The union representing 25,000 California prison guards struck a deal for a new contract that gives Gov. Gavin Newsom some financial relief in the short term but includes a mix of bonuses and ...

July 30, 2013— -- A convicted murderer with alleged Aryan Brotherhood ties who has been kept in solitary confinement for more than a quarter of a century is driving the hunger strike that has ...

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating after a death row inmate was killed at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano on Friday. Convicted murderer ...

The Brief. California prison officials are investigating the death of an incarcerated man at Mule Creek State Prison as a homicide. Longeno Jones, 51, was found in his cell on May 21; his cellmate ...

Five years after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced plans for California to shutter some of its prisons, the state’s prison budget is reflecting savings. Newsom announced plans to close two prisons in ...

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 ...

California proposal would move some inmates into single-occupancy cells 03:21. In a unique alliance, prisoners at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center and California district attorneys are ...

Some of the perks in a new contract for California prison guards are delayed as Gov. Gavin Newsom seeks concessions from public employee unions to manage the state's deficit.

All together, the deal for correctional officers is expected to cost the state $600 million over the next three years, according to a summary released by the California Department of Human Resources.