MDC Los Angeles Metropolitan Detention Center

535 N. Alameda Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213-485-0439

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MDC Los Angeles Information

MDC Los Angeles also known as Los Angeles Metropolitan Detention Center is a federal jail located in Downtown L.A. at 535 North Alameda Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012. MDC L.A. is operated by the Western Region of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), division of the U.S. Department of Justice. MDC houses approximately 900 male & female federal inmates, pretrial detainees and probation violators charged with Federal Crimes in the U.S. District Court For the Central District of California going the trial process or awaiting sentencing, or have been denied bail by a Federal Judge and deemed a flight risk or threat to the community.

 

 

 

MDC Los Angeles Inmate Phone Calls

Housing units normally have 4 telephones for inmate use. Inmates are allowed a maximum of 300 minutes per month January thru October, and 400 minutes in November and December. Calls are limited to 15 minutes per call. The regular cost of an inmate calls is 21 cents per minute with a 15 call costing $3.15.

Service plans offering 11¢ per minute / 15 minute U.S. calls from MDC Los Angeles at $1.65 may be ordered from Pacific Telephone at 866-966-8666. International calls to Mexico, Asia, Europe and Middle East can be obtained for as low as 20¢ per min. For rate info & ordering information go to:

 

Send Money To MDC Los Angeles Inmate

Inmates can receive funds at a BOP-managed facility, which are deposited into their commissary accounts. You can send an inmate funds electronically using Western Union’s Quick Collect Program. Funds are received and processed seven days per week, including holidays. Funds sent between 7:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. EST are posted within 2-4 hours.

Sending MDC Los Angeles Inmates Western Union

You’ll need to provide Western Union Money the following info to complete your transfer:

Account Number: Inmate’s eight-digit register number with no spaces or dashes, followed immediately by the inmate’s last name (example: 12345678DOE)
Attention Line: Inmate’s full committed name
Code City is always: FBOP, DC

Federal Bureau of Prisons
Insert Valid Committed Inmate Name
Insert Inmate Eight-Digit Register Number
Post Office Box 474701
Des Moines, Iowa 50947-0001

Inmate Mail, Magazines and Packages

MDC Los Angeles inmates are not allowed to receive packages without prior written approval from the institution. Inmates may receive magazines, hard and paperback books directly from the publisher. To order Discount magazine subscriptions for inmates click here or on the banner below! Inmates may receive packages from home containing release clothing and authorized medical devices. A written authorization form must be included in the parcel.

To send mail to an inmate at MDC Los Angeles, you must use the following format in addressing your correspondence:

 

 

MDC Los Angeles Facility Info

Inmates are housed in two man or three man cells with bunk-beds and toilets. Showers are centrally located most housing units for inmate use. TV’s and other recreation facilities are included in each housing unit.

Staff and contract chaplains provide for inmate religious services for Jewish, Christian and Muslim faiths on Sundays and religious holidays. Medical and psychological health care is provided BOP medical staff, U.S. Public Health Services Officers and outside contract physicians.

All MDC Los Angeles inmates in general population are able to purchase items in the commissary and have a monthly spending limit of $320

MDC Los Angeles Inmate Visiting

Inmate’s visits are held normally by assigned housing unit floors. Please click review the chart below for specific visiting days and hours. It is suggested that visitors contact MDC Los Angeles by telephone at 213-485-0439 prior to visiting to verify it is your inmate’s assigned visiting day.

Federal Public Defender
Central District of California

The Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California is the largest Federal Public Defenders Office in the U.S. It maintains offices in Los Angeles, Santa Ana and Riverside with over 240 employees, including 92 attorneys, 26 paralegals, 38 investigators and more than 85 supporting staff members.

The Public Defender provides criminal defense services to defendant’s being charged with a crime violating U.S. Law by the U.S. Attorney’s Office and unable to afford a private lawyer of their own.

The Federal Public Defender can be reached at the following:

321 E. 2nd Street
Los Angeles, CA90012
213-894-2854

3801 University Avenue
Suite 700
Riverside, CA92501
951) 276 – 6346

411 West Fourth Street
Suite 7110
Santa Ana, CA92701
714-338-4500

U.S. District Court
Central District of California

The United States District Court for the Central District of California has 4 Federal Courthouses. There are two in Los Angeles, one in Santa Ana, and one in Riverside. They hold criminal and civil judicial proceeding for federal cases that originated in the following California counties:

Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura.

The Courthouses are open Monday thru Friday from 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM and closed on weekends and federal holidays.

The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has a total of 34 Federal U.S. District Judges and 25 fulltime U.S. Magistrate judges. The Current Chief Judge is as of May 2016 is the Honorable George H. King. King was appointed to the Federal Bench by President Bill Clinton in April 1995.

Courthouse security is provided the U.S. Marshal’s Service at all facilities. Those entering the building are searched and required to walk through metal detectors and subject to pat down searches.

U.S. Courthouse Los Angeles, Los Angeles Federal Court, U.S. District Court Central District of California

United States District Court
United States Courthouse
312 North Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012-4701
(213) 894-1565

Roybal Federal Building and US Courthouse, Federal Court Los Angeles

United States District Court
Roybal Federal Building
255 East Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012-3332
(213) 894-1565

George E. Brown U.S. Courthouse, Riverside Federal Court

United States District Court
George E. Brown U.S. Courthouse
3470 Twelfth Street
Riverside, CA 92501-3801
(951) 328-4450

Ronald Reagan U.S. Courthouse, Santa Ana Federal Court

United States District Court
Ronald Reagan U.S. Courthouse
411 West Fourth Street,
Room 1053
Santa Ana, CA 92701-4516
(714) 338-4750

 

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