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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.
The 272,000-square-foot (25,300 m 2) prison opened in December 1988 with a cost of $36 million, making Los Angeles the fifth U.S. city with a downtown federal prison. MDC Los Angeles had a distinct design, referring to housing areas as rooms rather than cells and not using iron bars on its cell doors.
The facility, formerly a Naval hospital, was donated by the federal government in 1962. Women were incarcerated at CRC until 2007. California State Prison, Centinela: CEN Imperial: 1993 2,308 3,284 142.3% California State Prison, Corcoran: COR Kings: 1988 3,116 3,719 119.4% California State Prison, Los Angeles County: LAC Los Angeles: 1993 Yes ...
Correctional Officers and Parole Agents are sworn Peace Officers per California Penal code sections 830.5, as their primary duties are to provide public safety and correctional services in and outside of state prison grounds, state-operated medical facilities, and camps while engaged in the performance of their duties.
Los Angeles Men's Central Jail [35] Los Angeles: 3512 4506 Los Angeles North County Correctional Facility [36] Los Angeles: 2214 3783 Los Angeles Pitchess Detention Center East Facility [37] Los Angeles: 926 72 The facility is currently closed, but is being used as a fire camp. Los Angeles Pitchess North Facility [38] Los Angeles: 832 1421
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 ...
The Los Angeles County Superior Court was hit with a ransomware attack that officials say does not appear related to the faulty CrowdStrike update that sparked a global technology outage.
Prisons facilities are designed for and run based on a specific gender. In 2019, the California state legislature passed SB 132, "The Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act", which will require that CDCR "house the person in a correctional facility designated for men or women based on the individual’s preference" starting in 2021. [16]