SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- A judge has ruled California prison officials inflicted cruel and unusual punishment on inmates at San Quentin State Prison as a massive COVID-19 outbreak infected more that ...

SACRAMENTO (KGET) – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has announced a new tool to help friends and family visit inmates. The Visitation Scheduling Application (VSA) app can ...

For years the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has released annual recidivism reports that detail how often inmates re-offend after they are released. But the reports ...

Officials at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano are investigating the Wednesday death of an inmate as a homicide. Prisoners William A. Nesler III and Edward R. Holden III allegedly attacked inmate ...

An incarcerated person was apprehended after walking away from a conservation camp in San Diego County on Monday, officials ...

A condemned inmate was stabbed to death at North Kern State Prison on Friday, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Kern County coroner's office. Julian ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is suing the State Personnel Board, alleging that it “committed a prejudicial abuse of discretion” in overturning the department’s ...

District attorneys in Yuba, Sutter, Colusa and Glenn counties, along with 40 others representing counties throughout California, have signed a petition challenging the Department of Corrections and ...

An inmate in a California state prison was allegedly killed by two other inmates on Friday evening, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced. Per a CDCR media release, the ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says they are investigating the death of an inmate on Thursday as a homicide. Staff saw three inmates in the recreation yard at around 9:52 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — During a ...