JAILS PROJECT
(213)977- 9543 (inmates)
(213)977- 5209 (family)
1313 W. 8th St., #200
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Our Mission
The ACLU Foundation of Southern California is the court-ordered monitor of conditions of confinement and medical services within all Los Angeles County jail facilities.
"Conditions" refers to beds, change of clothing, food, meals, gay inmate classification, recreation, showers, telephones, overcrowding, "fish" kits, store, protective custody, religious services, mail, allegations of violence and retaliation and other similar issues that may arise.
Through advocacy, public education, and litigation, we work to ensure that a basic standard of care is provided to prisoners. We also work to decrease our community's overreliance on mass incarceration by advocating for alternatives to incarceration and discharge planning to help reduce recidivism.
Filing a Complaint
First, find out where your family member is housed by visiting http://app4.lasd.org/iic/ajis_search.cfm and input requested information (last name and first name) or call (213)473-6080.
Contact the assigned facility's Watch Commander at the facility your family member is housed, or tell your family member to utilize the in-house complaint forms that can be found in their living unit or they can ask a LASD employee for a complaint form, which they will need to fill out and turn in. Contact and alert the Watch Commander of the facility where your family member is housed of whatever issue your family member is dealing with:
Inmate Reception Center (IRC)
Chuck Antuna, Captain 213-893-5165
Watch Commander 213-893-5324
Men's Central Jail (MCJ)
Ralph Ornelas, Captain 213-974-4911
Watch Commander 213-974-4916
Twin Towers Correctional Facility (TTCF)
Carrie Stuart, Captain 213-893-5030
Watch Commander 213-893-5163
Century Regional Detention Facility (CRDF)
Stacy Lee, Captain 323-568-4601
Watch Commander 323-568-4506
East Facility (EAST) Ray Levya
Captain 661-295-8812 Watch Commander 661-295-8017
South Facility (SOUTH)
Randall Stover, Captain 661-295-8822
Watch Commander 661-295-8805
North County Correctional Facility (NCCF)
Victor Trujillo, Captain 661-295-7969
Watch Commander 661-295-7810
If you do not receive a response from LASD within 30 days or if you are not satisfied with LASD's response, contact us and with your specific issue, your family member's booking number, what facility they are housed in, and briefly state what the issue is. If we do not have this information, we will not be able to help you.
Media Coverage
KTLA 5 "Gang Behind the Badge: The 3000 Boys": Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
ACLU Staffer Witnesses Beating at Twin Towers Correctional Facility
FBI Investigates Alleged Beating of Inmate by L.A. County Deputies
ACLU Asks D.A. Cooley Not To Prosecute Man Allegedly Stomped By Deputies
Men’s County Jail Visitor Viciously Beaten By Guards
Related Documents
Annual Report on Conditions Inside Los Angeles County Jail 2008-2009
2010 Interim Report on Conditions Inside Los Angeles County Jail
Dr. Kuper’s Report on Mental Health Issues in the LA County Jails
Corrections Standards Authority’s Title 15
Corrections Standards Authority’s Title 24
Legal Advice
We do not handle criminal cases nor do we give legal advice on criminal cases. We suggest you contact the Public Defender's Office for information about criminal cases.
You should immediately contact an attorney of your choice to discuss whether your case involves a statute of limitations. A statute of limitations is a time deadline within which a claim and a lawsuit must be filed. If you do not comply with the applicable statute of limitations, you may be legally barred from pursuing a claim in court.
Contacting the ACLU/SC or the ACLU/SC's Jails Project does not mean that the ACLU/SC has accepted the case. If ACLU/SC does commit to representing you it will enter into a retainer agreement with you. In most cases, however, we are not able to take individual cases.
To see how the ACLU/SC accepts cases, visit our Legal Intake Information page.
If you contacted the ACLU/SC through our telephone pre-screening procedure or by sending us a letter, the pre-screener with whom you spoke is not an attorney, but rather a volunteer who is prohibited from giving legal advice under state law. The pre-screener cannot accept or reject cases for the ACLU/SC.
After you file a complaint with the ACLU/SC's Jails Project, we will send an official complaint to LASD where it will go to the appropriate department, unless you inform us that you do not want us to make a complaint on your behalf to the LASD. We will also respond to your family member with a letter acknowledging contact. If the issue is not resolved within 30 days, please contact us again so that we can follow up on the complaint.
