An Alameda County Superior Court judge has allowed a legal challenge to proceed against the California Department of ...

California will pay $1.9 million to settle a lawsuit alleging corrections officers used excessive force, batons and chemical agents.

One lawmaker is pushing for more transparency after the state auditor found California prisons were relying on contract workers to fill vacancies.

A new facility celebrated by Gov. Gavin Newsom will disrupt prisoner-led programming and normalize our captivity.

California reached a $1.9 million settlement agreement with 13 female inmates who claim they were subjected to "war zone" ...

In a significant win for formerly incarcerated Californians, an Alameda County Superior Court judge has cleared the way for a ...

A new report from advocates and researchers argues that California spends millions incarcerating elderly women who pose ...

A notorious Southern California killer who was condemned to death for his role in a 2002 murder-for-hire plot that claimed ...

April 3, 2026 – FOLSOM, CA – Armando Macias, who was serving a condemned sentence, died on April 2, 2026, while incarcerated ...

The potentially record-shattering heat wave roasting California this week reminds Lawrence Cox of the people locked in suffocating state prison cells with no windows. Temperatures inside aging prison ...