The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) continues investigation into outbreaks of COVID-19 at correctional facilities across the county, including those in the Santa Clarita Valley. Public Health is investigating 19 ongoing outbreaks in correctional and law enforcement settings; a slight decrease from the 23 ongoing outbreaks in these settings reported a month ago, on Sept. 3. ...

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 ...

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 ...