In response to a recent surge in violence at California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation facilities, prison authorities conducted contraband enforcement sweeps at more than 20 correctional ...

An investigation is underway after a California inmate convicted of murder was accused of trying to kill a prison psychiatrist during a one-on-one meeting. On Aug. 29, Jose L. Ramirez, 35, allegedly ...

The banned book is “What Kind of Bird Can’t Fly: A Memoir of Resilience and Resurrection,” by Dorsey Nunn and co-author Lee ...

Nearly one-third of California prisoners released early during the pandemic by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration ended up back in prison, according to California Department of Corrections and ...

Tim Fang is a digital producer at CBS Bay Area. A Bay Area native, Tim has been a part of the CBS Bay Area newsroom for more than two decades and joined the digital staff in 2006. A former California ...

California has transferred hundreds of condemned men from San Quentin’s death row to other prisons as part of a plan to transform the facility into a model for rehabilitation. Nearly one-third of ...

Five California correctional officers who were accused of sexually assaulting incarcerated people over the last dozen years remain employed by the state, according to a new audit from the state ...

The California Rehabilitation Center is slated to close in fall 2026, saving the state $150 million annually, officials said. Norco is now free to begin reimagining the future of the “historic gem.” A ...

(FOX40.COM) — The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced plans to close the California Rehabilitation Center in Riverside County by Fall 2026. • Video above: Is property ...