The next prison to close is the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco of Riverside County, which is expected to shut down by October. Previously, the Newsom administration clo ...

Assemblymember Gregg Hart said California needs to weigh the benefits of rehabilitation with the stubbornly high cost of ...

California is incarcerating 70,000 fewer people than in 2010, enabling the Newsom administration to close five state prisons. It has capacity to shut one more, according to a new analysis.

The state’s Elderly Parole program can be traced back to a 2014 court order, according to the California Department of ...

Republicans in the California Legislature rallied with victims’ advocates Wednesday to blast Gov. Gavin Newsom and demand ...

California’s incarcerated population has aged rapidly over the past 30 years. A new report recommends pathways for release.

Inside a gymnasium at California State Prison Solano, the walls are alive with color. Large murals of athletes in motion — ...

Kim Kardashian is backing Senator Cory Booker’s bill to pay incarcerated federal workers minimum wage, saying it’s ...

Seven shipping containers sit outside a South Carolina women’s prison. Inside four, amid the lights and fans, grow stacked ...

State payroll records show Dana Williamson used about $30,000 in unused vacation time to remain on California's payroll through Jan. 31 — seven weeks after Newsom's office indicated she had departed — ...

California correctional officials are investigating the death of a Monterey County convict at Pelican Bay State Prison as a ...

California State Parks is suing a Sacramento County-based alarm company over the December 2024 fire that destroyed Chico's ...