South Carolina restarted its death chamber this year after an unintended 13-year break in executions in part because ...

In 2017, Manson died of natural causes while serving a lifetime sentence at California State Prison-Corcoran, where he had ...

So-called "swatter-for-hire" Alan W. Filion, 18, pleaded guilty to calling in bomb and shooting threats, including two in ...

Criminal justice policy advocates caution against viewing the election results as a referendum against reform.

Los Angeles County officials say they have cut inmate numbers by 14% over the past year, yet jails still operate at up to 145 ...

Republican Scott Baugh is conceding his race against Democrat Dave Min in a Southern California U.S. House district.

An incarcerated man at North Kern State Prison in Delano was killed Sunday, and three other inmates are suspects in his death, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation reported Wednesday.

A 35-year-old inmate was identified who was found unresponsive in his cell on September 19 after an alleged attack by his ...

Anaheim will pay $5 million to Raul Sanchez who sued the city after losing his leg following a police shooting that came ...

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A California teenager pleaded guilty Wednesday in a case involving the swatting of a Florida mosque among other institutions and ...

An inmate serving a sentence for human trafficking of a child was allegedly killed by his cellmate at Kern Valley State ...