Your life depends on it.” But for the 4,700 inmates at the facilities in the Castaic jail complex — all of which were in an evacuation zone by midafternoon — that would be impossible.

Eighteen people – including an LASD Deputy – have been indicted for alleged roles in a drug smuggling ring at Pitchess Detention Center ...

The Hughes fire had begun that morning less than 5 miles from Ortega’s dorm in Pitchess Detention Center North, one of four lockups at the county’s sprawling Castaic jail complex. Ortega asked ...

Kathryn Barger called Monday for the USC Cancer Surveillance Program to provide detailed answers on the Castaic-area facility ...

Deputy Meiser, who was assigned to a special unit that monitored gang activity at North County Correctional Facility in Castaic, the largest jail facility in the nation, is among 18 people ...

He worked at the North County Correctional Facility in Castaic as an investigator with the jail’s anti-gang unit. North County Correctional Facility in Castaic, California. (KTLA) The yearslong ...

Early Wednesday, the Hughes fire was burning about five miles north of the county's 2,620-acre Castaic jail complex, leading deputies to move more than 470 inmates from a barracks-style facility ...