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The Largest Prison in the United States: 2026 Facility Analysis and Capacity Standards

"When identifying the largest prison facility in the United States, current 2026 federal and state reporting standards point to the Los Angeles County Jail system as the largest single-county jail complex in the world. While the federal Bureau of Prisons manages large correctional institutions, the LA County system functions as a sprawling, multi-facility network that consistently maintains the highest daily inmate population count in the nation. This analysis focuses on the operational scale and structural complexities of this massive system rather than federal penitentiaries, which generally operate at lower individual capacity limits. Opera..."

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