Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than a dozen state prison facilities — including four in Kern County — have been placed under a higher-than-normal level of ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is adding a third visiting day each weekend for inmates and is offering free bus rides for families wanting to visit their loved ones ...

Five years after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced plans for California to shutter some of its prisons, the state’s prison budget is reflecting savings. Newsom announced plans to close two prisons in 2020, ...