Fourteen people have died in county jails so far this year.

How are people dying?It typically takes months for Los Angeles County to publicly issue causes of death for people who have died in LA County jails. And even once autopsy reports are finalized, they don’t tell the whole story. When the coroner rules that a death is the result of “natural causes,” jail conditions can still be to blame. Researchers h ...

New data from Vera’s ICE Detention Trends dashboard reveals record detention levels and an expanding network of facilities nationwide.

New United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) data through mid-March 2026 provides a detailed look at immigration detention across the United States. Drawing on millions of detention history records spanning 17 years, Vera’s interactive ICE Detention Trends dashboard reveals an unprecedented level of detail about ICE detention populat ...