Two L.A. County jails could receive a $1.4 billion renovation package should a new proposal come to fruition. The Board of Supervisors will discuss the proposal to renovate the Men's Central Jail and the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic in a meeting later this month. more ›

He still hasn't been charged yet for his alleged role in the beating of San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow, but Giovanni Ramirez has been ordered to stay behind bars during a parole hearing today. "A parole official determined that Ramirez should be ordered back to prison for 10 months," explains NBC Los Angeles. more ›

A festive gathering for employees of the Men's Central Jail got rowdy on Friday, and the resulting brawl has left seven Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies suspended with pay and the subject of an investigation, says LA Now. About 100 guests attended the gathering at Montebello's Quiet Cannon banquet hall. A spokesman says he can't confirm that alcohol was involved, but given the nature of the party, "one could assume there was." more ›

Antonio Rodriguez said he felt "he had to" attack Lonnie D. Franklin Jr., as the pair were in custody together Friday at Men's Central Jail, reports the Daily News. Rodriguez, 29, had just been "convicted of sexually assaulting and killing a 5-year-old girl." Franklin, 57, is the man believed to be the "Grim Sleeper" serial killer, who "is suspected of raping and killing at least 10 people over the last 30 years." more ›

Sex in jail is illegal, but if it's going to happen, it had better be safe. At least that's the wisdom behind the eight-year-old program that "makes condoms available once a week to 300 inmates within the segregated unit" at the Men's Central Jail in Downtown Los Angeles, explains the Daily News. more ›