This story originally appeared in the Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010 edition of the. Fueled by a series of investigative stories ...

Officials at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano are investigating the Wednesday death of an inmate as a homicide. Prisoners William A. Nesler III and Edward R. Holden III allegedly attacked inmate ...

Joseph Mendoza’s death at Salinas Valley State Prison was posted on social media. Lawyers say CDCR staff leaked it.

A condemned inmate was stabbed to death at North Kern State Prison on Friday, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Kern County coroner's office. Julian ...

Officials at the California Correctional Institution are investigating a riot that occurred on Tuesday involving about 70 ...

California State Prison, Sacramento, once known as New Folsom, was opened in 1986 and is adjacent to Folsom State Prison, California’s second-oldest correctional facility. CSP Sacramento houses ...

The family of Joseph Mendoza is hauling the state into federal court, claiming staff at Salinas Valley State Prison stood by while he was fatally attacked, then let graphic surveillance video of his ...

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, ...