Called the most significant improvement in inmate feeding in decades, an advanced Cook-Chill system to prepare meals in-house, ensuring freshness, consistency, and sustainability has been launched at Men’s Central Jail, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) Food Services Unit announced Tuesday.

The new pre-portioned and innovative hot meal program are created by the department’s head cooks, in collaboration with its dietitians, to ensure they fulfill all recommended dietary standards, said the department.

The meal program soft-launched on two floors in September 2025 and expanded to the entire facility at Men’s Central Jail on Nov. 9, 2025. Following this rollout, LASD plans to expand the program to the Century Regional Detention Facility in the near future and to the Twin T

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