Two Venezuelan men are indicted for an ATM "jackpotting" scheme in several US states, potentially facing significant prison time and fines if convicted.

Andrew Hall, who joined the San Quentin Fire Department while he was in prison, wants to use a related state law to get his ...

So many politicians turned up that they were split into multiple groups to tour the 3,000-bed detention center in Florida ...

“CDCR and the corrections budget in general has been a black hole, a money pit,” said Brian Kaneda, CURB’s deputy director.

The opening of a new federal detention center in California City has sparked mixed reactions among local residents. The ...

The power in seeking help is rarely recognized, but there is strength in the choice to transform. At the root of a self-help ...

A new book by forensic psychologist Samantha Stein takes readers behind the scenes of sexually violent offender evaluations.

Kenneth A. Bianchi, one of the two men convicted in the "Hillside Strangler" murders, was recently denied parole in ...

A budget deficit prompted state lawmakers to trim — but not eliminate — funding for a pilot program that will pay for air ...

Bianchi pleaded guilty to five killings in the LA area, committed with his cousin Angelo Buono Jr. He’s still seeking parole ...

Two men serving life terms at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano were convicted Wednesday of assaulting another inmate with homemade weapons and beating him with ...

California has six privately operated immigration detention centers. Two of these — Golden State Annex in McFarland and Mesa ...