The facts detailed below provide a snapshot of LASD's Food Services Unit
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- The FSU produces 87,000 meals each day.
- 600 = Correctional Treatment Center
- 3,160 = Ranch Kitchen Facility
- 3,400 = Mira Loma Detention Facility
- 7,850 = Century Regional Detention Facility
- 15,122 = Twin Towers Correctional Facility
- 24,600 = North County Correctional Facility
- 32,600 = Men's Central Jail
- FSU produces 2,500 meals each day for the 48 courts within Los Angeles County.
- FSU produces 6,880 meals daily for the inmates who are processed in and out of the Inmate Reception Center.
- For inmates with medical conditions, FSU produces and individually labels 6,500 medical diet meals daily.
- FSU delivers 2,710 meals daily to the 23 patrol stations throughout the County of Los Angeles.
- FSU produces 305 special disciplinary isolation diets daily.
- FSU caters 684 catered special events per year, such as the Sheriff's Christmas Open House for employees.
- FSU is responsible for providing emergency food to all field personnel during emergencies.
To produce this much food it takes...
- A staff of 251 paid FSU employees working around the clock at 7 kitchens throughout the County of Los Angeles.
- A total budget of $26,000,000 in raw food annually.
- An average cost of only $2.50 per inmate per day for all three meals.
- 14,000,000 cartons of milk served annually (enough to fill more than one Olympic size swimming pool).
- 6,500,000 cartons of orange juice per year.
- 46,000,000 slices of bread per year When lined up that 13,800,000 feet amount of bread can stretch across the United States.
- 585,000 pounds of peanut butter per year.
- 530,000 pounds of jelly per year.
- 65,000 pounds of American cheese.
- 486,720 pounds of chicken yearly.
- 912,500 pounds of lunch meat.
The Food Services Unit is moving towards...
- A Cook/Chill Process of making food to save money, provide an emergency food stockpile, and produce a standardized quality product.
- Automating the entire FSU with a system called Computrition to save time and money.
- Credential all managers as Certified Correctional Food System Managers.
- Expanding FSU to other county agencies.
- Better quality emergency food and policies through the utilization of Pre-Portioning.
