Flames from the Hughes fire came within a mile of the Castaic jails before firefighters pushed them back. Inmate advocates ...

Court-appointed monitors of Sacramento County jails say a man’s fatal overdose was one of multiple deaths in which deputies ...

A man who was brutally assaulted in jail in Santa Clara County has died from his injuries, the Sheriff's Office said Tuesday.

These medications are life and death for someone coming out of custody and in that state,” said Mary Taylor, a clinical ...

An El Cajon woman was arrested this week for allegedly sending a drug-infused greeting card to a jail inmate, authorities ...

The estate of Bryan Debbs argued that the county had responsibility for the death, despite the fact that it contracted out ...

An Orange County inmate died during his hospital stay on Sunday, officials confirmed. The O.C. Sheriff’s Department said the 72-year-old inmate was booked into the Theo Lacy Facility, a maximum ...

was reported to the California Board of Registered Nursing and resigned. While Barefield was technically in the custody of the arresting officer until the jail booking was complete, the Sacramento ...

An attempted homicide investigation is underway in a California state prison after a supervising correctional officer was reportedly attacked by three inmates, authorities announced Thursday. In a ...

Now, California has an opportunity to demonstrate our values by granting clemency to the incarcerated firefighters who put their lives on the line to save neighborhoods and communities ...