Sheriff Robert Johnsen said his agency is “taking every measure possible to prevent such incidents from happening again.” ...

Last May, deteriorating conditions and frequent lockdowns in San Francisco jails prompted a tense public hearing in front of ...

The Hughes fire broke out a little before 11 a.m., roughly five miles north of the Pitchess Detention Center. The Sheriff's ...

Waves of people imprisoned for crimes at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, were released from D.C.’s jail to cheers late ...

Tony Garcia, charged in 2023 in the 1981 murders of former East Hartford resident Lisa Gondek and another woman in California ...

An attempted homicide investigation is underway in a California state prison after a supervising correctional officer was reportedly attacked by three inmates, authorities announced Thursday.

An El Cajon woman was arrested this week for allegedly sending a drug-infused greeting card to a jail inmate, authorities ...

Gaps in materials disclosed by sheriff’s officials under SB 519 raise questions about whether the law is being interpreted as ...

A fast-moving California fire has forced authorities to evacuate part of a 5,000-person jail in Los Angeles County. The ...

More than 1,000 California inmates have been fighting the wildfires, a controversial practice that dates back to 1915 and results from a complex intersection of public safety, labor economics, and ...

The 44-year-old inmate was booked into jail on July 9, 2024, by the Newport Beach Police Department for driving under the ...

In an executive order, the president also moved to end gender-related medical treatments for transgender people in prison.