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LASD Celebrates 175 Years of Service

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department celebrates its 175 years of service to the county Monday in a ceremony in East Los Angeles that commemorates its legacy. The private celebration takes place ...

18 prisoners seek reduced sentences under California’s rarely used Racial Justice Act

Attorneys from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Stanford Law School filed 18 petitions seeking to reduce the prison terms of ...

Officials question sheriff’s report of no ‘substantiated’ sex abuse by L.A. jail staff

A report by the L.A. County Sheriff's Department that found no "substantiated" allegations of rape or sexual abuse filed by ...
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Peninsula History: The Alcatraz inmate who simply walked out of the Redwood City jail

On Nov. 10 1936, San Mateo County police made a public announcement that seemed too audacious to be true: A former Alcatraz ...