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The state board that inspects jails is asking the L.A. County sheriff to address their concerns at a February meeting.

Local officials often say they have no choice but to jail people awaiting treatment for mental illness and substance abuse — even if they’re not charged with a crime. But some people have died in the system that’s supposed to protect them.

Local officials often say they have no choice but to jail people awaiting treatment for mental illness and substance abuse — even if they’re not charged with a crime. But some people have died in the system that's supposed to protect them.

An attorney, an entrepreneur and a former chief of staff to Mayor Michael Victorino are in the running to fill the vacant state House District 10 seat which str

A Fresno woman was arrested for allegedly shoplifting. She died in a Los Angeles jail. When her mother finally got the body back, it was unrecognizable.

Tiger Prison Project held a criminal justice panel Friday to discuss what the project means and to give previously incarcerated individuals an opportunity to share their stories.

Tiger Prison Project held a criminal justice panel Friday to discuss what the project means and to give previously incarcerated individuals an opportunity to share their stories.

At a recent fundraiser, the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska again called attention to the high death rates in Alaska prisons.

Several inmates at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre have been equipped with a marketable skill in entertainment business to enable them to become productive citizens when they return to society, and reduce the chances of them going back...

CASPER — Robert Clegg, 62, is housed at the only maximum-security male prison in Wyoming because he committed “horrible crimes,” he said. “I deserve to be here.”