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. Renée C. Byer ...

SOLEDAD, Calif. - WARNING: The details and photos in this story may be disturbing for some readers. A 36-year-old man was stabbed nearly 180 times at a California state prison and someone inside ...

MONTEREY COUNTY, CA — Two California prison inmates sentenced out of the Inland Empire for violent crimes are now suspected in separate deadly attacks at Salinas Valley State Prison. In the most ...

California lawmakers who want to cut down on the billions the state spends on incarceration face an uphill battle to reduce prison expenses, which have remained persistently high despite efforts to ...

California correctional officers failed to stop the brutal killing of a 36-year-old man in prison and later shared video footage of the man being stabbed to death online, a wrongful-death lawsuit ...

Joseph Mendoza, 36, was stabbed nearly 180 times and died at the Salinas Valley State Prison. Someone on staff captured video of the stabbing and leaked it where it appeared on social media, according ...