A gang member was caught smuggling drugs into Los Angeles County’s main jail. He was, authorities say, just one cog in the Mexican Mafia’s lucrative operation in the county jails. Oct. 27, 2022 ...

The LA County Jail houses more than 14,600 inmates and the jail’s inmate reception center is where recently arrested individuals are processed and held while they wait for a more permanent ...

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.

Three people were hospitalized, one in critical condition, after emergency crews responded Tuesday to a county jail in Castaic, authorities said. Initial reports were that about 20 people were ...

The board’s action sets up a Jail Inpatient Unit, also known as the Acute Intervention Module, at the county jail at 450 Bauchet St., in Chinatown in Los Angeles.