When an expert on correctional health care toured Riverside County’s jails in 2015, he found a shocking situation: For the past two years, one lone physician had been on staff to serve a system that booked almost 60,000 inmates a year and housed an average of 3,700 people per day in five jails spread across…
The unkempt man stood at the window of a stark cell with a red sign on its thick metal door: “SUICIDE WATCH.” “Are you having thoughts right now about hurting yourself?” clinician Marvin Rodriguez asked from the hallway outside, leaning up against the window as he spoke and made notes on a clipboard. “Do you…
The first 72 hours after a person is booked into jail is when they’re at the highest risk of death, according to the director of health care for Los Angeles County’s jails. Alcohol withdrawal and drug overdoses can be fatal. Suicide is a major concern. Even people without life-threatening conditions must be properly evaluated. “Some of…
Critics of Orange County’s jails fear that not enough action is being taken to improve health care in the wake of a series of recent watchdog reports that raised serious concerns about inmates’ well-being. A spate of deaths in the past two months — three inmates and fetus of another inmate who was just entering…
Authorities admitted they may never know why Gilroy shooter Santino William Legan acted.
California hospitals killed a measure aimed at protecting patients from surprise hospital bills
The candidacy of Kimberly Ellis for California Democratic Party chair — along with Sen. Kamala Harris’ strong showing at a recent debate and in the polls — is fueling a renewed push by black women in the state to demand more clout in the party they have long fought for, an organization they say has failed…
Mom-and-pop real estate investors Heidi Roberts and John Betz have provided beds for 98 homeless people. Under their new nonprofit Haaven, they plan to house 480 more in the next year.
Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a 20-year-old man who they say broke into an Aliso Viejo retirement community and intended to commit a sexual assault. At about 4:20 am. on Wednesday, July 31, a nurse at the retirement community was alerted to an 84-year-old in distress, sheriff’s spokeswoman Carrie Braun said. The nurse and a security…
LOS ANGELES — Relatives of a 10-year-old Lancaster boy who died after what prosecutors allege was extensive torture by his mother and her boyfriend announced a $50 million lawsuit against Los Angeles County Thursday, alleging social workers botched the handling of his case. The Los Angeles Superior Court suit was filed on behalf of the…
