Subscribe to LA Public Press to get stories like this in your inbox every week. Deaths jumped 44% from 2024 to 2025 as Proposition 36 brought an older, sicker population into already crowded ...
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 ...
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 ...
The parents of a man who died by suicide while inside Los Angeles County jail said Thursday that they have new evidence that shows deputies failed to check on him while they were watching videos and ...
An inmate at the Men's Central Jail in Los Angeles died Tuesday morning, prompting a homicide investigation. The man's death was reported around 5 a.m. at the jail on Bauchet Street. Stream Los ...
Female inmates at the Los Angeles County jail celebrated Christmas Day mass with LA County Sheriff Robert Luna and Archbishop Jose Gomez Thursday. The mass was held at the Century Regional Detention ...
For the first time, a Christmas Day Mass was held on Thursday inside the Century Regional Detention Facility, bringing a message of hope and forgiveness to women spending the holiday behind bars. The ...
The family of a Los Angeles County jail inmate who died by suicide has filed a lawsuit, claiming deputies failed to perform proper checks to assure his safety.