Hundreds of California state prisoners worked to put out this year's deadly Los Angeles wildfires, inspiring new laws that will improve their pay and open other opportunities.

While serving time for murder, Joe Garcia heard Taylor Swift’s music and thought of the woman he loved. Last year, they were ...

It’s been nearly a year since Californians overwhelmingly approved Proposition 36, a tough-on-crime measure providing what backers called “mass treatment” for those facing certain drug charges.

AB 247 recognizes what I learned on the fire line — that our humanity and contributions matter more than our mistakes.” ...

A convicted inmate murderer was sentenced for the murder of another inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison, per Monterey ...

California Institution for Women received bachelor's degrees through Cal State LA's Prison Graduation Initiative, marking the ...

Doreena Durbin, a former musician turned meditation teacher, has created a transformative prison meditation program in Texas that helps inmates find peace and self-understanding through breathing and ...

In February 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 authorizing the forced removal of people of Japanese descent from Oregon, California, Washington and Arizona in response t ...