Castaic jail complex in wildfire evacuation zone; officials plan to shelter in place
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.
Activists demand closure of LA County Men’s Central Jail, want treatment beds, not jail cells
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 ...