L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna has asked the National Institute of Corrections to step in and conduct a review of jail conditions after 10 inmate deaths in less than three months.

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 ...

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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 ...

Nine people have died inside L.A. County jails so far this year, an alarming number for the Sheriff's Department as it continues to face a lawsuit from the state over the conditions in local lockups.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Women sit during a Christmas Day event at Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times) Both ...

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 ...

Women sit during a Christmas Day event at Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times) Both women say it happened in a blind spot in a dark stairwell. There — out ...