We need restorative justice initiatives that focus on family reunification in rehabilitation programs, investment in reentry ...

The Bay Area man was killed last week in a California prison where he'd been serving a life sentence for murdering a close ...

Californians will decide the fate of Proposition 36, a measure that seeks to increase punishments for some theft and drug ...

The state spends $15 billion a year on the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, with the cost of ...

Proposition 36 won't end homelessness or crime waves. It will only refill prisons, push more people to the streets and erase ...

Michael Montalvo has served 37 years in U.S. federal prison for leading a criminal enterprise that sold tens of millions of ...

China freed Southern California pastor David Lin on Sunday, after he was detained for nearly 20 years, but two Americans are ...

California prison officials are investigating the killing of a Livermore man serving time in Kern Valley State Prison. Guards ...

Two inmates were attacked with an inmate-manufactured weapon, leaving one dead, in Kern Valley State Prison in Delano on Thursday, according to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Jacob ...

Braintree's mayor is announcing a $14.9 million settlement with Fred Weichel, the Massachusetts man who was freed in 2017 ...

Much of the Proposition 36 debate has focused on the increased penalties for shoplifting, but the drug policy changes are ...

Jacob Kober, 35, was stabbed multiple times in his Kern Valley State Prison cell on Thursday, authorities said. His cellmate, ...