An inmate at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Center near Otay Mesa allegedly attacked an officer with an “improvised weapon” on Sunday evening, state corrections officials said. Nelson Barrera, who ...

A man convicted of burglary in Sacramento County was declared dead Wednesday in his prison cell he shared with another inmate ...

"You are undermined constantly at every corner, and the inmates essentially have more rights and more power than you do as correctional officers," Jackson said. CDCR sent a statement about the ...

As of Friday, 939 prison inmates have been deployed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to help contain the blazes, the department confirmed to CBS News.

according to the CDCR. Prisoners fighting the Los Angeles fires like Almanza are working 24-hour shifts, earning $26.90 per day. Inmates also receive two additional days off their sentence for ...

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are investigating the death of an inmate at North Kern State Prison as a homicide, according to CDCR. Officers were conducting ...

Inmates help firefighters to extinguish the last embers in the hills of Mandeville Canyon after the Palisades Fire burned part of it, on Jan. 13, 2025, in Los Angeles. "CDCR Fire Camp Program ...

Inmate firefighters are also known as hand crews that use hand tools to aid in wildfire suppression. They do not use water or hoses, according to the CDCR. Participants in the Conservation (Fire ...

More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire ...

A prison guard sued the state Friday alleging the Corrections Department failed to protect her from being held hostage and sexually assaulted by an inmate ... attorneys said CDCR showed deliberate ...