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Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center, also known as Pitchess Detention Center or simply Pitchess, is an all-male county detention center and correctional facility named in honor of Peter J. Pitchess located directly east of exit 173 off Interstate 5 in the unincorporated community of Castaic in Los Angeles County, California.
On July 7, 2020, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 4–0 to pursue a plan to close the Men's Central Jail within 12 months. [8] In voting to eventually close the 57-year-old facility, county supervisors said they wanted to focus on community-based programs to treat mental health challenges of those entering and exiting the jail ...
The Twin Towers Correctional Facility, also referred to in the media as Twin Towers Jail, is a complex in Los Angeles, California. [1] The facility is located at 450 Bauchet Street, in Los Angeles, California and is operated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The facility consists of two towers, a medical services building, and the ...
Up to one-third of the 12,000 inmates in Los Angeles County jails can’t get to their court appearances because of a shortage of functioning buses, and county supervisors this week advanced a ...
North County Correctional Facility (NCCF) is a Los Angeles County jail, run by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Located approximately 40 miles (64 km) 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 .
According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, just after 8:30 a.m. jail staff became aware of a medical emergency involving eight inmates in the Inmate Reception Center, where they ...
The only state prison located in the county, it is also referenced as Los Angeles County State Prison, CSP-Los Angeles County, and CSP-LAC. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Only occasionally is the prison referred to as Lancaster State Prison , which was particularly avoided in 1992 partly to ease the stigma for Lancaster.
The deaths come as the county faces scrutiny in court for its chronically poor jail conditions and its reliance on cash bail to keep people behind bars. Three inmates died in Los Angeles County ...