Riverside County sheriff's deputies stand guard at the county courthouse during an election-related demonstration in November 2020. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) A cadre of civil rights groups ...

After a 182% increase in in-custody deaths over a 10-year period, the number of people who died in the custody of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department dropped nearly 58% from 2021 through 2024, ...

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department admitted mistakes and problems in its jail booking process contributed to one detainee killing another. The admissions came after a civil grand jury report ...

A coalition of free speech advocates claims the Sheriff’s Department has blocked release of public records despite a new law ...

Investigative reporter Chris Damien alleges the sheriff's department broke state law when it refused to turn over coroner's ...

Under pressure from consent decrees, lawsuits and grand jury recommendations, Southern California counties take measures to ...

Several civil rights groups and law firms sued Riverside County authorities over the use of cash bail, which the plaintiffs claim unconstitutionally detains people in jails before they are formally ...

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, who's now a leading candidate for governor of California, hid the causes of a mounting epidemic of jail deaths behind a culture of cover-up and retaliation, a ...