L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna has asked the National Institute of Corrections to step in and conduct a review of jail conditions after 10 inmate deaths in less than three months.

A California inmate already serving life in prison for repeated attacks on corrections officers, including the murder of a ...

Two inmates in a California state prison are being investigated for the alleged murder of a third inmate in one of the facility’s yards on Sunday, officials with the California Department of ...

Jon Blaylock, who was already serving a life sentence for a 2023 in-prison murder of a peace officer, has since been moved to ...

California state prison officials said an inmate is accused of trying to kill a psychiatrist during a one-on-one meeting on Friday. Jose L. Ramirez, 35, was identified as the inmate. The attack ...

Gregory Vogelsang was granted parole, and is set to have a follow up hearing next week. He was convicted of nearly 30 counts of kidnapping and sex crimes.

Inmate firefighters in California will receive higher pay and the state will make permanent firefighting camps that train and educate young offenders under two laws signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Up to 7,000 sick California inmates must be transferred to prisons with access to better medical care, a court-appointed receiver said in a court filing Tuesday. Receiver Clark Kelso is in charge of ...

Inmate firefighters in California will receive higher pay and the state will make permanent firefighting camps that train and educate young offenders under two laws signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.