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Los Angeles County Jail & Detention Center Directory
Where a loved one is actually held, how booking and transfers work, and where a bond has to be posted to get someone released. The largest local jail system in the country, broken down facility by facility. Available 24 hours a day.
Part of the California Jails & Detention Centers Directory
Table Of Contents
Six sections: the county jails themselves, every city holding facility, the Sheriff's stations, where cases are heard, how the sequence works, and the questions families ask first.
County-Level Detention Facilities
The LASD Custody Division jails — intake at the IRC, and where nearly every county bond is posted.
City Police Jails & Holding
All 88 cities, grouped by region — where an arrest by an independent city department actually starts.
LASD Sheriff's Station Directory
The stations that handle arrests in the cities that contract with the Sheriff's Department.
Courthouse Directory
Where the case goes once bail is set — the courthouse, not the jail.
What This Directory Covers
How booking, transfer, and bond posting actually sequence across the county.
Directory FAQs
Empty searches, first-facility routing, and whether bail can be posted overnight.
How An LA County Arrest Actually Moves
Los Angeles County doesn't have one jail — it has a layered system, and where someone actually ends up depends on who arrested them. Forty-two of the county's 88 cities contract with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for policing; the other 46 run their own municipal police departments. That split matters more than most families realize: an LASD-contract-city arrest moves straight into the county system from the start, while an arrest by an independent city department — LAPD, Long Beach PD, Pasadena PD, and forty-plus others — often starts at that city's own short-term holding facility before any transfer downtown.
That's why a search can come back empty in the first few hours. It doesn't mean the arrest didn't happen — it means the booking record hasn't caught up to wherever the person actually is yet. This directory is built to close that gap: every real facility in the county, with the real address, the real contact number, and, where it applies, the courthouse the case actually moves to next.
Official Sources Used On This Page
- LASD Custody Services Division
- LASD Patrol Station Directory
- LASD Inmate Information Center (VINE)
- Los Angeles County Services Locator
- Los Angeles Superior Court
Men's Central Jail is listed at 441 Bauchet Street on the Sheriff's own custody inspection filings and the county's official service locator — that is the address we use, not the neighboring 450 Bauchet address shared by the Inmate Reception Center and Twin Towers.
County-Level Detention Facilities
These are the facilities operated directly by the Sheriff's Custody Division — where most bookings end up after intake, and where nearly every bond in this county actually gets posted.
Inmate Reception Center (IRC)
Downtown LA · Countywide intake
450 Bauchet St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Countywide intake. Nearly everyone booked by the Sheriff's Department is processed, medically screened, and classified here before being housed anywhere else. Most county bonds are posted at the IRC cashier's window, which runs around the clock.
View facility pageMen's Central Jail
Downtown LA · Men
441 Bauchet St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
The county's large downtown men's facility, on the same Bauchet Street complex as the IRC and Twin Towers. Inmate information runs through (213) 473-6100.
View facility pageTwin Towers Correctional Facility
Downtown LA · Medical & mental health
450 Bauchet St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Houses people with medical and mental-health needs alongside general population. A classification decision made at the IRC — not the charge — is usually what sends someone here.
View facility pageCentury Regional Detention Facility (CRDF)
Lynwood · Women
11705 S. Alameda St, Lynwood, CA 90262
The county's primary women's facility. Women arrested anywhere in Los Angeles County are generally housed here rather than downtown, which is why a bond for a female defendant is usually posted in Lynwood.
View facility pagePitchess Detention Center — East Facility
Castaic · North County
29310 The Old Road, Castaic, CA 91384
One building of the Pitchess complex in Castaic, roughly 40 miles from downtown. Sentenced and lower-classification inmates are commonly transferred north to this complex after intake.
View facility pagePitchess Detention Center — North Facility (PDCN)
Castaic · North County
29320 The Old Road, Castaic, CA 91384
Male inmates classified to this specific Castaic building. Like every Pitchess facility, it has no cashier — bail is paid at the downtown Inmate Reception Center.
View facility pagePitchess Detention Center — South Facility (PDCS)
Castaic · North County
29330 The Old Road, Castaic, CA 91384
Another of the four Castaic buildings, holding male inmates classified to this facility. Bail is paid downtown at the IRC, not on the complex.
View facility pageNorth County Correctional Facility (NCCF)
Castaic · Largest county facility
29340 The Old Road, Castaic, CA 91384
The largest single detention facility in the Los Angeles County jail system — maximum security, five housing pods, sentenced and pretrial inmates. Bail is still paid downtown at the IRC.
View facility pageCity Police Department Jails & Holding Facilities
Most of LA County's independent city police departments run a short-term holding facility of their own — this is usually where an arrest actually starts before any transfer downtown, and in a handful of cities (Alhambra, Culver City, Montebello, Pomona) the department holds people long enough that families call it a city jail outright. Every city below links to its bail bonds page — real address, booking and short-hold context, and the courthouse the case routes to. Dedicated facility pages are being published in stages.
City of Industry
San Gabriel Valley
La Cañada Flintridge
San Fernando Valley & North County
Palmdale
San Fernando Valley & North County
LASD Sheriff's Station Directory
For the 42 cities that contract with LASD instead of running their own department, this is the actual station that handles the arrest, the booking, and often the transfer downtown. Addresses come from the Sheriff's own published station directory.
Lomita Station
26123 Narbonne Ave, Lomita, CA 90717
Serves: Lomita, Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates
View station pageTemple Station
8838 Las Tunas Dr, Temple City, CA 91780
Serves: Temple City, Rosemead, Duarte, South El Monte, Bradbury
View station pageWalnut/Diamond Bar Station
21695 E. Valley Blvd, Walnut, CA 91789
Serves: Walnut, Diamond Bar
View station pageMalibu/Lost Hills Station
27050 Agoura Road, Agoura Hills, CA 91301
Serves: Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Malibu, Westlake Village
View station pageCentury Station
11703 S. Alameda St, Lynwood, CA 90262 · (323) 568-4800
Serves: Lynwood, Florence/Firestone, Walnut Park, Willowbrook, Athens Park
View station pageLakewood Station
5130 Clark Ave, Lakewood, CA 90712
Serves: Lakewood, Bellflower, Hawaiian Gardens
View station pageEast Los Angeles Station
5019 E. Third St, Los Angeles, CA 90022
Serves: Commerce, Cudahy, Maywood, East Los Angeles
View station pageSanta Clarita Valley Station
26201 Golden Valley Rd, Santa Clarita, CA 91350
Serves: Santa Clarita
View station pageCrescenta Valley Station
4554 Briggs Ave, La Crescenta, CA 91214
Serves: La Cañada Flintridge
View station pageWest Hollywood Station
780 N San Vicente Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069
Serves: West Hollywood
View station pageIndustry Station
150 N Hudson Ave, City of Industry, CA 91744
Serves: City of Industry, La Puente, La Habra Heights
View station pageSouth Los Angeles Station
1310 W. Imperial Highway, Los Angeles, CA 90044
Serves: Lawndale and unincorporated South LA
View station pageCourthouse Directory
Once bail is set, the case moves to a courthouse — not the jail. Los Angeles County's criminal filings are split across dozens of branch courthouses, and which one hears the case is decided by where the arrest happened, not by where the defendant is held. The Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center at 210 West Temple Street is the county's primary criminal courthouse; most other cases are heard at a district branch.
The dedicated Los Angeles County Courthouse Directory is now live — all 36 courthouses, organized by the court's own 12 judicial districts. The courthouse serving each city is also listed on that city's own page, and we confirm the assigned courthouse from the booking record before anything is signed.
What This Directory Covers
Addresses, booking timelines, and bail bond guidance for facilities across Los Angeles County. Finding someone in custody is the first problem most families hit. A booking can start at a city police jail or a Sheriff's station and then move into a county facility hours later, and the bond has to be posted wherever the defendant actually is at that moment. Each page in this directory explains that sequence for a specific facility.
If a city or station isn't yet listed, the process still follows the same countywide rules — bail is set at booking from the county schedule and can be posted at any hour. Call our office and we will locate the booking and confirm the amount before anything is signed.
Directory FAQs
How is Los Angeles County's jail system actually organized?
It is layered rather than singular. The Sheriff's Department runs the county custody system — the Inmate Reception Center downtown handles intake, Men's Central Jail and Twin Towers house men downtown, the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood houses women, and the Pitchess complex in Castaic holds several thousand more about 40 miles north. Independent city police departments sit above that system with their own short-term holding facilities, and the Sheriff's patrol stations sit alongside it for the cities that contract with LASD.
Why did my search come back empty right after the arrest?
Because the booking record has not caught up to the person yet. Someone arrested by a city police department can sit in that city's holding facility for hours before the transfer downtown creates a county record, and the Sheriff's inmate locator only reflects people already in the county system. An empty search in the first few hours does not mean the arrest did not happen — call us and we will work the station and the facility directly instead of refreshing a page.
Does every city have its own jail, or does everyone go through the county?
Both, in sequence. Forty-two of the county's 88 cities contract with LASD for policing and move into the county system from the start. The other 46 run their own departments, and most of those hold people short-term at the station before transferring. A handful — Alhambra, Culver City, Montebello and Pomona among them — hold long enough that families describe the department as a city jail outright.
Which facility will my case route to first?
The arresting agency decides that, not the charge. An LASD arrest normally goes to that station's jail and then to the Inmate Reception Center. An arrest by an independent city department starts at that city's holding facility. Women arrested anywhere in the county generally end up at the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood once the transfer completes.
Can bail be posted at any hour, or only during business hours?
Any hour. California bail is set at booking from the county schedule adopted under Penal Code §1269b, and county custody facilities accept bonds around the clock — there is no waiting for a courthouse to open. The practical limit is not the clock, it is whether the paperwork can reach the facility that physically holds the defendant at that moment.