San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon Tuesday spoke out against plans to build a new jail.
The inmates would be kept in tiny cells, as small as six feet by seven feet, for months or even…
California's death penalty was left in place by a federal appeals court in San Francisco Thursday.
A class action lawsuit claims San Francisco's wealth-based pretrial detention system unfairly targets low-income inmates.
A sergeant with the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office has enthusiastically denied the claims contained in a federal lawsuit.
A federal lawsuit has been filed against the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office for the alleged beatings of more than 20…
Three correctional deputies due in court Friday for a murder charge in an inmate's death allegedly assaulted other inmates earlier…
San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi took the first step Friday toward housing transgender inmates according to their preferred gender.
Six San Quentin prison inmates have been diagnosed with Legionnaires disease as of today.
Visiting time for prisoners at San Quentin has been halted as health and prison officials investigate a case of Legionnaires…
An inmate at a state prison medical facility in Vacaville allegedly tried to kill a guard early this morning, according…
An inmate killed during a prison riot in Folsom has been identified as Hugo Pinell, a man who was involved…
A proposal to expand a jail in Richmond by transferring inmates from the county's high-security facility in Martinez is meeting…
San Francisco sheriff's department secured a $950,000 state grant to fund programs that would benefit low-level offenders suffering from mental…
San Quentin State Prison inmates are performing two plays by William Shakespeare and an inmate-written play about issues facing military veterans this…
San Francisco sheriff's deputies working as jail guards may be the first county jail guards in California to wear body-worn…
The FBI is investigating allegations that jail inmates were forced to fight gladiator-style by sheriff's deputies.
Jail inmates held in San Francisco's Hall of Justice allege sheriff's deputies have forced them to fight "gladiator-style," San Francisco…
Gov. Jerry Brown spoke about the benefits of prison labor and hiring former convicts.
Inmate education at the San Francisco Sheriff's Department just got a little more sophisticated.
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