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.

Orange County authorities are investigating after an inmate died inside his cell at a Santa Ana facility. The 55-year-old inmate, who has yet to be identified, was found unresponsive in his cell ...

Orange County Corrections Chief Louis A. Quiñones Jr. said the jail booked about 1,000 inmates into the jail in 2024 who had ICE detainers, meaning ICE had requested they not be released ...