After a convicted murderer was moved to a lower-level facility, a prison guard was sexually assaulted and held hostage for ...

Some 1,100 prison recruits are battling LA's infernos, risking life and health for less than $2 an hour—yet still the jobs ...

Accountability at last: former officer found guilty of 64 counts of sexual assault on female inmates in Madera County.

A lawsuit has been filed against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation after a hyper-violent prisoner allegedly captured a female officer in a prison ...

A former prison guard was convicted Tuesday of 64 counts of rape, sodomy and sexual battery on 13 female prisoners at ...

Officials say Mario Campbell, 36, was taken to a nearby hospital outside the prison, where he later fell to his injuries.

Staff immediately initiated an emergency count, confirming [Santiago] Duran was not at the camp,” a prison statement said.

Over 1,100 California inmates have worked around the clock to help fight Los Angeles-area fires that have killed at least 25 people and destroyed thousands of homes.

Hundreds of incarcerated firefighters, who are trained to respond to emergencies and disasters, were reportedly deployed in ...

The work done by prisoners to prevent and contain fires is just as valuable as that of other responders. But unlike their ...