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A man believed to be responsible for beating a 20-year-old man after a party, sending him into a coma and causing permanent brain damage, has been booked at the Santa Ana Jail. Alfonso Calderon was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. His bail has been set for $25,000, the Orange County Register Reported.

The alleged beating took place after police broke up a party in Santa Ana around 12:30 a.m. on September 30. KTLA News reported that the party was held at a clothing store on Orange Avenue in Santa Ana. Currie had been helping a friend …

The Lake Forest City Council will soon be voting on an agreement that would increase the number of inmates housed at an Orange County jail, resulting from the state's prison realignment program. The Orange County Register reported the agreement would be between the Orange County Sheriff's Department and other county officials, and would allow the inmate population at the James. A. Musick jail to increase from 1,250 to 3,100.

By approving the deal, the city would be allowing the county sheriff's department to increase the inmate population even more if authorities were able to demonstrate the need for more jail …

Authorities are facing rising tensions, violence and the need for additional resources in Orange County jails, as more inmates with lengthier criminal histories serve their sentences at the local facilities as a result of California's prison realignment program. The Orange County Register reported as inmate populations have gone up in the year since the program took effect, violence and surging inmate numbers have created new challenges for authorities.

"The added pressure just kind of keeps that kettle boiling a little bit hotter than it was before," Orange County Sheriff Department Commander Steve Kea told the Register.

Because jail populations have increased, …

The Theo Lacy Jail in Orange County has been named as one of the top 10 worst immigration detention facilities in the country by the Detention Watch Network, the Los Angeles Times reported. The advocacy group is asking President Barack Obama to close the jail run by the Orange County Sheriff's Department, as well as the other 9 facilities on the top-10 list.

Theo Lacy provides inadequate medical care to inmates, as well as poor recreation and nutrition, DWN said. The report also said jail authorities have used racial slurs against inmates, and abused them by kicking their feet in …

A former Orange County Sheriff is asking to be let out of prison early, which would mean cutting his sentence by more than half.

Mike Carona led the Orange County Sheriff's Department for nine years until he was indicted in October 2007 on six felony corruption counts, which included theft of honest services of an elected official and conspiracy and tampering with a witness, the Orange County Register reported. He was found guilty on one of the felony counts in 2009. He began serving his 66-month prison sentence in 2011.

However, now his attorneys are arguing that a new law could …