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Pitchess East Jail Overview

Pitchess Detention Center East Facility is operated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department as part of the Pitchess Detention Center complex in Castaic. The Facility Map places East first in the Old Road address sequence, followed by Pitchess North, Pitchess South, and North County Correctional Facility. The research identifies East as a Type II county jail facility. It is used for male Los Angeles County inmates when open or assigned for a specific custody purpose.

The key point for a Los Angeles County inmate lookup is that Pitchess East remains inside the LASD system. A person listed at East should be searched through the LASD Inmate Information Center, not the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation locator, the BOP locator, or ICE ODLS. Those other locators cover sentenced state prisoners, federal prisoners, and immigration detainees after transfer to a different agency. Facility names can be similar inside the Castaic complex, so the exact Pitchess building matters before any visit or mail is planned.

Pitchess East Capacity

LASD's 2024 Custody Division Population Year End Review listed Pitchess Detention Center East Facility with a BSCC rated capacity of 926 and a 2024 yearly facility ADIP of 16. ADIP means average daily inmate population. That low annual average is not a typo in the research. It shows that East was not heavily used for regular housing in 2024 when compared with Pitchess North and North County Correctional Facility.

The same LASD capacity table showed East 910 below rated capacity, or 98 percent under. East had a rated jail capacity on paper, but its 2024 use was narrow. A person may still appear there in the locator or in facility communications, but current housing should be verified before travel because assignments inside the Pitchess complex can shift.

Pitchess East Inmate Lookup

Use the LASD Inmate Information Center for a Pitchess Detention Center East Facility custody search. The portal requires last name and first name, allows middle name and date of birth as optional fields, and requires reCAPTCHA before search. LASD states that inmate records will not be available for bookings that occurred within the last 2 hours. For general custody questions and help with inmate location, LASD gives the inmate information line as (213) 473-6100.

1. Open the LASD Inmate Information Center.
2. Enter the person's last name and first name. Add middle name or date of birth when common names create too many matches.
3. Solve reCAPTCHA and run the search. If the person was just booked, allow for the LASD posting delay.
4. Confirm whether the result lists Pitchess Detention Center East Facility, another Pitchess facility, a downtown jail, CRDF, or a medical custody location.

If the person has been sentenced to state prison, switch to CDCR CIRIS. If the case is federal, check the BOP Inmate Locator. ICE custody is searched through ICE ODLS. These systems do not replace LASD IIC for people still held in Los Angeles County jail custody.

Pitchess East Contact

Pitchess Detention Center East Facility sits at the first Pitchess address in the Old Road sequence. The facility-specific public phone in the research is the LASD inmate information line, which is the right first contact for location checks, current custody questions, and visit-status questions. Healthcare concerns requiring immediate help should use the LASD medical command center, not the general search portal.

Pitchess East Visits

LASD does not publish one universal visitor-hour table in the research for every Los Angeles County jail. The official rule is to use LASD visit scheduling and the LASD IVVS advisement, then confirm the inmate's visit status. LASD FAQ material says public visiting guidelines differ by jail facility. It also explains that a visit status of "N" means the inmate cannot receive visits at that time due to classification, discipline, security, or another custody reason.

Because East had very low 2024 ADIP, the housing location should be checked close to the visit date. A person initially associated with East may be moved to North, South, NCCF, downtown Los Angeles, or a medical custody unit.

Pitchess East Mail Money

Most Los Angeles County jail mail uses the central LASD inmate mail address, not the physical Pitchess street address. Mail should include the inmate's name and booking number. LASD mail regulations say envelopes and paper must be free of debris, illegal substances, perfume, cologne, powders, lipstick, dried liquids, and other barred materials. Items already available through jail stores are often not allowed through outside mail.

Pitchess East Intake

Street arrest and booking do not usually begin at Pitchess East. For male prisoners, the Inmate Reception Center in the downtown Los Angeles custody complex is the main booking, release, classification, records, property, mail, bail, and warrant hub. IRC screens and classifies inmates before housing decisions are made across Men's Central Jail, Twin Towers, Pitchess, NCCF, medical units, or other LASD custody locations.

That process explains why a booking may first appear in LASD systems before a person is assigned to a final bed. It also explains why the IIC is a better first search than a direct call to a Pitchess building. The IIC can show current custody when available, while the inmate information line can help when the record is too new, the housing location is unclear, or the person may have been transferred.

Pitchess East Context

The Pitchess complex is one of the main northern custody areas in Los Angeles County. The 2024 LASD report makes clear that its facilities did not carry the same population load. East was far below rated capacity, South was below rated capacity, and North plus NCCF were above rated capacity. That uneven pattern is important because broad statements about the jail system can hide how different each Pitchess facility was in 2024.

The research also notes Jail Mental Evaluation Team coverage for the northern facilities. Two North JMET teams serve Pitchess facilities Monday through Saturday on day shift, with each team made up of one deputy and one mental health clinician. That detail does not mean every East inmate is in mental-health housing. It does show that mental-health referrals and crisis support are part of the official custody framework for the Pitchess side of the county system.