Junior H talks about touring, making corridos tumbados and standing with immigrants in a Billboard cover story interview.

The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office recommended closing the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad to help California reduce its corrections spending. Andrew Kuhn akuhn@mercedsun-star.com ...

A screenshot of a video of a protest in Canaleta prison, in Ciego de Ávila, Cuba. UNPACU, José Daniel Ferrer. Unprecedented videos coming out of a high-security prison in Cuba have shown, possibly for ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado Department of Corrections officials forced inmates to work prison jobs through coercion that ultimately amounted to involuntary servitude, a Denver ...

Mexicali’s “La Chinesca” will host the 2026 Chinese New Year Festival, marking the Year of the Fire Horse, on Saturday, February 21. The event, which runs from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m., is free and open to ...

Situated in the California desert about half an hour east of Palm Springs, Indio, California is famous to outsiders as the home of the iconic Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals. But anyone who ...

El Mexicali Cafe II in Indio made USA TODAY's list of best restaurants in the country. The USA TODAY Restaurants of the Year 2026 list, released today, features 39 restaurants from fine-dining ...

The Alabama prison system has moved three well-known inmate activists who supported a 2022 prison strike and were featured in an Oscar-nominated documentary about the troubled system to isolated cells ...

The top Democrats on the House Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform committees have requested a visit to the prison where Ghislaine Maxwell is being held, alleging preferential treatment ...

House Democrats told the attorney general that more than a dozen whistle-blowers had come forward with reports of Ghislaine Maxwell receiving perks in prison. By Michael Gold Reporting from the ...

According to data from Mexico’s Social Security Institute (IMSS), Mexicali closed 2025 with one of the highest average daily wages in Baja California, Mayor Norma Bustamante said. As of December 31, ...