The state is closing a major portion of the California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo, officials announced Tuesday. As part of a string of reductions statewide, the lower-security West Facility at ...

In the 1950s, California’s population was rapidly growing and the state needed more prisons. There were only seven state prisons when the California Men’s Colony was built — today there are 31 adult ...

California Men’s Colony will lose nearly 300 jobs when the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation closes the state prison’s West Facility, the agency confirmed Monday. As part of a ...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – The 2023-2024 San Luis Obispo County Grand Jury has released a report on local law enforcement and detention facilities, including the County Jail, Juvenile Hall, and the ...

The California Men's Colony in San Luis Obispo held a special luncheon on Tuesday that was prepared by inmates graduating from the prison's culinary arts program. Participants in the eight-week ...

SLO County prosecutors have charged David Gray Hall, 26, with escape and vehicle theft for his two-week escape from the California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo on Oct. 30. California Department of ...

The fastest growing sport in the United States has reached San Luis Obispo’s only prison. On a mid-November morning inside the California Men’s Colony gymnasium, two courts were packed with 25 inmates ...

Inmates at the California Men’s Colony rioted on Thursday for the second day in a row, causing two injuries, according to state prison officials. The riot occurred at the San Luis Obispo state prison ...