A system designed to protect state inmates who wish to leave gangs has backfired, leading to increased violence fueled by so-called 'dropout' gangs formed by prisoners who defected from other groups.

According to a press release, it happened Monday at around 9:35 a.m. Pacific when staff responded to a fight involving three ...

An inmate serving four years was killed Saturday afternoon inside Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga, with two other ...

An inmate in a Solano County state prison is suspected of killing another incarcerated man, the California Department of ...

California prison officials are investigating the fatal stabbing of inmate Mario Ramos at Calipatria State Prison following a ...

The incarcerated man killed was serving a life sentence for first-degree murder and attempted murder in Orange County.

Two inmates in a California state prison are being investigated for the alleged murder of a third inmate in one of the ...

One inmate is dead and another is under investigation for murder following a violent altercation earlier this month at the ...

Two inmates described as “suspected assailants” are being investigated in connection with a fatal attack at a facility in ...

Text messages appeared to show a former Lake County Community Corrections officer was in a sexual relationship with a work ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — One inmate is injured after being attacked by three other inmates Thursday morning at Wasco State Prison. The alleged attack happened at about 10:20 a.m. at a yard at ...