An attempted homicide investigation is underway in a California state prison after a supervising correctional officer was ...

The California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation is looking for Freddy Rojas, who walked away from a Male Community ...

The following is a press release from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: California Department of ...

As wildfires continue to burn in and around Los Angeles, the fact that many of the firefighters battling the blazes are ...

More than 1,000 California inmates have been fighting the wildfires, a controversial practice that dates back to 1915 and results from a complex intersection of public safety, labor economics, and ...

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officialsare investigating the alleged attempted homicide of a peace officer at Pelic ...

The family of a twice-convicted child molester believes the California law that has now freed him from prison should not exist in the first place.

A man convicted of burglary in Sacramento County was declared dead Wednesday in his prison cell he shared with another inmate ...

North Kern State Prison in Delano, California Investigating Death of Incarcerated Person, Enrique Gomeztagle, as a Homicide ...

The Conservation (Fire) Camp Program, jointly run by California's corrections and fire departments, trains inmates to fight wildfires and respond to other emergencies. Inmate firefighters earn ...

California’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement to NPR on Friday. This is not a new practice. California has relied on incarcerated firefighters since 1915.