Chuckawalla Valley and California Correctional Center, both idle prisons, are liabilities. The state must act quickly.” ...

To identify the biggest prisons in California and how crowded they are, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed inmate counts in 32 of the state’s adult correctional institutions. Data is as of March 1, 2023, as ...

Dangerous heat inside prisons is not uncommon. One incarcerated person at the California Correctional Institution in Kern County told The Times that he’s been using a small fan and a wet rag to ...

Major employers The two closures currently announced — Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy and California Correctional Center in Susanville — have a number of things in common.

Joshua L. Peppers, 39, was attacked by another prisoner at the Los Angeles County institution March 7 and died at a medical facility, corrections officials said in a statement.

California corrections officials say high-security prisons across the state are tightly restricting movement, calls and visits while they probe a surge in violence this year.

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

David Moreno, 38, was attacked shortly before 9 a.m. at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, according to a statement from the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Major employers The two closures currently announced — Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy and California Correctional Center in Susanville — have a number of things in common.

To identify the biggest prisons in California and how crowded they are, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed inmate counts in 32 of the state’s adult correctional institutions. Data is as of March 1, 2023, as ...

Major employers The two closures currently announced — Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy and California Correctional Center in Susanville — have a number of things in common.