Kern County Lerdo Minimum Security Fac.

The Lerdo Maximum Medium (Max-Med) Facility is a Type II jail facility, opened in 1978 with a rated bed capacity of 374. The facility is designed with both Dorm and Tier style housing with multi-cell and single cell housing configurations. In 2012, the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) approved 34 additional beds increasing the Capacity to 408. The Max-Med Facility provides services to the community by incarcerating both county and federal pre-trial and court sentenced inmates, civil detainees, parole violators, and contracted US Marshall Service (USMS) and Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Federal inmates. Max-Med is designated as the booking facility for Contract Inmates. The facility includes a booking area, medical clinic, recreation yard, a legal resource center, visiting rooms and an inmate classroom.