Many people in California prisons and jails work for less than $1 an hour. Lawmakers are advancing two bills that could lead ...

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy faces sentencing Monday for using excessive force when he assaulted and pepper-sprayed a woman during a shoplifting investigation outside a supermarket ...

The sheriff who oversees the New Orleans jail where 10 men escaped last week says defective locks were a key factor in the jailbreak.