California

The department has expanded the use of surveillance and body-worn cameras "across prisons in the state" and has increased staff training

In 2022, over 6,700 phones were seized, which were used to traffic in drugs, collect money and orchestrate murders, according to testimony

The bill would limit confinement to no more than 15 consecutive days and prohibit placing anyone in solitary who is pregnant or has a physical or mental disability

Inmates will be allowed access to limited services, including substance use treatment and mental health diagnoses

"The avenues for drugs entering prisons during the first year of the pandemic ... remained staff, contractors, official visitors and mail," an official said

Kern County detention deputies are currently working 96 hours a week for a department that has a 33% vacancy rate

Riverside County Sheriff Deputy Isaiah Cordero was killed by a violent felon, on bail twice over, during a Dec. 29 traffic stop

Domestic and international calls from wall phones and tablets are now free for "maintaining positive bonds between incarcerated people and their loved ones"

Yesenia Sanchez vowed to reform Santa Rita Jail while inviting greater community input as the county’s new sheriff

The Fresno County, California rule allowed suspects arrested for certain lower-level felonies and misdemeanors to be released soon after, without having to put up bail money

Deputies were transporting the inmate on the 5 freeway when he broke free from the patrol car

Pathways to Wellness aims to create or expand facilities aimed at treating mental health issues, substance use disorders and trauma

CDCR COs and staff bring Christmas spirit to children with special needs

The experiments in the 60s and 70s involved administering doses of pesticides and herbicides to the incarcerated men

California judge rejects Peterson's request nearly 20 years after he was charged with dumping the bodies of his pregnant wife and unborn child on Christmas Eve 2002