The former commander of the La Plata County Jail resigned quietly in July the same day officials at the Sheriff’s Office ...

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

The county alleged the scheduling changes were temporarily implemented because being male is a valid qualification for contact area positions involving male inmates, and assigning female jail ...

By Shaila Dewan and Amy Harmon President Trump has ordered federal prisons to house inmates who are transgender women in men ... University of California, Los Angeles, law school that studies ...

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 ...

NELSONVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio will sell a state-owned former correctional facility to Hocking County ... jail. Commissioner Michael Linton said the top two floors will house female inmates ...

The city of Durango suffered a legal setback Wednesday after a judge ruled against the city on a motion that would have forced La Plata ... municipal inmates in the county jail.

LA County Sheriff Robert Luna said around 500 inmates were being evacuated from one jail and taken to another facility. Inmates at two jails made from concrete were not in harms way, said Luna ...