"All the people in prison that I know want to work. We just want to do it on our own terms," writes Steve Brooks.

Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux awarded the Medal of Valor to Deputy Alfredo Flores on Nov. 12 for rescuing Angel TaFoya ...

Cal Poly Humboldt’s bachelor’s program offers new opportunity to people incarcerated at maximum-security Pelican Bay State ...

The lawsuit alleges a corrections officer fired the shot when the inmate was on the ground and “posed no threat.” ...

Huangtang Gong is accused of murdering a Brea couple, driving their bodies to different parts of the desert and setting them ...

The Ventura County Sheriff's Department arrested an inmate assigned to the Mountain Fire after he walked away from the base camp Monday night.

KFC accused Church's Texas Chicken of violating its trademark rights when its fried chicken competitor began using the words ...

The Sing Sing maximum security prison in New York held its first-ever film festival recently, with incarcerated men invited ...

Firefighters in California reported making progress toward containing the Mountain Fire, amid favorable weather conditions.

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 ...

Fire crews on both coasts of the United States continued battling wildfires on Sunday, including a blaze in New York and New ...