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 ...

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 ...

A 22-year-old inmate died in a cluster of suspected overdoses on a jail bus early Friday, prompting Los Angeles County ... focused on keeping the county lockups free of drugs and gang activity ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As of Friday, 939 prison inmates have been deployed by the California ... the fires had scorched more than 55 square miles across the Los Angeles area. At least 10 people are dead, and more ...

Los Angeles People’s City Council and Justice LA posted to social media advocating for the evacuation of Pitchess inmates. “We demand that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the sheriff’s ...

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 ...