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Three weeks after one man died from a suspected overdose at a downtown jail, authorities said another seven Men’s Central Jail inmates were hospitalized early Tuesday morning following another potential drug exposure incident.
Jim McDonnell’s single term as L.A. County sheriff from 2014 to 2018 involved dealing with powerful union resistant to major disciplinary reforms. He’ll face a similar challenge as the LAPD’s next chief.
Employee at the Inmate Reception Center were sent to the hospital for evaluation after a mysterious odor prompted an evacuation.
An LAPD officer who shot and killed an unarmed homeless man in Venice Beach in 2015 will face criminal charges based on the recommendation of a special prosecutor hired by Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón.
The controversial — and now disbanded — Civil Rights and Public Integrity Detail was behind several of the high-profile probes during former Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s tenure, including investigations into a county supervisor and a Times reporter.
At almost every moment in its history, Los Angeles has been building a new jail — or debating whether to do so.
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L.A. County sheriff’s officials did not specify what drug or drugs may have been involved in a suspected cluster of overdoses Tuesday at a downtown jail.
L.A. County is embarking on a national search for an executive director to lead a team with one objective: closing Men’s Central Jail.
Newly reported deputy subgroup logo features a skull with blood-red eyes, pierced by a jagged lightning bolt
LAPD officers have jailed a former Men’s Central Jail deputy on accusations of being involved in an armed robbery in which a man’s car was shot at last month.
