A 22-year-old inmate died in a cluster of suspected overdoses on a jail bus early Friday, prompting Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials to halt court transports from the downtown ...

The inmates were moved to another facility on the jail's campus ... The L.A. County Public Defender's Union, Los Angeles People's City Council and Justice LA posted to social media advocating ...

Authorities are searching for an inmate who they say walked away from ... Dean Fioresi is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. He covers breaking news throughout Southern California.

County jails may be able to improve access to medical care and lower death rates behind bars through healthcare accreditation, according to new research by Harvard University economists — but inmates ...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement Thursday that Kirk has been relieved of duty without pay. “These actions are completely contrary to the values and standards ...

Mota is out now — working as an advocate for criminal justice reform — but when she sees the Los ... jail cell because they got caught up again.” And that’s the rub — the inmate ...

A fast-moving California fire has forced authorities to evacuate part of a 5,000-person jail in Los Angeles County. The Hughes Fire, which broke out Wednesday afternoon in Castaic, is 0 percent ...