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

December 1, 2025 – SOLEDAD – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the ...

A condemned inmate was stabbed to death at North Kern State Prison on Friday, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Kern County coroner's office. Julian ...

The family of Joseph Mendoza is hauling the state into federal court, claiming staff at Salinas Valley State Prison stood by ...

Officials at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano are investigating the Wednesday death of an inmate as a homicide. Prisoners William A. Nesler III and Edward R. Holden III allegedly attacked inmate ...

An inmate in a California state prison was allegedly killed by two other inmates on Friday evening, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced. Per a CDCR media release, the ...

Twenty-one California prisons - including two facilities near Folsom - are immediately suspending inmate visitations following spikes in drug overdoses and violent attacks on prisoners and officers, ...

SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — A California corrections officer is sharing, in her own words, what she calls the “worst night of her life.” Katie Jackson, 40, said an inmate repeatedly sexually ...

California State Prison, Sacramento, once known as New Folsom, was opened in 1986 and is adjacent to Folsom State Prison, California’s second-oldest correctional facility. CSP Sacramento houses ...