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Sheriff's Deputies from Men’s Central Jail (MCJ) Visiting Center and Education Based Incarceration Bureau (EBI) hosted their second annual holiday toy distribution on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013, for the children that visited incarcerated family members at Men’s Central Jail.
More than 175 children were at the Men’s Central Visiting Center and received a toy and hand-made blanket.
The blankets were made by inmates who participated in EBI’s MERIT (Maximizing Education Reaching Individual Transformation) Program at MCJ.
The blanket project provides the EBI inmates the opportunity to enhance their rehabilitative efforts by engaging them in a community service program. While making the blankets, inmates discussed with EBI staff the act of giving and improving relationships with their own children.
The toys were generously provided through donations from local businesses including JADA Toys of City of Industry, Toys R Us, Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), Friends Outside, Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect (ICAN) Board, Special Olympics, and many others.
The Education Based Incarceration Bureau (EBI) is responsible for managing the 67 inmate educational and vocational programs within the seven Los Angeles County jails. There are approximately 18,000 inmates in the County jail system. Within that population, there are currently more than 7,000 inmates participating in the diverse learning programs.
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Education Based Incarceration Bureau
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
450 Bauchet Street, Room E888,
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 473-2999
E-Mail: [email protected]
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