Survivors and advocates delivered urgent testimony during a budget hearing to address allegations of abuse, retaliation and ...

California now has eight ICE detention centers. Two opened since President Trump took office in 2025, with both operating in former state prisons.

CHOWCHILLA, Calif.(AP) — Jacob Smith has been in prison for two decades, but he and other inmates are still taking regular trips to far-flung, exotic locales. No passport required, just a virtual ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California transformed the way its prison population connects to the outside world by handing every incarcerated ...

Some California state lawmakers want to make it six. They're pointing to a new analysis that shows the state's incarcerated population has fallen so dramatically that California can close another ...

Three decades ago, I was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole in California. A lost, scared teenager, I found myself in a maximum-security prison. I was one of the many thousands of men ...

California transformed the way its prison population connects to the outside world by handing every incarcerated person an electronic tablet to make free calls, receive messages and access other ...