Joseph Mendoza’s death at Salinas Valley State Prison was posted on social media. Lawyers say CDCR staff leaked it.

TIRELESSLY TO ENSURE JUSTICE OCCURS IN THIS CASE. OTHER NEWS RIGHT NOW, FOUR INMATES WERE INJURED IN A PRISON RIOT THAT BROKE OUT IN FOLSOM. THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS SAYS IT HAPPENED AT ...

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are looking for an inmate who escaped from the Francisquito Conservation Camp in Los Angeles County on Sunday night. Staff ...

INVESTIGATION. EDIE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, ANDREA. NEW TONIGHT, KCRA THREE INVESTIGATES REVEALS THE STATE IS FACING TWO WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUITS AFTER WOMEN WERE MURDERED DURING CONJUGAL VISITS ...

A jury has awarded nearly $17 million to a San Diego woman who alleged in a lawsuit that while working as a clinical psychologist at a California state prison she was retaliated and discriminated ...

A guard tower stands over the grounds of Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City, Calif., in an undated photo. Authorities are investigating the fatal assault of inmate Rodrigo Gomez inside a ...

Tim Fang is a digital producer at CBS Bay Area. A Bay Area native, Tim has been a part of the CBS Bay Area newsroom for more than two decades and joined the digital staff in 2006. Two correctional ...

Two correctional officers were allegedly attacked by an incarcerated man with an improvised weapon at California State Prison, Sacramento on Saturday, prompting authorities to investigate the incident ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says they are investigating the death of an inmate on Thursday as a homicide. Staff saw three inmates in the recreation yard at around 9:52 ...

The death of a Yolo County man at Salinas Valley State Prison this week is being investigated as a homicide, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said Wednesday. Israel M.