Half a Mile from the Flames: LA County’s Brush with Catastrophe Demonstrates the Urgent Need to Protect People in Jails and Prisons from Climate Change | ACLU

At least 29 people perished in the Palisades and Eaton fires, but 13,000 people in L.A. County jails and juvenile halls were not evacuated.

Melissa Camacho and Melissa Ruiz-Ruiz: Jails and prisons are at risk for natural disasters.

They say the Hughes Fire was just half a mile from the Castaic jail complex.