Three inmates at California State Prison in the Antelope Valley have been placed in restrictive housing after a fourth inmate ...

Brion E. Spidle died after an alleged attack by two other inmates, Jorge Ortega and Victor Wence, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

A death at Calipatria State Prison (CAL) on November 10, 2025, is being investigated as a homicide after an incarcerated person was attacked in an exercise yard. Prison staff responded to Eric ...

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 ...

An inmate serving four years was killed Saturday afternoon inside Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga, with two other inmates suspected of being involved.

“We have less staff and they’re asked to do more,” said John Wetzel, a former head of Pennsylvania’s prison ​system and the chairman ⁠of Safe Inside, a nonpartisan research effort focused on improving ...

(FOX40.COM) — Four inmates were hospitalized after a riot involving 20 incarcerated people on Monday at the California State Prison, Sacramento, in Folsom, according to the California Department of ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A jury awarded a $16.8 million judgment to a California prison doctor who alleged her employer did not respond ...

A man serving life in prison for a deadly gang shooting in Southern California has died following an altercation with another inmate at a prison in Solano County, officials said.

Corrections officials adopted new criminal sentencing rules on Friday that aim to trim California's prison population by 9,500 inmates after four years. They include steps like reducing inmates' ...