Noting that 15 people have killed themselves behind bars in lessthan 30 months, U.S. Department...Altman, Larry
have for years have been told that things are improving and that the city and the county have enacted programs that would end homelessness in Los Angeles, and for years, that has not come to pass," Webster added.
“To shift more people to the county, where we have had people sleeping on the floors in our jails, is just an impossible situation,” Burke said. “We are not in a position to take on additional burden.” The proposed settlement is likely to have a significant effect in Los Angeles Co...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The nation’s jails and prisons are on high alert, stepping up inmate screenings, sanitizing jail cells and urging lawyers to scale back in-person visits to prevent the new coronavirus from spreading through their vast inmate populat
Algeria and Tunisia. He made his way to the Tunisian coast, where smugglers move thousands of migrants from northern Africa to Europe on rickety boats. This Central Mediterranean route is known as one of the deadliest migration crossings in the world; more th...
federal report on the county jail system last June, as well as ending prisoner abuse and improving generally poor jail conditions that the American Civil Liberties Union has described as the worst in the country. The agreement was announced at the U.S. Federal Building ...
Harris campaign imploded but not for lack of money Two million in debt after spending over $1 billion Published: Saturday, November 9th, 2024 @ 7:47 pm By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team Another one bites the dust - second Soros DA ousted in California this election Los Ange...
L.A. Jails Faulted in Report.The article discusses a report on the management of jails by the sheriff's department in the county of Los Angeles, California, with a focus on investigations by the Citizens' Commission on Jail Violence, the use of excessive force by police, and jail ...
Methamphetamine is known in the South as “mylar” or “ice,” while it’s commonly referred to in Los Angeles as “glass,” or “window,” officials said. A“binky” is a homemade syringe for injecting drugs, often made out of an eyedropper, a pen shaft, and a guitar string, acco...
In the past three years, at least three bills have been introduced to give counties the power to hire private companies to run minimum-security jails. Each has failed. L.A. County Proposal Shelved Just last week, Los Angeles County, which is usually considered the most powerful local governme...