The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is investigating the death of a 72-year-old inmate as a homicide ...
He has been sentenced to 12 years, 7 months in prison.
California transformed the way its prison population connects to the outside world by handing every incarcerated person an ...
A California man will spend more than 12 years behind bars after his attempt to air-mail methamphetamine into a state prison ...
The union representing correctional officers opposed the recommendation, arguing closing the Soledad prison was "shortsighted." ...
The next prison to close is the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco of Riverside County, which is expected to shut down ...
Thu, February 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM UTC Matthew L. Madsen, 39, worked for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from 2017 to 2025 and primarily was assigned to Salinas Valley State ...
Anyone who has followed the devastating violence in California’s prisons knows that gang rivalries trigger a lot of the bloodshed. So it stood to reason that if the authorities could get members to ...
A former California correctional lieutenant, Matthew L. Madsen, was arrested on federal charges alleging he smuggled cellphones and tobacco to an inmate in exchange for $100,000 in bribes. Prosecutors ...