The videos appear to bolster lawsuits claiming guards used force against California prisoners after they filed sexual ...

Brion E. Spidle died after an alleged attack by two other inmates, Jorge Ortega and Victor Wence, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

If you’re serving hard time inside a California prison, you’ll often find yourself stuck in a cramped cell with a stranger. You hang a bedsheet to manufacture the semblance of privacy between bed and ...

Retired correctional officer Hector Bravo Ferrel exposes corruption and violence inside California's prisons under the new ...

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Anyone who has followed the devastating violence in California’s prisons knows that gang rivalries trigger a lot of the bloodshed. So it stood to reason that if the authorities could get members to ...

CHOWCHILLA, Calif. (AP) — Jacob Smith has been in prison for two decades, but he and other inmates are still taking regular trips to far-flung, exotic locales. No passport required, just a virtual ...

Incarcerated men use virtual reality headsets inside Valley State Prison in Chowchilla, Calif., Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Haven Daley) CHOWCHILLA, Calif. — Jacob Smith has been in prison for two ...

Two inmates described as “suspected assailants” are being investigated in connection with a fatal attack at a facility in ...

A criminal justice reform advocate who thrived after completing a diversion program says lawmakers should back a bill that ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California over the past dozen years enacted a series of criminal justice laws that were meant to give more people an ...

CHOWCHILLA, Calif. -- Jacob Smith has been in prison for two decades but he and other inmates are still taking regular trips to far-flung, exotic locales. No passport required, just a virtual reality ...