A 2020 vote by L.A. County supervisors called for the facility to close without a replacement in one year. A commission says that's not feasible anytime soon.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Women sit during a Christmas Day event at Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times) Both ...

After a preliminary decision to close Men’s Central Jail, viewed as an outdated, inhumane facility, was issued about six years ago, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors are still talking about ...

Despite a push to expand medication-assisted treatment for drug addiction, wait times in L.A. County jails are leading to more overdose deaths, according to jail staffers and inmate advocates.

Ten people have already died in Los Angeles County’s jails since the start of the year, putting the average at one death every five days and well ahead of the total by this time last year. Th county ...

Women sit during a Christmas Day event at Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times) Both women say it happened in a blind spot in a dark stairwell. There — out ...