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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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Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
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Los Angeles local correctionsPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
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California
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Death-row facility
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This facility scores 1. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 1 points below national average.
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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
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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World Prisons. (2026). Lapd Metropolitan Detention Center. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lapd-metropolitan-detention-center
"Lapd Metropolitan Detention Center." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lapd-metropolitan-detention-center.
@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 = {2026-07-21}
}