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

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

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

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.

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

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 ...

An inmate at a jail facility in the South Bay has been hospitalized in critical condition following an attack in which three other inmates are suspected, deputies said Wednesday.

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.

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. In a ...