The group hopes to divert mentally ill inmates to treatment programs, reduce sentences for minor crimes, and teach job skills ...

ORANGE, Calif. (KABC) -- A sheriff's deputy has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting two women in custody at an Orange jail, authorities said. The 30-year-old deputy with the Orange ...

Several inmates with ICE detainers at the Orange County Jail have already been transported to the controversial new Alligator ...

According to Orange County, in 2024, total jail bookings were 35,313, a 17 percent increase since 2021. But there’s been a sharper spike in the average daily inmate population.

A woman in her 30s who was visiting an inmate at the Theo Lacy Facility jail in Orange County was forgotten and left overnight in the visitor’s area of the lockup.

According to Orange County, in 2024, total jail bookings were 35,313, a 17 percent increase since 2021. But there’s been a sharper spike in the average daily inmate population.

On Dec. 30, 2023, Orange County Jail officers located a female inmate, Jeanne Ross, 54, of Mooresville, Indiana, unresponsive upon entering her cell to deliver breakfast.

The roundtable discussions held by the Jail Oversight Commission are meant to improve efficiency in the corrections system and identify ways they can better deal with inmates. County officials ...

An expensive spike in the number of inmates at the Orange County Jail is causing county leaders to re-examine cost saving measures. According to Orange County, in 2024, total jail bookings were ...