Not quite Santa Claus: LA’s biggest women’s jail hosts archbishop for Christmas
A few days before Dec. 25, inmates at Los Angeles County’s largest women’s jail got news that a special guest was coming for Christmas.
The Catholic archbishop of Los Angeles, they were told, would be celebrating Mass in Century Regional Detention Facility’s (CRDF) module 3600, a space enclosed by two levels of jail cells and used by low-security inmates for training and recreation programs.
For the inmates, it was the perfect occasion for a holiday makeover.