Officials at California State Prison, Sacramento, are investigating the death of John Cisneros as a homicide involving his ...

State prison officials are investigating the death of inmate John Cisneros as a homicide at California State Prison ...

California prison officials are investigating the death of John Cisneros, 49, as a homicide after he was found unresponsive in his cell at a state prison.

Up to 7,000 sick California inmates must be transferred to prisons with access to better medical care, a court-appointed receiver said in a court filing Tuesday. Receiver Clark Kelso is in charge of ...

Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday unveiled a new transformation at the infamous San Quentin prison in the San Francisco Bay Area. The San Quentin Learning Center, an education and job training center to ...

Arthur Jackson is an inmate of San Quentin Rehabilitation Center and founder of The People in Blue, a committee of incarcerated advocates Re: “California prisoners sleep with ‘one eye open.’ Should ...

Serial child predator David Allen Funston was granted parole and he was released from a California prison on Thursday. But he didn’t get very far before deputies swooped in, re-arrested him, ...

Convicted Sacramento child molester David Allen Funston has been granted parole from his life sentences under California's Elderly Parole Program.

While California’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office has recommended closing another prison to save the state millions ...

A federal judge overrode a California state law on Friday to help combat a growing problem of inmates dying from drug overdoses. U.S. Judge Thelton Henderson of San Francisco approved waiving state ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A system designed to protect state inmates has led to increased violence involving so-called ‘dropout’ gangs of ...