California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

David Herbert, an honorably discharged disabled veteran, was sentenced to nearly nine years behind bars. He has served just 17 months

A former California state prison inmate tells her story of sexual abuse by prison staff during her time incarcerated. A closer look at newly released records reveals a culture of sexual misconduct in California’s women’s prisons.

An inmate who walked away from a minimum security conservation camp in Mendocino County on Friday was captured in Vallejo Monday, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said.

An inmate who walked away from a minimum-security facility at Salinas Valley State Prison on Saturday was taken back into custody Monday afternoon in San Francisco, according to state correctional officials.

A 54-year-old man serving a life sentence for a murder in Santa Clara County is accused of killing a fellow inmate at a prison in the Central Valley on Tuesday night, according to state corrections officials.

An ex-convict who fatally shot a California Highway Patrol officer and wounded two other officers in Riverside this month fired at least 100 rounds from a rifle before he was killed, police said Thursday.

A California Highway Patrol officer killed in a shootout at a traffic stop in Riverside was remembered Tuesday for his selfless dedication to serving his community and the unwavering enthusiasm he had for his dream job.

Two hundred inmates at a California prison were involved in a “large-scale riot” Wednesday and dozens were injured, officials said. The fight in the yard at a prison in Soledad broke out just after 11 a.m., and staff fired nine warning shots from a rifle and used chemical agents and non-lethal rounds to break up the brief incident, NBC News...

It was supposed to be a day of celebration in tribute to the 90th anniversary of one of the nation’s most recognized law enforcement agencies....
Instead, a single bell toll Wednesday morning was part of a solemn California Highway Patrol ceremony for a colleague killed this week when a driver he pulled over grabbed a rifle and opened fire during a...

One convicted killer has been accused of beheading another in what authorities call an exceptionally sadistic torture slaying at a California prison. Corcoran State Prison inmate Jaime Osuna removed several body parts from his cellmate, Luis Romero, Assistant Kings County District Attorney Phil Esbenshade said Friday. Charges accuse Osuna, 31, of repeatedly cutting Romero last month using what the prosecutor...

A minimum-security inmate who walked away from a camp in Nevada County was apprehended Thursday in Alameda County, officials said.

Authorities are searching for a minimum-security inmate who walked away from a camp in Nevada County today, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Staff at the Washington Ridge Conservation Camp discovered Justin Tyquiengco was missing around 5:30 a.m. during an inmate count. He was last seen at the 3:30 a.m. count.

Male prison guards in California will be prohibited from pat-down searching of incarcerated women and viewing them while they are not fully dressed under a new law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown.

The tradition of one hunger strike a year in Santa Clara County jails since 2016 continues, as the majority of inmates have not ordered food from the commissary since Sunday, according to a local advocacy group organizer.

Before they head out, the women pack plenty of water: at least two canteens and a CamelBak hydration system each, along with extra safety glasses, snacks, and ready-to-eat meals in case the shift runs long. They also bring “ponies,” short lengths of hose to attach to a hydrant or other apparatus. The backpack weighs nearly 40 pounds in the end....

A mugshot newly taken of Phil Spector in prison shows the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer completely free of the huge hair that was so striking during his trial....
The photo taken in June and provided Tuesday by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation also shows the 76-year-old music producer smiling broadly and wearing hearing aids on both ears....
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A Northern California prison inmate died Thursday while fighting a wildfire, authorities said.

The first U.S. inmate to have taxpayer-funded sex reassignment surgery, Shiloh Heavenly Quine, says she’s been mistreated since being transferred to a California women’s prison, where she now has a beard and mustache because officials have denied her a razor.

Dameion Brown landed the lead role in the Marin Shakespeare Company’s “Othello” after serving 23 years in California state prison.

When decency leads to downfall Dameion Brown hears echos from his past.
The 48-year-old landed the lead role in the Marin Shakespeare Company’s “Othello” after serving 23 years in California state prison.