An attempted homicide investigation is underway in a California state prison after a supervising correctional officer was ...

A man convicted of burglary in Sacramento County was declared dead Wednesday in his prison cell he shared with another inmate ...

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 ...

As wildfires continue to burn in and around Los Angeles, the fact that many of the firefighters battling the blazes are ...

The family of a twice-convicted child molester believes the California law that has now freed him from prison should not exist in the first place.

Two inmates from Southern California are suspects in a deadly attack on a third inmate at California State Prison (SAC), ...

Using inmate labor to fight fires has been a practice in California since the 1940s. Where did it start and what do participants actually do and get paid?

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has deployed 931 incarcerated firefighters and 114 support staff through its Fire Camp Program.

The review comes after a series of in-custody deaths, an investigation into an alleged smuggling ring, and a staffing crisis across the system.

A California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation inmate was apprehended Thursday after he walked away from an Acton ...

A Fresno business that formed in the grips of the pandemic recently returned the favor of giving in a time of need, providing much-needed emotional assistance to firefighters fighting the rash of wild ...

State jobs are known for competitive benefits and enrollment in the nation’s largest state public pension plan.