A Kern Valley State Prison inmate faces an additional 25 years to life after being convicted of assaulting another inmate.The ...

Eight inmates at Kern Valley State Prison have been charged with murder in the stabbing death last year of another inmate.

Mexican authorities allege Cesar Hernandez, who escaped from custody months ago while serving a first degree murder sentence ...

The search for an escaped California inmate accused of killing a police officer in Mexico is over. Cesar Hernandez was arrested Thursday by members of Mexico's State Investigation Agency.

The U.S. Embassy in Mexico is offering a $35,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of an escaped inmate who killed ...

A prosecutor in California blasted the state's $239 million taxpayer-funded project to build a prison rehabilitation center in the Bay Area, arguing that it's another example of politicians ...

An alleged international crime ring preying on California's welfare EBT cards is getting help from a Gypsy Church in Southern ...

San Quentin State Prison and Valley State Prison, and appealed. "The state has already identified evidence-based treatment modalities appropriate for correctional settings, which can help these ...

At the time, the state’s prisons were in a state of crisis caused by the walkout of thousands of prison personnel during an unauthorized 22-day strike that had forced the governor to call in the ...