This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Five California correctional officers who ...

A California corrections officer is recovering after being stabbed twice by an inmate using a makeshift weapon, authorities announced Monday. The incident occurred around 4:30 p.m. Sunday at the ...

Twenty-one California prisons - including two facilities near Folsom - are immediately suspending inmate visitations following spikes in drug overdoses and violent attacks on prisoners and officers, ...

Chelsea Hylton is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. An Inglewood native, Hylton has her master's degree from USC. She covers local breaking news across the Southern California region. Before joining ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation denied parole for a third time in the past three years for ...

A new budget proposal California lawmakers are considering would add 22 positions to the Office of the Inspector General to better oversee inmate complaints and the California Department of ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – On Wednesday, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation published the findings of the latest recidivism report and found that the rate of people returning to ...

() - Hundreds of millions of taxpayers' dollars are being saved by not hiring staff to fill vacant health care roles, the ...

A dangerous criminal in custody for murder escaped from California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s (CDCR) custody on Monday. Caesar Hernandez, 34, was being transported to the ...

SACRAMENTO – A homicide investigation is underway after an inmate at California State Prison, Sacramento was allegedly fatally attacked by two fellow inmates. California Department of Corrections and ...

The five raging wildfires have destroyed homes, businesses and landmarks throughout Los Angeles. “As of today, 939 Fire Camp firefighters have been working around the clock cutting fire lines and ...