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

California voters have rejected a measure amending the state Constitution to ban forced labor in any form. The constitution ...

CNBC's Eamon Javers joins 'The Exchange' to report on prison stocks moving higher since Trump's victory, in part based on his ...

California Proposition 6 would amend the state constitution to remove a provision allowing jails and prisons to impose ...

Multiple fire crews responded to a two-alarm vegetation fire Thursday afternoon near the Lompoc federal prisons with ...

Officials are continuing to search for a suspect who fatally shot a sea lion in Orange County this past August. According to ...

Prisoners in California will still be forced to fight wildfires and make furniture for minimal pay, as voters appear to have rejected Proposition 6.

Besides the deadly Mountain Fire, California recently faced another major brush fire, the Lompoc Fire. While the fire spread quickly, it remained at 130 acres, making it easier for the fire department ...

A 19th District Court Jury only deliberated about a half hour before returning a verdict of guilty and a life sentence for a man accused of shooting a woman and dumping her body in Robinson then ...

Parts of Antoine Smith's body were found in John Cole's vehicle as well as in a rural area of Tucson, the news release says.

A 47-year-old Marina man has been convicted of arson by a Monterey County jury. James Patrick Sloop was found guilty Thursday of pouring an ignitable fluid over the hood of a car that exploded and ...