The Bay Area man was killed last week in a California prison where he'd been serving a life sentence for murdering a close ...

A California woman who was sexually violated during a cavity search while trying to visit her incarcerated husband was awarded $5.6 million in a settlement with the department of corrections and ...

Former inmates are suing the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, alleging the state agency has illegally ...

The wife of a California inmate will receive $5.6 million after being sexually violated during a strip search when she tried to visit her husband in prison, her attorneys said Monday. After ...

AKRON, Ohio — A California shipping company owner was sentenced Tuesday to 19 years in federal prison for hauling at least ...

The crime that put me in prison was a serious one. As a young man, I ran with gangs and was involved with drugs. I ...

In 1973, the state, along with then-Governor Ronald Reagan, passed the “gate money law,” which requires CA prisons to release prisoners with $200 in hopes of helping them better assimilate to ...

Are California Prisons Stiffing Inmates on $200 Release Payments? Lawsuit Says They Are John Vaesau was counting on the $200 he was entitled to by law upon leaving Folsom State Prison in June 2023 ...

Every year, more than 30,000 people are released from California state prisons. In recent years, the corrections department has spent about $5 million a year in gate money allowances, according to ...