Ronte Greene, known as "Cardiddy," was sentenced to 108 months in prison for distributing fentanyl-laced pills.

“CDCR and the corrections budget in general has been a black hole, a money pit,” said Brian Kaneda, CURB’s deputy director. “No matter how much savings we’re getting from prison closures, they won’t be effective in supporting our community unless they’re reinvested back where they need it most.”

Jaime Ornelas’s mother and co-defendant Misty Ornelas, 48, of Turlock, was sentenced to 18 months in prison. According to court documents, beginning in June 2020, Jaime Ornelas and Misty Ornelas operated a scheme to submit fraudulent unemployment insurance benefit claims to the California Employment Development Department (EDD).

A California man convicted of trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine in the Bozeman area was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in federal prison.According to a

A convicted murderer and gang member from Arvin, Jose Valencia, was denied parole on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, after the California Board of Parole Hearings

The key target of the investigation was Pavittar Singh, who has been on the radar of Indian law enforcement agencies for violent crimes.

Democrat California Rep. Nancy Pelosi told a Scripps News reporter that he is a strong contender to be a prisoner at Alcatraz.

The majority of new detainees at one Kern County facility in McFarland are immigrants with no criminal convictions, according to the latest data by ICE, mirroring a nationwide trend. Meanwhile, another detention facility in Bakersfield is at capacity, according to immigrant advocates.

The California Correctional Center in Susanville, a rural town whose residents depend on jobs at the minimum-security state prison to sustain their economy.

A 24-year-old Menifee resident threatened to “shoot up the school” and warned of the school getting “blasted.’