As wildfires continue to burn in and around Los Angeles, the fact that many of the firefighters battling the blazes are inmates from California's prison system has drawn significant attention in news coverage.

Officials say Mario Campbell, 36, was taken to a nearby hospital outside the prison, where he later fell to his injuries.

A lawsuit has been filed against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation after a hyper-violent prisoner allegedly captured a female officer in a prison

Two inmates from Southern California are suspects in a deadly attack on a third inmate at California State Prison (SAC), previously called New Folsom Prison, California Department

The Tuolumne County District Attorney's Office said California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation prison inmate Robert Lawerance Ransom Jr. sexually assaulted a correctional officer at Sierra Conservation Center on Jan. 20, 2024. He's accused of charges related to assault, false imprisonment, criminal threats, kidnapping, rape and more.

More than 1,000 California inmates have been fighting the wildfires, a controversial practice that dates back to 1915 and results from a complex intersection of public safety, labor economics, and criminal justice.

Dozens of disabled workers hired through the nonprofit PRIDE industries are losing their jobs at a California prison in a union outsourcing dispute.

A state prison, a juvenile detention facility, three county jails and a federal detention center sit just outside the Border 2 fire’s evacuation zone. A single thoroughfare, Alta Road, connects the facilities, which, combined, house more than 4,600 men, women and children. CalFire said Friday that Alta was closed.

Assemblymember Mike Gipson (D-Carson) announced he postponed a planned march for immigration rights on Jan. 25 due to the L.A. wildfires. The announcement was made through an email blast that went out to his constituents across the 65th Assembly District which includes Carson,

A local prison program, highlighted in "Sing Sing," has received three Oscar nominations: Colman Domingo for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Adapted Screenplay (screenplay by Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar;

Instead of pushing harm reduction strategies to reduce drug overdoses, a county district attorney believes a recently approved ballot measure, Proposition 36, strikes the right balance to break the cycles fueling addiction and homelessness.

“The policy of the United States is that an individual’s sex is not changeable,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated in an email to department employees. California LGBTQ+ leaders called ...