It takes especially cynical connivers to gouge $6 million a year from the families of jail inmates–the largely African-American and Latino families whose loved ones are behind bars. But if the choice ...

A tier of Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles is shown. Authorities this week charged 13 people with collecting money from drug sales and extorted commissary goods inside Los Angeles County ...

Facing backlash over the Tribune’s series on Cook County property taxes, Assessor Joseph Berrios stood before the microphones on Monday and maintained that the system he oversees is “as fair and ...

Authorities this week charged 13 people with collecting money from drug sales and extorted commissary goods inside the Los Angeles County jails on behalf of Michael "Mosca" Torres, a Mexican Mafia ...