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The city of Chino is pressing state corrections officials to move quickly to address deteriorating conditions at the California Institution for Men after an audit confirmed long-standing concerns ...

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is investigating an attack on a staff member by an inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison as attempted murder. The attack happened Aug. 28 at ...

When the Basic Correctional Officer Academy cadets graduate Friday, they will have undergone rigorous training to learn multiple aspects of their new careers. The CDCR Academy social media team ...

A Southern California prison inmate is being held in restricted housing after his cellmate was found unresponsive during a security check and died Saturday morning. Staff at the California State ...

California’s defense attorneys for years saw their Black and Latino clients sent to death row at a rate much higher than other defendants accused of the same crimes. The data showed that Black people ...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) put California on notice last week that the state's decades-long failure to protect incarcerated women in two state prisons from rampant sexual abuse likely violates ...

California prison officials have failed to protect incarcerated women from sexual abuse and harassment by staff for years, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a new report. The department reviewed ...

The Department of Justice found that California women's prisons are failing to protect their female prisoners from sexual abuse by staff. CALIFORNIA (KFSN) -- The Department of Justice found that ...

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WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ga. — A Washington State prison guard was arrested for violating her oath, according to court documents obtained by 13WMAZ. Court documents show that a Department of Corrections ...