A former Orange County sheriff’s deputy was acquitted on Tuesday, Feb. 16, of using excessive force when pouring hot water on ...

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 ...

An Orange County inmate died during his hospital stay on Sunday, officials confirmed. The O.C. Sheriff’s Department said the ...

The inmate population at the Orange County Jail is surging, officials say, with a new state law aimed at getting the homeless off the streets threatening to push the numbers higher. Faced with the ...

homeless advocates and legal experts convened Friday for the first in a series of meetings to look into the increase in the inmate population at the Orange County Jail.

A 23-year-old man charged with attacking another Orange County Jail inmate, leaving the victim in a medically induced coma, is scheduled to return to court Feb. 19 for a pretrial hearing. Irvine Josue ...

Wicked Game: Devil in the Desert is coming up today on Hulu with the harrowing story of a 2012 violent abduction, and a case of mutilation and torture in the Mojave Desert region in a case related ...

But between 2001 and 2024, the county’s population increased by about 560,000 people, while the daily booking average decreased by about 27%, even including the recent rise. The Jail Oversight ...