Officials with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station confirmed there is no jail break from Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic Friday morning. A man wearing a yellow jumpsuit was seen walking on the 5 Freeway in Castaic, Sheriff’s officials said in a social media post. “No inmates have escaped, and all inmates are accounted for at Pitchess Detention Center,” Sheriff’s ...
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Faulty Alarm In Stevenson Ranch Behind Strange Noises
A faulty alarm in Stevenson Ranch connected to Pitchess Detention Center was triggered Thursday morning. Around 8:35 a.m. Thursday, first responders received reports of an alarm sounding near O’Hara and Cavenaugh Lanes in Stevenson Ranch, according to officials. “An alarm was going off, it is one of the alarms when there is an escapee, but there was no escapee,” said ...
Read More »UPDATE: Several Injured In Mass Casualty Incident At Pitchess Detention Center, Initial Reports Say
On Tuesday morning, an unidentified incident at Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic injured several inmates, officials said. At about 10:26 a.m. Tuesday, emergency responders received reports of a Mass Casualty Incident in the maximum security area of the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic, according to Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD) officials. UPDATE (2:45 p.m.) — Several inmates ingested a ...
Read More »Multiple Pitchess Detention Center Inmates Hospitalized Due To Medical Emergencies
Several inmates from the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic were hospitalized Friday afternoon due to medical emergencies. At 2:30 p.m. Friday, emergency responders begin receiving reports of multiple medical emergencies at the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic, according to Los Angeles County Fire Department Public Information Officer Jonathan Matheny. “All individuals are being transported to the hospital,” Matheny said. At ...
Read More »Possible Riot At Pitchess Results In Nearly 30 Deputies, Inmates Injured
At least 30 individuals, including deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, have been injured at Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic after a possible riot. UPDATE (5:20p.m.): Nine people have been transported to a local hospital for non life-threatening injuries, six deputies, one Custody Assistant, and two inmates according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. In a statement ...
Read More »Equestrian Fire In Castaic Breaks Out Near Pitchess Detention Center
The Equestrian Fire in Castaic broke out near Pitchess Detention Center early Monday morning, with the “potential to threaten” several nearby structures. Equestrian Fire: The latest EQUESTRIAN FIRE: Here's the latest on the 75-acre fire that burned early this morning in Castaic near Tapia Canyon Road near the Pitchess Detention Center. Posted by Austin Dave on Monday, June 8, 2020 ...
Read More »Over Half Of Santa Clarita Valley Coronavirus Cases At Pitchess Detention Center
Over half of all Santa Clarita Valley coronavirus cases are at Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic as of Monday, officials said. At least 951 coronavirus cases have been confirmed at two facilities at Pitchess Detention Center, making up just over 60 percent of the 1,577 total cases across the Santa Clarita Valley as of June 1, according to the Los ...
Read More »Sheriff Villanueva Claims ‘Herd Immunity’ In Place At Pitchess Detention Center
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has claimed the inmates at Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic have reached “herd immunity” as coronavirus cases grow in the jail. Testing is increasing through the county jail system, with the goal to test the entire jail population, currently over 12,000. As of Wednesday, about 600 inmates have been tested at Pitchess with 40 ...
Read More »Sheriff Villanueva Claims Pitchess Inmates Intentionally Spreading COVID-19 (VIDEO)
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced the department had determined a group of inmates at the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic had deliberately attempted to infect themselves with COVID-19 during his weekly virtual press conference on Monday. The department released footage captured by the facility’s video surveillance equipment which shows multiple men sharing from a single bottle of hot ...
Read More »Pitchess Detention Center In Castaic Experiences COVID-19 Outbreak
The Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic has reported 124 positive cases of COVID-19 among staff and inmates, according to data from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH). In addition to the confirmed cases, 1,915 Pitchess Detention Center inmates are under quarantine as of Thursday, according to data published by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. It is ...
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