A death chamber is the place they take a person who's been convicted of crimes so horrible that they've been sentenced to death. There's been one lying inside the Washington State Penitentiary in ...

Plumas County law enforcement is searching for an inmate described as “dangerous” who escaped from the county jail Friday ...

The following is a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office (Idaho). BOISE – Brendon McCormick, 31, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for bank fraud, U.S. Attorney ...

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris supports a policy that gives transgender people who rely on the government for medical care ...

Drug and Theft Crime Penalties and Treatment-Mandated Felonies Initiative. Some people are calling this a “tough-on-crime” initiative, ...

California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., announced more than 1.2 million 16- and 17-year-olds have ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed new laws that seek to offer repair for decades of policies that drove racial ...

California has formally apologized for its role in perpetuating slavery in the state with the signing of a bill Thursday by ...

An inmate who authorities say is considered "violent and dangerous" escaped a Northern California jail on Friday morning ...

California is among 16 states that allow prisoners to be used for forced labor. That's wrong. Proposition 6 will get rid of ...

On Wednesday, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the appointment of Fidencio Guzman, of Imperial, as Warden at Centinela State Prison.