Why won’t L.A. disclose hundreds of Men’s Central Jail deaths?: The Hutchinson Report – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

Why won’t L.A. disclose hundreds of Men’s Central Jail deaths?: The Hutchinson Report – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

The day after I read a report by the Vera Institute of Justice on the astronomical number of deaths in the Los Angeles County Jail, I acted. I held a press briefing in front of the Men’s Central Jail downtown. More than 100 men have died at the jail in the last three years. We’re barely past the midpoint of 2025 and already 26 have died at the jail. That’s a record pace for the year. I asked two questions at the briefing. The first: Why are so m…

What happens when someone dies inside one of America’s worst jails? – The Land

This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project – Cleveland, a nonprofit news team covering Ohio’s criminal justice systems. Sign up for their Cleveland newsletter and Facebook Group, and follow The Marshall Project on Instagram, Reddit and YouTube. The Cuyahoga County jail has been called one of the worst jails in America, a title it earned following a scathing investigation by the U.S. Marshals Service amid a rash of deaths…