California is increasing restrictions at its highest security men’s prisons, including at a facility in Los Angeles County ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation suspended visits and phone access at 21 prisons amid rising ...

Several prisons across the state, including Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility near Otay Mesa, have been placed under a ...

Kern Valley State Prison violence in California leaves death row inmate Julian Mendez dead in attack involving multiple ...

officials from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation cited a “surge” in violence directed at both inmates and staff as the reason for the crackdown at 11 prisons.

High-security prisons across California have tightly restricted movement, calls and visits while officials probe a surge in violence this year. The restrictions started Saturday and affect the top ...

and that prison officials seek to control violence among those gangs. U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley’s ruling Wednesday says it is “undisputed” that California has statewide lockdown ...

Whether a recent increase in violence in the state’s prisons is a result of the California Model is besides the point, said a lieutenant who trains correctional staff and who spoke on the ...

California passed the nation’s first prosecutor-initiated resentencing law in 2018. Few women benefited from these laws, ...

High-security prisons across California have tightly restricted movement, calls and visits while officials probe a surge in violence this year. The restrictions started Saturday and affect the top ...

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