murder he didn’t commit, Jimmy Soto was released from Stateville on Dec. 13, 2023. At the age of 62, he began the formidable work of starting his life once again.

The family of a mentally ill man who died in prison is demanding to know if the Ontario government has implemented any ...

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 ...