Kern Valley State Prison violence in California leaves death row inmate Julian Mendez dead in attack involving multiple inmates, prompting investigation by prison officials and district attorney.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has launched a new online databasethat will for the first time allow the general public to locate each of California’s 170,000 ...

A California State Prison, Sacramento inmate is accused of stabbing and killing his cellmate on Friday, ... Last week, CDCR says the two killed another inmate. CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN EITHER DEATH.

Inmate at High Desert State Prison found dead in ... He had been in the Northern California facility since April 19, CDCR said. ... Gonzalez did not appear on CDCR’s inmate locator as of Friday, ...

Anthony Tarin, a CDCR inmate who walked away from a Male Community Reentry Program on Sunday. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ...

California prisons halt visits after spikes in inmate violence, overdoses, and contraband. CDCR investigates deaths, attacks, and safety concerns.

A 33-year-old inmate housed in a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation facility in Los Angeles has been captured after he walked off the facility earlier this week, officials ...

But four months ago, CDCR started a pilot program allowing some inmates ages 18-26, who are serving more serious charges, to become firefighters."It's go time,” said inmate Carlos Valdivia.

While CDCR inmate firefighters earn about $3 to $5 a day depending on skill level (and an extra $1 an hour when actively fighting fires), members of the California Conservation Corps and ...

These minimum-security inmates, participants in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Fire Camp Program, are playing a critical role in slowing the spread of fires in ...

Santiago Duran, a California convict serving 10 years for a gun-fueled domestic-violence standoff with cops, has escaped custody -- by simply wandering off the grounds of his low-security work site.

California has long depended on incarcerated people to battle wildfires. Since the end of World War II, the state has relied on inmates to staff its more than 200 “hand crews” deployed each ...