An inmate at the Men's Central Jail in Los Angeles died Tuesday morning, prompting a homicide investigation. The man's death ...

The closure of Los Angeles County’s Men’s Central Jail will be a herculean task, requiring numerous steps over time to empty the jail population, including total cooperation from multiple county ...

For the first time in two years, Los Angeles County has stayed in compliance with a court order requiring it to address overcrowding and horrific conditions inside its Inmate Reception Center, the ...

Under pressure from consent decrees, lawsuits and grand jury recommendations, Southern California counties take measures to ...

Sheriff Robert Luna joined other high-ranking Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials Wednesday to tout the ...

The California Attorney General's office is suing Los Angeles County and the sheriff's department. The lawsuit alleges "unconstitutional and inhumane conditions" in county jails, including unsanitary ...

LA County Jail is so nasty that one former inmate says it makes you -nostalgic for prison.- Five inmate killings in the past seven months have focused a spotlight on LA-s overcrowded jails. District ...