One person died from a suspected overdose and two others were hospitalized, disrupting a murder trial and other court proceedings scheduled to proceed Friday despite fires burning in Los Angeles.

A fast-moving California fire has forced authorities to evacuate part of a 5,000-person jail in Los Angeles County. The ...

Thousands of inmates at a Castaic jail complex were kept sheltered in place despite being within the evacuation zone of the 10,000-plus acre Hughes Fire that erupted Wednesday. The Hughes Fire was ...

The Hughes fire broke out a little before 11 a.m., roughly five miles north of the Pitchess Detention Center. The Sheriff's ...

In past wildfire seasons, as much as 30% of firefighting forces were members of incarcerated crews, the Los Angeles Times ...

Winds in the area were blowing at about 20-30mph (32-48km/h), but could pick up, which would fan the blaze and make it harder ...

Inmate firefighters responding to the ongoing Los Angeles fires and working 24-hour shifts are earning $26.90 per day, ...

Waves of people imprisoned for crimes at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, were released from D.C.’s jail to cheers late ...

Authorities conducted a contraband sweep in Yuba County Jail, finding weapons and drugs. The operation involved jail staff ...

Nine of the jails were in California, but they all had average daily populations between 100 and 3,000, meaning the Los Angeles jails — which average around 12,800 inmates per day — were not ...