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

An expensive spike in the number of inmates at the Orange County Jail is causing county leaders to re-examine cost saving ...

Orange County Jail's "New Start" program aids inmates with mental health issues using yoga, arts, and role-playing.

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 ...

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.

An Orange County sheriff’s deputy testified Tuesday that one of his peers at the Orange County Jail used what he called “holy water,” to burn the arm of a mentally ill defendant to get him to pull his ...

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 ...

Law enforcement leaders, mental and physical health officials, homeless advocates and legal experts convened Friday for the first in a series of meetings to look into the increase in the inmate ...

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 ...