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With its facilities around the county, the Los Angeles County Jail is the largest jail in the United States and fourth largest in the world. The jail has a combined capacity for 20,000 inmates.


Also see: Los Angeles County Jail System by the Numbers

Los Angeles County Jails by the Numbers



Facility Location Average Inmate Count
2nd Quarter, 2023
Biscailuz Center - Closed 1060 N Eastern Ave, Monterey Park 90063 ---
Century Regional Detention Facility (female inmates) 11705 S Alameda St, Lynwood 90262;
(213) 473-6100
1,451 (women)
Inmate Reception Center (temporary holding only) 450 Bauchet St, Los Angeles 90012;
Booking: (213) 893-5327; Release: (213) 893-5347; Cashier: (213) 473-6049
15,550 (bookings)
Los Angeles General Medical Center 20151 Marengo St, Los Angeles 90033;
General: (323) 409-1000
23
Men’s Central Jail 441 Bauchet St, Los Angeles 90012;
General: (213) 473-6100; Main Lobby: (213) 974-4082; Visiting Lobby: (213) 974-4927
3,779 (both sexes)
Mira Loma Detention Center- Closed 45100 60th West, Lancaster 93536 ---
North County Correctional Facility 29340 The Old Road, Castaic 91384;
Inmate Info: (213) 473-6100
3,357 (men)
Pitchess Detention Center East Facility (Serves as a fire camp for inmate firefighters) 29310 The Old Rd, Castaic 91384
Inmate Info: (213) 473-6100
34 (men)
Pitchess Detention Center North Facility 29320 The Old Road, Castaic 91384;
Inmate Info: (213) 473-6100
1,239 (men)
Pitchess Detention Center South Facility 29330 The Old Road, Castaic 91384;
Inmate Info: (213) 473-6100
962 (men)
Sybil Brand Institute for Women - Closed 4500 E City Terrace Dr, Monterey Park 90063 ---
Twin Towers Correctional Facility 450 Bauchet St, Los Angeles 90012;
General: (213) 893-5100
2,436 (men)

Inmate Information: (213) 473-6100 or click here

Source: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

Los Angeles County Sheriff Custody Operations



Medical Services Bureau of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is the largest correctional medical service provider in the world.


North County Correctional Facility was once also known as "SuperMax."


The facilities of the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic were once known as Wayside Honor Rancho and was established as a minimum security facility in 1938 where inmates worked in a farm setting. The farm setting for the jail closed in 1992.


Until 2012, the Mira Loma Detention Facility was contracted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to house non-U.S. citizens detained for violations of U.S. immigration laws. It was the largest detention facility operated by U.S. immigration authorities in California. The facility operated as a regular county jail except that persons housed there are federal immigration detainees. Detainees were citizens of any one of more than sixty different countries and remained in detention at the facility until their cases were decided in U.S. Immigration Courts. ICE personnel assigned to Mira Loma handled all detainee transport, releasing, tracking and removal (or deportation). Los Angeles County Sheriff deputies and custody assistants only worked in immigration courtrooms at the facility.