A fast-moving California fire has forced authorities to evacuate part of a 5,000-person jail in Los ... evacuation of Pitchess inmates. "We demand that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors ...

But for the 4,700 inmates at the facilities ... “We demand that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the Sheriff’s Department take swift action to protect the lives of the thousands ...

A fast-moving California fire has forced authorities to evacuate part of a 5,000-person jail in Los Angeles County ... including nearly 500 Pitchess Detention Center inmates, according to L.A. County ...

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 ...

As brush fires continue to spread across Los Angeles County, more than 1,000 prisoners ... according to the law enforcement agency. Inmates help firefighters to extinguish the last embers in ...

Around 31,000 people were ordered to evacuate from around Castaic Lake, located close to the city of Santa Clarita, just 35 miles (56.33 kilometres) north of Los Angeles. The new blaze has been dubbed ...

later helped to boost the firefighting workforce during WWII and eventually partnered with the Los Angeles County Fire Department in the 1980s—and inmates have assisted in major fires including ...

The Hughes Fire near Castaic, north of Los Angeles, was 24% contained on Thursday afternoon, according to Cal Fire.

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

The Sheriff's Department has identified these people as missing: At several news conferences, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna has said search and rescue teams deploy every day rummaging ...