The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said it discovered weapons, cell phones, syringes and other ...

A condemned inmate was stabbed to death at North Kern State Prison on Friday, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Kern County coroner's office. Julian ...

December 25, 2025 – CRESCENT CITY, CA – Benjamin W. Watta, who was serving a condemned sentence, died on December 22, 2025, ...

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are investigating the death of an inmate at North Kern State Prison as a homicide, according to CDCR. Officers were conducting ...

California State Prison, Sacramento, once known as New Folsom, was opened in 1986 and is adjacent to Folsom State Prison, California’s second-oldest correctional facility. CSP Sacramento houses ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has suspended visits and phone access at 21 state prisons due to a rise in violence and overdoses. The department said the modified program ...

Two prisoners at Kern Valley State Prison are accused of attacking and killing another inmate Friday night, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. German M. Merino, ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation faces a wrongful death lawsuit that alleges a corrections officer fired a 40 mm “less lethal” projectile that struck an inmate’s head as he ...