Female inmates in the Los Angeles County jail system have waited weeks, even months, before receiving medical treatment that should have been provided within 24 hours of their requests for help, ...

The Lynwood jail has held women inmates since 1997. The building, however, can barely hold up itself, sheriff’s officials say.

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The Los Angeles County Jail has released approximately 1,700 inmates to lessen the inmate population during the coronavirus pandemic, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Tuesday ...

Los Angeles County has agreed to pay out $53 million to settle a class-action lawsuit in which tens of thousands of female inmates accused jail guards of giving them invasive group strip searches ...

Sept. 6, 1922: Authorities at the women's ward of the Los Angeles County Jail added to the list of items that could not be sent from outside and female inmates protested, The Times reported.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County will pay $53 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged tens of thousands of women were given invasive group strip searches at a jail, according to court ...

Two civil rights groups filed a lawsuit Friday alleging Los Angeles County and Sheriff Alex Villanueva have failed to adequately protect jail inmates from COVID-19.

A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy was charged Wednesday with sexually assaulting six female inmates over a six-month period in 2017 at the women's facility in Lynwood.

But such victories are proving more difficult to achieve inside the largest women’s jail in the nation, Los Angeles County officials say. The Lynwood jail has held women inmates since 1997. The ...

The Lynwood jail has held women inmates since 1997. The building, however, can barely hold up itself, sheriff’s officials say.