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    Federal judge orders contempt hearing over LA County's failure to clean up its jails

    by Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times Apr 20, 2023 4 minutes
    In this photo from Feb. 16 2006, a Sheriff's deputy searches inmate belongings while the men are being booked and processed at the Inmate Reception Center in downtown Los Angeles Most arrestees sentences to 90 days or less are let go immediately.

    LOS ANGELES — Lawyers for Los Angeles County admitted Wednesday that officials had not complied with an injunction ordering them to clean up the jails, but a visibly annoyed federal judge agreed to wait two more months before deciding whether to find the sheriff and county supervisors in contempt of court.

    "You're on full notice that what will be coming up in 60 days is a contempt hearing," U.S. District Judge Dean D. Pregerson told the county's legal team after hearing nearly four hours of updates on the state of Los Angeles jails.

    This week's court date addressed developments in three long-standing federal

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