The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation had restricted inmate movements and suspended privileges at 21 prisons because of a statewide surge in violence.

Alberto Martinez, 46, was knocked to the ground and beaten by three inmates in the prison yard at Calipatria State Prison in Imperial County on Thursday, California Department of Corrections and ...

A growing hunger strike is underway in California’s prison system, launched by incarcerated individuals protesting what they ...

A convicted murderer was killed this week in an assault by other inmates at a Southern California prison, authorities said. Staff at Calipatria State Prison in Imperial County witnessed the ...

Alberto Martinez was killed in the Calipatria State Prison in Imperial County on Thursday, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a news release.

Lua, who had been behind bars at Calipatria State Prison since 2019, is serving a 19-year sentence for attempted second-degree murder with an enhancement for use of a firearm.