Prisoner custody services are provided by contract to both the State and Federal governments

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department operates the largest jail system in the United States. The Custody Division consists of ten 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 $40 million.

The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) contracts with the Sheriff’s Department’s to house 1000 I.C.E. detainees exclusively at the Mira Loma Detention Facility in Lancaster, making it the largest I.C.E. detention facility in the nation. This dedicated facility and its staff is fully funded by I.C.E.