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 ...

Celia Banos calls her son, Jhean, a born musician. Ever since he was a little boy, Jhean loved music. He learned the guitar, and after high school, he played in a band called The Parallels. At the age ...

Incumbent Robert Luna will take on a crowded field in the race for Los Angeles County sheriff. Key issues include oversight, jail conditions, recruitment and boosting department morale.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is the largest sheriff’s agency in the nation. With lawsuits in recent years involving deputy cliques in the department and community members calling for ...

Ten people have already died in Los Angeles County’s jails since the start of the year, putting the average at one death every five days and well ahead of the total by this time last year. Th 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 ...