Security forces were guarding a prison in southern Mexico on Friday where seven inmates were killed in a riot a day earlier.

The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to throw out the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys and ...

The request would erase the convictions for the extremist groups' leaders in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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Police used the Vallejo, California, rapper’s music against him. He used his jailhouse album to call them out by name.

Despite recent rain and snow in Northern California, state water officials say the Sierra snowpack remains near historic lows, raising concerns about water availability during the hot summer months.

(FOX40.COM) — A condemned inmate died Thursday morning at California State Prison, Sacramento, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. CDCR officials said in a press ...

A potentially fatal virus that causes fever, vomiting and severe watery diarrhea among small children is raging throughout Northern California, recent data shows. “It’s extremely contagious,” Dr.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle a lawsuit filed by 13 women who say correctional officers injured them during a mass use-of-force ...

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The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday it's investigating whether California and Maine violate the rights of female inmates when they house them with transgender women. The investigation will focus ...