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

the three inmates of the Orange County Men's Central Jail in Santa Ana, California, escaped by cutting steel bars, climbing through the plumbing pipes, and then stealing a utility van and a taxi ...

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 ...

They will not, officials say, seek to take people into custody on suspicion alone that they entered the country illegally.

The 44-year-old inmate was booked into jail on July 9, 2024, by the Newport Beach Police Department for driving under the ...

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 ...

The Newport Beach Police Department arrested and booked the man into jail on July 9, 2024, for driving under the influence as well as a probation violation, according to the Orange County Sheriff ...

Mariano Hernandez, 32, was employed as a Behavior Interventionist at Benson Elementary, according to the Tustin Unified ...

According to Orange County, in 2024, total jail bookings were 35,313, a 17 percent increase since 2021. But there’s been a sharper spike in the average daily inmate population.

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 ...