The cause of death for notorious cult leader Charles Manson was acute cardiac arrest, with colon cancer as a factor. That's ...

A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department custody assistant pleaded no contest to committing sex crimes against an ...

Los Angeles County and other state prisons are upgrading their security after a recent surge in violence against staff and ...

A Los Angeles County inmate died after another inmate allegedly attacked him on Friday morning, officials said. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation identified the victim as ...

Deputy Michael Meiser, assigned to a specialized sheriff's department unit that monitored gang activity inside the jail ...

FOLSOM, Calif. — Six inmates were stabbed during a fight Wednesday morning at California State Prison, Sacramento (CSP-SAC), also known as New Folsom Prison, in Represa, authorities said.

Then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed the California Values Act into law in 2017, limiting state and local law enforcement's ...

A seventh inmate has died at a troubled maximum security prison in southern Wisconsin. The state Department of Corrections ...

New York State Police say they’re investigating the Saturday death of an inmate who was housed at an upstate medium security prison – reports of which Gov. Kathy Hochul called “deeply ...

FILE - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at a press conference, July 31, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File) ...

New York state’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision is struggling to keep striking officers on the job, as it grapples with the fallout from two high-profile inmate deaths and ...