The South Carolina Department of Corrections’ website has searchable information on inmates, including infractions, classes ...

Under pressure from consent decrees, lawsuits and grand jury recommendations, Southern California counties take measures to ...

The Department of Justice has released data revealing the amount of sexual victimization in prisons and local jails in the ...

In response to recent high levels of violence and a need to improve public safety inside institutions, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has proactively conducted enforcement ...

According to a statement from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, effective immediately, CDCR has placed all Level III and Level IV facilities on a modified program in ...

Throughout California prisons, outdoor showers were condemned, water hoses in kitchen areas discontinued, and garbage disposal usage ceased. Numerous drinking fountains were turned off, and ice ...

Joseph Mendoza’s death at Salinas Valley State Prison was posted on social media. Lawyers say CDCR staff leaked it.

Jail administrators in L.A., Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties struggle to meet the needs of a population that is ...

The banned book is “What Kind of Bird Can’t Fly: A Memoir of Resilience and Resurrection,” by Dorsey Nunn and co-author Lee ...

A jury sided with the rapper in her lawsuit against blogger Milano Gramz, but a judge reduced the monetary award from $75,000 ...

The federal Bureau of Prisons is shutting down its Terminal Island facility near Los Angeles over concerns about crumbling infrastructure, including falling concrete that threatens to knock out the fa ...

The federal Bureau of Prisons is closing a California lockup that was once home to Al Capone and Charles Manson over concerns about crumbling infrastructure, including falling concrete that threatens ...