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

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

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 ...

An inmate housed at a Santa Ana intake center was found dead in his cell on Saturday morning, officials confirmed. The Newport Beach Police Department arrested and booked the man into jail on July ...

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 ...

More than 1,000 California inmates have been fighting the wildfires, a controversial practice that dates back to 1915 and results from a complex intersection of public safety, labor economics, and ...

Smoke quickly filled the skies over Southern California on Wednesday as a new wildfire, dubbed the Hughes Fire, rapidly grew ...

Four thousand firefighters have been deployed to battle a monster new blaze that broke out north of Los Angeles on Wednesday ...

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 ...