With 26 Deaths in 2024, LA Jails Continue Deadly Trend
Seventy-one people have died in LA County jails since the start of 2023.
How are people dying? Los Angeles County has not yet publicly issued causes of death for everyone who has died in county jails in recent months. However, even once autopsy reports are finalized, they don’t tell the whole story: when the coroner rules that a death is the result of “natural causes,” jail conditions can still be to blame. Researchers ...