Officials said the officers were conducting an "emergency cell extraction" when the prisoner attacked the officers with an improvised weapon.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said it called for a code three riot around 10 a.m., saying ...

I was born to a mother serving time in 1983. Now, as I serve a life sentence of my own I see the same abusive policies and ...

The Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla on Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Tomas O'Valle Fresno Bee file Correctional staff at the Central California Women’s Facility assaulted a group of ...