California State Prison officials from the Sacramento Investigative Services Unit are investigating the death of an inmate who was discovered in his cell Saturday, authorities said.

The inmate was identified as Anthony Steadham, 38, and he was taken to an outside hospital for medical care after he was found inside the prison's maximum security unit about 3:10 a.m. He was pronounced dead at 5:04 a.m., authorities said...

A shooting at the California State Prison in Folsom has left several inmates and prison staff with injuries.

The riot began Wednesday around 12:30 p.m. and lasted about 10 minutes before guards were able to get it contained.  Sgt. Tony Quinn of the California Department of Corrections says a riot lasting 10 minutes is a long time.

The riot started in the C Facility, which is the prison's recreational area for inmates...

Four of the nine inmates injured at California State Prison, Sacramento in Folsom --aka New Folsom State Prison--have been treated, released from the hospital, and sent back to prison.

The riot broke out around 12:30 Wednesday afternoon in the exercise yard of the Level 4 maximum security area. Many of the inmates are murderers and gang members and are serving a life term. At least 9 inmates were taken to area hospitals, some of them with stab wounds from inmate-on-inmate fights...

Seven of 10 inmates injured during a riot at the California State Prison in Folsom have been released from hospitals and are back at the facility, a prison spokesman said Thursday morning.

Prisoners living in the facility where Wednesday's riot broke out are now on lockdown. There are about 1,000 inmates in the C facility at New Folsom Prison, prison Sgt. Tony Quinn said...

Prison guards shot and injured some prisoners as they broke up a fight involving 50 inmates Wednesday at a prison east of Sacramento, corrections officials said.

Inmates stabbed each other during the fight, and some employees suffered minor injuries as they intervened. The outbreak was in a maximum security area of the California State Prison, Sacramento.

About 50 inmates were involved and an unknown number of staff was injured, said Terry Thornton, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation...

A riot involving about 50 inmates that broke out at about 12:45 p.m. at California State Prison, Sacramento, has left inmates with gunshot and stab wounds but has been quelled by authorities, state prison officials said today.

Authorities still did not know the extent or number of injuries after officers used Mini 14 rifles to quell the riot, according corrections spokespeople Oscar Hidalgo and Terry Thornton...