Prisoner custody services are provided by contract to both the State and Federal
governments
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CONTRACT CUSTODY
SERVICES
The Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department operates the
largest jail system in the United States. The Custody Division
consists often detention facilities that maintain an average
daily population of approximately 21,000 inmates. Custody
Division houses pre-sentenced prisoners who are awaiting
trial in Los Angeles County, as well as convicted prisoners
who have been sentenced to jail for one year or less.
The Sheriff‘s Department provides
prisoner housing and custodial services to both the Federal
and State Governments on a contractual basis. These contracts
provide annual revenue of approximately $50 million.
The California Department of Corrections contracts with
the Sheriffs Department to house local parole violators within
the county jails. The number of prisoners held under this
contractual agreement averages 1,200 daily with annual revenue
of $25 million.
The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (I.N.S.)
contracts with the Sheriffs Department's to house 900 I.N.S.
detainees exclusively at the Mira Lorna Detention Facility
in Lancaster, making it the largest I.N.S. detention facility
in the nation. This dedicated facility and its staff is fully
funded by the I.N .S. for annual revenue of $25 million.
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