Joseph Mendoza’s death at Salinas Valley State Prison was posted on social media. Lawyers say CDCR staff leaked it.

This searchable database created by the Southern California News Group contains details about every jail death in the region ...

Sacramento Sheriff Jim Cooper was among the first to spot the former deputy on the run after he fatally stabbed his ...

Zoe Rosenberg was convicted of four counts, including felony conspiracy, in a case that drew international attention over what she called the “rescue” of four chickens.

The inmate had been taken to a hospital in Atlanta on Sunday evening, and escaped around 1 a.m. Monday, driving off in a SUV ...

Two more inmates died inside the Harris County Jail this week, according to a spokesperson for the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, bringing the jail’s in-custody death total to 18 this year. The ...

High-ranking inmates known as trusties were ordered to do guards’ bidding, former inmates and guards said, and the culture of violence in the jail went straight to the top. By Brian HoweyMukta Joshi ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn.— An inmate booked in the Shelby County Jail has died, marking the third inmate death in just over a week, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) confirms. SCSO confirmed Friday that ...

Two inmates were hospitalized after separate stabbings inside the Fulton County Jail within 48 hours. Inmate Kelvin Watts, previously charged in a 2015 murder case, was stabbed multiple times and ...

Similar stories are coming from former inmates of the Dallas County Jail, who say they served too much time behind bars. "I've lost so much that could have been prevented. It could have been stopped ...

ATLANTA — Two former corrections officers at Clayton County Jail have been arrested and are now inmates at the facility where they once worked, accused of smuggling contraband. Ashley Lewis-Allen and ...