Inmate firefighters working active incidents will now earn federal minimum wage, up from as little as $30 per day.

On Thursday, California lawmakers unanimously approved a plan to pay incarcerated firefighters the federal minimum wage of $7 ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- State prison officials say as many as 17,600 California inmates may be released early due to the coronavirus, 70% more than previously estimated and a total that victims and ...

"These dogs are helping heal the inmates," a trainer said. — -- Inmates at two prisons in California are helping train puppies to become service dogs for wounded veterans and people with autism.

A 27-year-old California State Prison, Solano inmate was stabbed with an “improvised weapon” and died Wednesday and two other ...

California corrections officials are searching for a 37-year-old man who walked away from a community reentry facility in Los Angeles County on Saturday morning, according to the California Department ...

Marriage equality has now come to California prisons. Rendering by Jorge Rivas/Fusion with photo provided by CDCR. Sept. 5, 2013— -- Inmates in California prisons will now be permitted to marry ...

San Diego County has been under intense scrutiny for years over its unusually high number of in-custody deaths.

The Sheriff's Department said the correctional officer used a medical appointment as a pretense to take the female inmate, ...