Former 49ers Running Back Lawrence Phillips' Cellmate Death Ruled Homicide
The death of a man sharing a prison cell with former NFL running back Lawrence Phillips was ruled a homicide by strangulation.
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The death of a man sharing a prison cell with former NFL running back Lawrence Phillips was ruled a homicide by strangulation.
Former San Francisco 49ers running back Lawrence Phillips is suspected of killing his cellmate in a Central California prison.
A 41-year-old man from Monterey County has been sentenced to 60 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to enticing four children in upstate New York to make online pornography.
Unlike the movie with the same name about a group of hopeless death row inmates, The Last Mile is the first-ever business incubator to operate behind bars.
A high-risk sex offender wants to live in an upper middle-class Fairfield neighborhood, but residents are less than pleased about it.
A new law in California will require state prisons to make condoms available to all prisoners, even though sex between inmates is still a crime.
A San Jose police officer accused of raping a woman at a hotel room in 2013 was remanded to jail Wednesday after trying to change his plea to no contest when prosecutors filed five new enhancements that could land him with life in prison.
The operator of a defunct "revenge porn" website that posted stolen nude photos has pleaded guilty to federal charges in Los Angeles.
A former SFPD sergeant was sentenced to 41 months in prison for corruption in a federal court on Monday after being convicted of four charges related to a scheme to steal money and property seized during searches and arrests in 2009.
A 14-year-old San Jose gang member could spend life in prison if convicted of attempted murder. He is among the growing number of teens who are being tried as adults.
The internet sensation known as the "hot felon," "hot convict" or just "hot mugshot guy" will be on ice for the next two years.
California prison officials say the marriage license of Charles Manson and a 26-year-old devotee is set to expire without a wedding taking place.
A minimum-security jail inmate who walked away from a work crew in Santa Rosa earlier this week has been located and arrested, Sonoma County sheriff's officials said Thursday.
An East Palo Alto man was sentenced to two years of incarceration Monday for stealing a wallet while working as a caterer with his girlfriend at a Belmont funeral reception last summer, prosecutors said Tuesday.
A senior Obama administration official says Cuba has released American Alan Gross, who has been imprisoned for five years.
Dutch scientists claim to have solved the mystery of the infamous escape from Alcatraz, and they say the Hollywood version got it all wrong.
San Quentin State Prison death row inmate Michael Lee Elliot died Monday at a hospital, a prison spokesman said Tuesday.
Drug smuggling is up at many California county jails and one reason, sheriffs officials say, is that some parolees are getting arrested just so they can try to sneak narcotics behind bars..
Mass murderer Charles Manson has gotten a license to marry a 26-year-old woman who visits him in prison.
A very lucky group of inmates at San Quentin are getting a high-tech break. They're getting top-notch instruction in Java Script, HTML and CSS.
Calfornia prisons are getting help from a four-legged deputy in stopping the constant smuggling of cellphones to convicts.
A ballot measure passed by voters last week is already freeing hundreds of inmates from California county jails after their felony charges were reduced to misdemeanors.
A former San Carlos PetSmart employee and her boyfriend were sentenced to prison time Thursday morning for a series of break-ins at homes they learned were vacant when the residents' pets were boarded at PetSmart
A former Cub Scout leader was sentenced to 14 years in prison Monday morning for continuous sexual acts with a minor.
Even though they're illegal in prison, dozens of cell phones confiscated from California inmates are now going to help victims of domestic violence in San Jose.
