The Glendale City Jail is a 32,000 square foot, state-of-the-art, fully-automated, podular, certified Type I jail facility that opened on January 26, 2005.

The jail, comprised of 48 cells and 96 beds, is the third busiest municipal jail in the county of Los Angeles. Approximately 500-700 persons are booked into the jail each month. Each double occupancy cell has a standard state-regulated 10' x 8' configuration and includes a toilet, washbasin and water fountain. The jail provides a shower in the facility's day room area.

The Glendale City Jail contracts with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Food Services Unit. Inmates receive two cold meals per day and one hot meal. A variety of meals are served that vary from corn flake cereal to peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, meatloaf, turkey sandwiches, and spaghetti dinners.

The jail is staffed by fully-trained custody officers, who attend either the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Custody Assistant Academy, Riverside County Sheriff's Correctional Academy or the Orange County Sheriff's Correctional Academy.

To contact jail staff, call 818-548-3124. The service agreement with the US Department of Homeland Security ICE can be found as a PDF here: Service Agreement with ICE.

To claim your property from the Glendale Police Department Property and Evidence Room, please call 818-548-3147 to schedule an appointment between the hours of 7:30 am to 5:30 pm, Monday - Friday.

Appointments are available between the hours of 8:00 am and 1:00 pm, Monday – Thursday. You must present valid government issued photo identification in order to claim your property. 

Any safekeeping property not claimed within 60 days will be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of Section 2080.10 of the California Civil Code.

If you are unable to personally claim your safekeeping property, you may give written notarized authorization to another person to claim the property. 

If you need to file a claim for damages, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 818-548-2090 or click here to complete the form.