A 38-year-old inmate died in custody following a medical emergency at a Southern California jail, authorities announced ...

Two women made allegations of sexual abuse, including being forced to engage in oral sex, groping and offers of clean water ...

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. – Authorities in California say six inmates, including a man charged with murder, used a “homemade rope” to escape a jail over the weekend. The Merced County Sheriff’s Office ...

A 62-year-old inmate died Wednesday morning at the Sacramento County jail after a medical emergency. No foul play is ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. -- The investigation of a daring California jail break has led to the arrests of five people, with more expected soon, but the three inmates who escaped remain at large, the Orange ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)—California counties are housing more than 1,100 inmates on long-term sentences in jails designed for stays of a year or less, according to the first report detailing the growth ...

An inmate attempted to escape from a hospital while receiving medical treatment after sustaining non-life-threatening ...

Nicholas Jacobson had just been accused of murder when a raging infection nearly killed him. Left untreated for two weeks in a California jail, sepsis drove him into a coma as his organs started to ...

There's an inconspicuous metal box mounted on the wall of the gym at San Francisco County Jail No. 4. When Kate Monico Klein turns a knob, the machine releases a condom in a small cardboard packet.