The county reports the jail is now filling up due to Proposition 36 — which made serial theft and drug crimes into felonies — and that up to 40% of its inmates are so mentally ill they require ...

After Prop. 47, jail and prison populations around the state dropped by 30%, according to the Public Policy Institute of California. On average, 35 people per week enter county jail on Prop. 36 ...

Michael Torres, a Mexican Mafia member who oversaw gangs in the San Fernando Valley and controlled drug and extortion rackets in the Los Angeles County jail system, was stabbed to death in prison.

A gang member was caught smuggling drugs into Los Angeles County's main jail. ... $1,000 from Twin Towers, and about $3,200 from the jail complex in Castaic known as Wayside, ...

LA County Sheriff's Department data shows there have been dozens of narcotics discoveries inside the North County Correctional Facility this year; officials say there is a widening investigation.

A Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputy was among the 18 people who were indicted for their alleged part in a drug smuggling operation at county jails on Tuesday.

A Los Angeles County deputy sheriff is facing felony charges for allegedly smuggling drugs to inmates at a county jail, according to booking records and media reports. Michael Meiser, 39, was ...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department faces hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines for safety violations that contributed to an explosion that killed a deputy and seriously wounded another.

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy is among the 18 people indicted by a grand jury this week in a “sophisticated” drug smuggling operation within the County jail system. Los ...

The Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail is seen in Los Angeles, Feb. 16, 2021. (Reuters / Lucy Nicholson) They demanded that the Board of Supervisors commit to a closure timeline that would ...

In 2015, years after it was cited for mistreating people in jail with a mental illness, L.A. County entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice.

(The Center Square) - The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to shut down its main jail in 2021, and while activists have pushed to close the jail without any replacement, the closure ...