FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Three people have been arrested following an investigation into the death of a correctional officer at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atwater, federal prosecutors announced ...

ATWATER, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) — Questions continue at the United States Penitentiary in Atwater following the death of a worker at the penitentiary. Thursday, a closed memorial service was held to honor ...

Two civilians and an inmate were indicted for a drug smuggling attempt that resulted in the death of a correctional officer at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atwater. A letter sent to the prison was laced ...

ATWATER -- A controversial decision by U.S. Penitentiary Atwater's warden to shut down six of seven security towers has raised safety concerns among some correctional officers at the high-security ...

A federal inmate accused of murdering Correctional Officer Jose Rivera at U.S. Penitentiary Atwater has failed in his efforts to dismiss the indictment or exclude the death penalty. But in a new ...

The Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons United States Penitentiary in Atwater, California. Pictured is the upstairs showing some of the typical general population unit exterior doors.

ATWATER -- A 37-year-old U.S. Penitentiary Atwater inmate is dead after being assaulted by another inmate at the prison about 8:30 p.m. Sunday, prison officials reported. The inmate who was killed has ...

DUBLIN, Calif. - The remaining employees at the now-closed women's prison in Dublin, Calif., were told this week that they must work at a high-security prison in Atwater, Calif., nearly 90 miles away, ...

A federal inmate accused of murdering Correctional Officer Jose Rivera at U.S. Penitentiary Atwater has failed in his efforts to dismiss the indictment or exclude the death penalty. But in a new ...