A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department custody assistant pleaded no contest to committing sex crimes against an inmate in a Lancaster jail cell in 2019. The district attorney announced the plea Friday and said that prosecutors will push for a maximum eight-year sentencing for the alleged attack.

Several inmates allegedly attacked four deputies at the Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday. Deputies managed to stop the attack and detain the inmates involved. A "jail-made weapon" was recovered.

Four deputies were sent to the hospital, including one who suffered a puncture wound, when multiple inmates were involved in an attack at the Men’s Central Jail in Los Angeles on Sunday. The incident occurred during what was described as a “routine inmate movement,