A normal married couple. Young and on the road, they stopped at a motel to get some much-needed rest. Then, he appeared.

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

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

Nine deputies, a doctor and nurse were charged with felonies in the death of Maurice Monk on Nov. 15, 2021 at Santa Rita Jail ...

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

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

Mandy Rose Reynolds, 26, was shot before her body was “burned beyond recognition” in a field fire in Robinson, Texas. Her ...

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

Once again, California voters demonstrated ... to work in kitchens, clean prison yards or pick up trash beside highways. Prisoners will keep fighting fires, too, with convicts able to win ...

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 ...