SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has implemented a modified program across all Level III and Level IV facilities in response to a troubling ...

High security sections of the Tehachapi facility and Kern Valley were previously placed on a modified program March 8 following what CDCR said was a surge in violence against inmates and staff.

Since 1977, 99% of all people who left an adult institution, camp, or community-based program without permission has been apprehended, according to CDCR.

Nearly 1,200 employees work at the California Rehabilitation Center, which CDCR said Monday would be closed in 2026.

A woman who walked away from a community reentry program in Northern California turned herself in at a prison in Southern California, authorities say. According to the California Department of ...