The federal government agreed on Tuesday to pay about $116 million to settle lawsuits by 103 women who said they had been sexually abused while in custody at a now-shuttered women’s prison in Northern ...

The U.S. government will pay nearly $116 million to resolve lawsuits brought by more than 100 women who say they were abused ...

California prison officials are investigating after an inmate allegedly killed another inmate and attacked a third inmate ...

Bureau of Prisons to pay nearly $116M to settle lawsuits following rampant sexual abuse at California women's prison ...

The manhunt continues for 34-year-old Cesar Hernandez, who escaped from a prison van in Southern California two weeks ago.

Former Syrian official arrested in California who oversaw prison charged with torture Samir Ousman al-Sheikh, who oversaw Syria’s infamous Adra Prison from 2005 to 2008 under recently ousted ...

Samir Ousman al-Sheikh, who oversaw Syria's infamous Adra Prison from 2005 to 2008 under recently ousted President Bashar al-Assad, was charged by a federal grand jury in California with several ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where alleged human rights abuses took place has been charged with several counts of torture after being arrested in ...

A federal grand jury in Los Angeles this week charged a former Syrian military official with several counts of torture allegedly committed at a prison ... District of California said in a statement.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The leader of a Southern California white supremacist group was sentenced Friday to two years in federal prison for inciting violence at California political rallies in 2017.