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Lapd Metropolitan Detention Center

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Lapd Metropolitan Detention Center is a local jail located in Los Angeles County, California. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

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Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

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Region

California

Security level

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Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

ProPublica reports that the average daily population at the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center reached its highest point in a decade between July 2024 and June 2025, with nearly 53% of bookings recorded as transient or homeless in 2025.

Contact & address

180 North Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles 90012
(213) 356-3400

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

6/100
Low concern6/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
1/30
Structural flags
5/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · 2 oversight reports in the last 5 years
  • · Substantial documented known-issues record

This facility scores 6. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 4 points above national average.

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Reports

  • propublica26 May 2026

    to 2,072 during the same period this year. (Judges did not include trespassing in the charges scheduled for Fridays.) ProPublica found the number of people at Bernalillo County’s Metropolitan Detention Center who are designated as “transient” or homeless has soared in recent years, to nearly 12,000 in 2025, from 3,670 in 2022. Last week, nearly 53% of people booked at the jail were recorded as

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  • propublica4 Mar 2026

    This has occurred as the average daily population at the jail from July 2024 through June 2025 reached its highest point in a decade. On some days last year, the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center held more homeless people than the largest local shelter . Homeless Inmates Drive Increases in County Jail Admissions Over the past three years, the number of jail bookings marked as

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Data completeness

50%

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BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-lapd-metropolitan-detention,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Lapd Metropolitan Detention Center},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lapd-metropolitan-detention-center},
  urldate = {2026-10-24}
}