SAN JOSE — It took two near-death experiences before 36-year-old Joshua Anthony Hernandez was ready to put his life as a gangster in the rearview mirror. He recovered from a near-fatal drug overdose ...

EXCLUSIVE: Federal and local law enforcement officers arrested 14 suspected leaders of the Rancho San Pedro gang Tuesday in Los Angeles, capping a yearslong investigation into what the FBI called one ...

OAKLAND — In a series of early morning raids on Wednesday, federal and state authorities rounded up eight members of two Sureño gangs whose members have come up time and time again in some of the East ...

Three men serving life sentences in the California prison system, two of whom have visible Nazi face tattoos, are accused of attacking and killing another inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison in ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. One man was killed and another wounded outside a facility for state prisoners serving out the remainder of their ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Salvatore Nania, 47, allegedly controlled the Rancho San Pedro gang from his California prison cell using ...

Authorities seized 12 guns, $15,000 in cash, methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana, and authorities said they dealt a major blow to one of California's most notorious and dangerous prison gangs. From ...

Mark Taylor says that his work at Pelican Bay in California is his way of “making amends” Johnny Dodd is a senior writer at PEOPLE, who focuses on human interest, crime and sports stories. Mark Boster ...

A Santa Paula man already serving a de facto life sentence received another sentence of 35 years to life after he was caught orchestrating the transportation and sale of methamphetamine. Omar ...

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 ...