California’s falling incarcerated population has allowed Gov. Gavin Newsom to close four state prisons. Now he’s calling for a fifth.

The Markley Fire eventually fed into the LNU Lightning Complex Fire – one of the most destructive conflagrations in California’s history, destroying 330,000 acres in the Bay Area. Two weeks later, after the fire was extinguished, officials were able to identify Castro’s charred remains from a keepsake found next to them.

A onetime county teacher of the year at a SoCal elementary school has been sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for grooming and sexually assaulting two young boys on campus.

California's prison system is unprepared for climate-related disasters, with outdated evacuation plans, inadequate transportation, and overcrowding exacerbating the risks to incarcerated individuals.

The audit from the California Office of the Inspector General warns lives could be lost if prisons don’t improve their emergency and evacuation plans.

While California’s prisons are vulnerable to wildfires, floods, and earthquakes, we found they are not adequately prepared to respond to emergencies posed by natural disasters,” stated the report by t

New records show what happened to some of the former prisoners after state leaders chose to shrink a prison population imperiled by the spread of COVID.

The Menendez brothers, who were resentenced to 50 years to life and are now eligible for parole, may be released from prison in the coming months, lawyers predict.