Emily Elena Dugdale
@eedugdale.bsky.social
🇨🇴 she/her journalist in LA. I write about jails (+ other stuff). Managing editor of @lapublicpress.bsky.social
Several months later, I spoke to Maxwell Aguirre’s parents, who sued LA County and LASD claiming that they did not adequately monitor their son, who had attempted suicide while in custody less than three weeks before his death.
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October 3, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Several months later, I spoke to Maxwell Aguirre’s parents, who sued LA County and LASD claiming that they did not adequately monitor their son, who had attempted suicide while in custody less than three weeks before his death.
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In 2023, I wrote about a young veteran who ended his life in jail as LASD sheriff’s deputies watched videos on their computers and failed to perform standard welfare checks in his dorm.
Today, his family revealed new evidence that deputies also falsified safety check records.
Today, his family revealed new evidence that deputies also falsified safety check records.
October 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
In 2023, I wrote about a young veteran who ended his life in jail as LASD sheriff’s deputies watched videos on their computers and failed to perform standard welfare checks in his dorm.
Today, his family revealed new evidence that deputies also falsified safety check records.
Today, his family revealed new evidence that deputies also falsified safety check records.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit today against LASD and LA County over “unconstitutional and inhumane conditions” at LA County jails.
Bonta highlights that we’re on track to have “more in-custody deaths in 2025 than at any time in the past twenty years.”
Bonta highlights that we’re on track to have “more in-custody deaths in 2025 than at any time in the past twenty years.”
September 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit today against LASD and LA County over “unconstitutional and inhumane conditions” at LA County jails.
Bonta highlights that we’re on track to have “more in-custody deaths in 2025 than at any time in the past twenty years.”
Bonta highlights that we’re on track to have “more in-custody deaths in 2025 than at any time in the past twenty years.”
“Substance-use related” incident sent three incarcerated youths in LA County to the hospital and cancelled visitation at Los Padrinos this weekend, according to the probation department.
April 12, 2025 at 4:10 AM
“Substance-use related” incident sent three incarcerated youths in LA County to the hospital and cancelled visitation at Los Padrinos this weekend, according to the probation department.
California Attorney General Ron Bonta indicts 30(!!) probation officers for their role in allowing and/or encouraging fights between youths at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall.
March 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
California Attorney General Ron Bonta indicts 30(!!) probation officers for their role in allowing and/or encouraging fights between youths at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall.
Not the prison texting app asking for vday money!
February 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Not the prison texting app asking for vday money!
