Arroyo Grande 15-year-old Elyse Pahler was strangled and stabbed to death in 1995 when three teens targeted her as a ...

The Veterans Transition Center is one of many outside organizations that sponsor rehabilitative programs at Soledad's ...

Sen. Adam Schiff greets supporters during his election night party on Nov. 5 in Los Angeles. He entered the Senate as a ...

Bookstores, reading groups and community hubs are creating intentional space for healing, learning and political action during this month.

The Office of the Inspector General gave prison officials the lowest rating in all but one of the cases reviewed by a team.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has moved to close five state prisons because of California’s falling incarcerated population. The next one ...

Faith leaders in Southern California have been supporting immigrant communities during increased immigration arrests and ...

California will close the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco by fall 2026 due to a declining inmate population, ...

Federal officials recently visited Alcatraz as part of the president's efforts to reopen the historic site as a prison. How did we get here?

So, how did we get here? Here’s a brief timeline of Alcatraz’s change from prison to public destination, and what the Trump administration is doing about it. 1850s: Early U.S. operations on ...