In rejecting Proposition 6, voters kept a constitutional provision outlawing slavery except "to punish crime." Gov. Gavin ...

Guard was escorting the convicted murderer back to his cell when the inmate turned on him, prison officials said.

Photo by Matthew LeJune via Unsplash A prison nurse accused of showing young children nude photos of himself at a California ...

California's Proposition 6 and Nevada's Question 4 sounded like similar prison reforms. But key differences may explain the ...

A Californian was sentenced to prison for acting as an unregistered agent of China and offering bribes, targeting Falun Gong ...

"All the people in prison that I know want to work. We just want to do it on our own terms," writes Steve Brooks.

California in the 1970s cleaned up its constitution to remove any reference to slavery. Yes, slavery was abolished in 1865 ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says a clemency decision for convicted murderers Erik and Lyle Menendez is on hold until Los ...

A coalition of formerly and currently incarcerated women are fighting to end women’s incarceration in California altogether.

Erik Menendez and Lyle Menendez at a pretrial hearing in Los Angeles in 1992. LOS ANGELES — Erik and Lyle Menendez’s bid for ...

A California man was sentenced to 20 months in prison on Tuesday for acting as an illegal agent of China and bribing an Internal Revenue Service agent, the Department of Justice said in a statement.

Governor Gavin Newsom is postponing a clemency decision for Lyle and Erik Menendez until incoming LA County DA Nathan Hochman ...