More than a dozen state prison facilities — including four in Kern County — have been placed under a higher-than-normal level of restrictions following high rates of inmate violence and contraband.

SACRAMENTO (KGET) – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has announced a new tool to help friends and family visit inmates. The Visitation Scheduling Application (VSA) app can ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has implemented a modified program across all Level III and Level IV facilities in response to a troubling ...

High Desert State Prison in Susanville. California prison officials said a 33-year-old inmate accused of stabbing another inmate was fatally shot by a correctional offficer Thursday afternoon. CDCR ...

Kevin Robinson, a former associate warden, says a CDCR administrator told him his career would suffer if he reported racial discrimination.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said it discovered weapons, cell phones, syringes and other contraband items during enforcement sweeps of its ...

MITRI JOINS US WITH THE DETAILS. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL’S OFFICE SAYS THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION, OR CDCR, TOOK SO LONG TO LOOK AT SOME OF THESE COMPLAINTS THAT THE ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is suing the State Personnel Board, alleging that it “committed a prejudicial abuse of discretion” in overturning the department’s ...

The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday challenged the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for its denial of religious exceptions for correctional officers of various faiths, ...

Authorities are searching for an inmate who walked away from a conservation camp in Inyo County Tuesday morning. Ashiel Bahar, 37, was discovered missing from the Owens Valley Conservation Camp around ...