In rejecting Proposition 6, voters kept a constitutional provision outlawing slavery except "to punish crime." Gov. Gavin ...

A new soon-to-open jail in Orange County will offer prisoners more positive opportunities and visitors a new way of ...

Guard was escorting the convicted murderer back to his cell when the inmate turned on him, prison officials said.

A California man convicted of stabbing to death a gay University of Pennsylvania student in an act of hate was sentenced ...

California voters have rejected a measure that could have outlawed forced prison labor in the state, according to the ...

One of the critical jobs that prisoners can be required to work is fighting wildfires. While salaried firefighters in ...

California has rejected a ballot measure that would have amended the state constitution to ban forced prison labor.

California judges approved only a handful of attempts by defendants to have their cases altered because of racial bias.

A guard at a California prison was attacked by an inmate Thursday evening in what officials are investigating as an attempted ...

California's Proposition 6 and Nevada's Question 4 sounded like similar prison reforms. But key differences may explain the ...

However, previous attempts to reform prison labor laws have faced significant financial hurdles, such as the California ...

California voters rejected a ballot measure aimed at banning state prisons from using forced labor as a punishment for crimes ...