Topic - North County Correctional Facility

North County Correctional Facility (NCCF) is a Los Angeles County jail, run by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Located approximately northwest of downtown Los Angeles, it is one of four jails located within the Pitchess Detention Center (named after former Sheriff Peter J. Pitchess), in Castaic, California. - Source: Wikipedia

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FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2018 file photo, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva speaks during a ceremony in Monterey Park, Calif. Villanueva says inmates at a jail tried to infect themselves with the coronavirus by sharing a cup of water and a mask, and showed surveillance videos from two units at the North County Correctional Facility in Castaic. The footage shown Monday, May 11, 2020 captured inmates in one unit sharing a cup of water and others in a second unit sharing a mask. He said 21 inmates in the units were later diagnosed with COVID-19. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

California sheriff says inmates tried to infect themselves

By STEFANIE DAZIO - Associated Press