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Men'S Central Jail
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Men'S Central Jail is a county jail located in Los Angeles County, California. Rated capacity: 6,750. Reported population: 4,281. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Capacity
6,750
Current population
4,281
Occupancy
63%
Year opened
1963
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1963
Region
California
Security level
Maximum
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
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
Richard Ramirez1960–2013 · serial killerRicardo Leyva Muñoz Ramirez (; February 29, 1960 â June 7, 2013), better known as Richard Ramirez, was an American serial killer, sex offender and burglar whose killing spree occurred in Greater Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area in the state of California.
Scott Weiland1967–2015 · singerScott Richard Weiland (, WY-lÉnd; né Kline; October 27, 1967 â December 3, 2015) was an American singer and songwriter.
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Sean Penn1960 · film actorSean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor and filmmaker.
Phil Spector1939–2021 · record producerHarvey Phillip Spector (December 26, 1939 â January 16, 2021) was an American record producer and songwriter.
Richard Pryor1940–2005 · television actorRichard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor (December 1, 1940 â December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor.
Tommy Lee1962 · drummerThomas Lee (born Thomas Lee Bass; Greek: ΤÏÎ¼Î±Ï Îι ÎÏαÏ, October 3, 1962) is an American musician, best known as the co-founder and drummer of heavy metal band Mötley Crüe.
- Shorty Rossi1969 · television actor
Luigi Francis "Shorty" Rossi (born February 10, 1969) is the star of the canceled Pit Boss, a reality series on Animal Planet.
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Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
0/100
Low concern0/100
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
This facility scores 0. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 2 points below national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersOccupancythis: 63% · peers avg: 93% (32%)
Capacity (beds)this: 6750 · peers avg: 546 (+1136%)
Data completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q6815948)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Men'S Central Jail. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/men-s-central-jail
Chicago
"Men'S Central Jail." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/men-s-central-jail.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-men-s-central-jail,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Men'S Central Jail},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/men-s-central-jail},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}