Officials are searching for an inmate who they say escaped from an Atwater satellite camp Wednesday afternoon. According to officers, 34-year-old Ruben Martinez Lopez was discovered missing from the ...

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 -- 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 ...

Three people are facing charges in the death of a federal prison worker in California who died earlier this month after handling a drug-laced package sent to an inmate at U.S. Penitentiary Atwater, ...

ATWATER -- A correctional officer at U.S. Penitentiary Atwater was taken to a hospital Tuesday afternoon after being assaulted by an inmate. The assault is under investigation, said Miguel Chavez, ...

ATWATER, Calif. (KFSN) -- Authorities are searching for a man who walked away from a federal prison in Atwater. Around 8:20 p.m. Saturday, Aguilar Ramiro was reported missing from the USP Atwater's ...

Inside each of USP Atwater's 12 housing units, one correctional officer is typically alone with at least 100 inmates, the officers said. The housing units are separated and configured in such a way ...

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 ...