Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A California inmate died during the heat wave. What do state prison conditions look like? A woman incarcerated at the Central ...

Incarcerated journalists at the Central California Women’s Facility published the first edition of their newspaper, The Paper Trail, in mid-September. The paper is distributed in print in each of ...

Tucked away in the Central Valley, Central California Women's Facility sits off Highway 99 between Fresno and Merced. Farmland surrounds much of the prison, and visitors are rare. The 640-acre ...

Volunteer Janessa Kic prepares to pass out produce bags to CCWF residents. (Photo by Kelly Fogel, courtesy of the CDCR) This story was originally published by CCWF Paper Trail. EDITOR’S NOTE: This ...

One month ago, a preventable death occurred once again at the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla due to a prison heatwave. Adrienne Boulware passed away from the extreme heat ...

A woman incarcerated at the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla died Saturday amid the heat wave, raising concerns over extreme heat conditions in regional correctional facilities.