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 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A system designed to protect state inmates has led to increased violence involving so-called ‘dropout’ gangs of ...

A federal judge on Monday sentenced an Aryan Brotherhood member for killing a fellow inmate to increase his status in the notorious white supremacist California prison gang. U.S. District Judge ...

A man serving life in prison for a deadly gang shooting in Southern California has died following an altercation with another inmate at a prison in Solano County, officials said.

Joseph Mendoza was killed by two fellow inmates of Salinas Valley State Prison, shown here, on April 8. Mendoza’s family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against prison officials. California ...

The leader of a Southern California street gang was sentenced to nine years in prison for ordering the kidnapping of a woman in Riverside. Luis Ramirez, 49, of Jurupa Valley, will serve the nine-year ...

Three men serving life sentences in the California prison system, two of whom have visible Nazi face tattoos, are accused of attacking and killing another inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison in ...