Assemblymember Damon Connolly and San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins have announced a bill intended to improve safety at state prisons. Assembly Bill 1140 would require the California ...

A proposed California bill could increase pay for inmate firefighters housed in county jails and state prisons. Assembly Bill 247, if approved, would require jail inmates assigned to work active ...

I don’t know if they have room to bring more desks in, but they’re going to have to do something,” one worker said.

High-security prisons across California have tightly restricted movement, calls and visits while officials probe a surge in violence this year.

California corrections officials say high-security prisons across the state are tightly restricting movement, calls and ...

When Vince Stanley and a group of inmates started a project to build a new table for the Indiana Supreme Court’s conference room, they had to figure out how to make it functional for the court’s five ...

Since the legislation took effect, assaults by prisoners on staff have increased roughly 65% in 2024 compared to the same period in 2021, according to a New York State Department of Corrections and ...

Security and medical workers at the prison and a member of the National Guard tried to revive him but were unsuccessful, said Thomas Mailey, a spokesman for the corrections department. The cause ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) says they are investigating a death of an incarcerated person at the California State Prison, Sacramento (SAC) ...

In a statement over the weekend, the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision criticized those on strike, calling their activity illegal and a safety risk.