January 4, 2026 – Riverside County Sheriff’s Office officials report that on Thursday, January 1, 2026, deputies from the Robert Presley Detention Center found an unresponsive male inmate, later ...

The Lassen County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after an inmate died while in custody at the Lassen County Jail.

Emergency medical services were requested, and fire department and ambulance teams arrived to continue life-saving efforts.

A convicted Los Angeles County rapist was allegedly killed by a fellow inmate over the weekend amid a surge of prison violence that has claimed the lives of over a dozen incarcerated men in California ...

December 25, 2025 – CRESCENT CITY, CA – Benjamin W. Watta, who was serving a condemned sentence, died on December 22, 2025, ...

More than three dozen past and current inmates have filed a class-action lawsuit alleging male LA County sheriff’s deputies ...

A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of 38 current and former inmates in Los Angeles County’s women’s jail claims male staff ...

California state prison officials said an inmate is accused of trying to kill a psychiatrist during a one-on-one meeting on Friday. Jose L. Ramirez, 35, was identified as the inmate. The attack ...

A Central California sheriff's office is providing a valuable service to inmates while saving county taxpayers millions each year. Nestled in the heart of the Golden State is Tulare County, a leader ...

As wildfires continue to devastate Southern California, thousands of first responders are on the ground, trying to get the destruction under control. About 900 of them are prison inmates. Multiple ...