As we wrote earlier, from 2016 to 2025, approximately 37.5 percent of the 345 people who have died in the LASD’s jails, died as a result of circumstances that, according to Attorney General Bonta, ...
On Tuesday, January 27, many Americans continued to struggle with the still-evolving news of the fatal shooting deaths in Minneapolis, MN, of Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse known for his exemplary work ...
On Tuesday, January 27, Americans continued to struggle with shock and grief in response to the ...
Yesterday, Tuesday, January 13, 2026, the third person died in Los Angeles County’s jail system since the calendar year turned. Last year, 46 people died in custody, giving 2025 the highest yearly ...
Editor’s note: Whatever you do or don’t think about the controversial and complex case of the Menendez Brothers, a look at their recent bid for parole opens the door to an examination of how well or ...
Six years ago, in February of 2018, a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy named Giancarlo Scotti, who was working at LA County’s largest women’s jail, which is located in Lynwood, California, was ...
As most readers know by now, Max Huntsman, Los Angeles County’s longtime and highly respected Inspector General has announced his retirement. His letter to the members of the LA County’s Board of ...
On Thursday, March 20, 2025, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna attended the monthly meeting of the county’s Sheriff’s Civilian Oversight Commission—or COC. The sheriff was scheduled to give a ...
Two years ago, on March 7, 2023, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors directed the LA County Probation Department to develop what they called a “Global Plan” to reorganize and move incarcerated ...
This afternoon, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the unsealing of a grand jury indictment against 30 detention services officers from Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall on charges of child ...
Jacquie Marroquin spent much of her childhood living in fear of her father. A child of undocumented immigrants from Guatemala, Marroquin – who grew up in Los Angeles in the 1970s – worried that ...