Trevor James Kirk threw a woman to the ground before pepper spraying her face while she pinned her to the ground, according to the Justice Department.

Close MCJ!” beneath a billboard at Alameda and Main streets in northeast LA that called for closing the jail. Asante said county supervisors agree with the groups that more health care ...

The Hughes fire broke out a little before 11 a.m., roughly five miles north of the Pitchess Detention Center. The Sheriff's Department has struggled with a shortage of buses to transport inmates.

Numerous studies have concluded that extended periods of detention in supermax-like conditions can cause significant psychiatric harm. The absence of social and environmental stimulation has ...

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 ...