California's prison system faces escalating violence due to 'dropout' gangs, groups formed by inmates who have defected from traditional gangs. These gangs have emerged in protective custody areas, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A system designed to protect state inmates has led to increased violence involving so-called ‘dropout’ gangs of ...

A federal judge on Monday sentenced an Aryan Brotherhood member for killing a fellow inmate to increase his status in the notorious white supremacist California prison gang. U.S. District Judge ...

The remaining defendants in the case, Mulan Keophimanh, Tanya Lawson and Guadalupe Cervantes, are scheduled for return to ...

Those arrested, alleged members and associates of the Mexican Mafia, were accused in a number of crimes, including kidnapping, drug trafficking and murder.

The imprisoned Mexican Mafia kingpin accused of calling the shots for Southern California’s sprawling “gang of gangs” oversaw everything from drug dealing and kidnappings to murder from his cell ...

A California woman and a Little Rock man were sentenced Thursday to prison for their involvement in a drug trafficking ...