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Nestled in the rolling hills of Castaic, on 2,620 acres, is the
Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center, named after the former
Sheriff. It is the temporary home of about 8,600 inmates.
It was established in 1938 by then Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz
as the Wayside Honor Rancho, a minimum-security prison Pitchess
where inmates worked on a farm setting. Detention Center
Downtown LA
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LA COUNTY
Peter J. Pitchess
