Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday unveiled a new transformation at the infamous San Quentin prison in the San Francisco Bay Area. The San Quentin Learning Center, an education and job training center to ...

CDCR said the 49-year-old serving a burglary sentence couldn't be found during last night's head count at Growlersburg Conservation Camp.

The union representing correctional officers opposed the recommendation, arguing closing the Soledad prison was “shortsighted ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and Governor Gavin Newsom announced yesterday the completion of the innovative educational complex – the San Quentin Learning Center. A ...

While California’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office has recommended closing another prison to save the state millions ...

State budget analysts have zeroed in on the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad as a top contender for permanent closure, arguing that shutting down the aging prison could free up roughly $150 ...

California is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to maintain thousands of unused prison beds even as the incarcerated ...

Governor Gavin Newsom opened an 81,000-square-foot Learning Center at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, marking a turning point in the state's approach to justice and emphasizing rehabilitation and ...

ACTION NEWS 8 REPORTER JAZMON DEJARNETTE HAS MORE...### THE FAMILY OF 36-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH MENDOZA IS FILING A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND SALINAS VALLEY STATE PRISON ...

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A large, long-term study found that playing a brain training video game may help protect the brain against dementia for decades. Experts say the findings are the strongest evidence yet that cognitive ...

Joseph Mendoza, 36, was stabbed nearly 180 times and died at the Salinas Valley State Prison. Someone on staff captured video of the stabbing and leaked it where it appeared on social media, according ...