If you’re serving hard time inside a California prison, you’ll often find yourself stuck in a cramped cell with a complete stranger. You hang a bedsheet to manufacture the semblance of privacy between ...

At Stillwater, corrections officials are testing an “earned living unit” that trades privileges for accountability and has gone two months without a lockdown.

Some California policymakers and prison officials contend that offering more single-occupancy cells might serve the best ...

The federal Bureau of Prisons is closing a lockup adjacent to the Port of Los Angeles that was once home to Al Capone and Charles Manson over concerns about crumbling infrastructure, including falling ...

After years of complaints from inmates and advocates about hot temperatures inside prison cells, California is finally embarking on a plan to cool some cells. But it’s only a test, and it will only ...