In response to a recent surge in violence at California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation facilities, prison authorities conducted contraband enforcement sweeps at more than 20 ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom has moved to close five state prisons because of California's falling incarcerated population. The next one ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has announced the permanent closure of the California ...

The last restrictions on March 8 were placed on nearly a dozen prisons due to a “surge in violence against staff and incarcerated people.” They ended on April 11.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation had restricted inmate movements and suspended privileges at 21 prisons because of a statewide surge in violence.

Some fear court-ordered integration in prisons may trigger racial violence. July 1, 2008— -- When an inmate who is not black enters Will Williams' cell for the first time at San Quentin State ...