Definition

Education Based Incarceration (EBI) is a component of the criminal justice system that is focused on deterring and mitigating crime by investing in its offenders through education and rehabilitation.

Mission

To create a culture and system of incarceration in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) Jail System that encourages short-term and life-long learning, and reduces recidivism by increasing the educational, civic, social, economic, and life skills and engagement of participants.

Goals

The main goals of EBI are to increase the number of inmates achieving high school equivalency certificates or making progress toward the completion of a G.E.D, to increase access to traditional and nontraditional educational opportunities for all inmates, and to reduce the recidivism of program participants.

Education-Based Incarceration Unit
Offender Services Bureau
Correctional Services Division
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Twin Towers Correctional Facility
450 Bauchet Street, Room E888
Los Angeles, California 90012
(213) 893-5878
ebi@lasd.org Primary contact with the EBD should be done via the e-mail address

Lieutenant Brian Fitch - (213) 893-5878
LET Arthur Jones, J.D., Dr.jur. - (213) 893-5132
ebi@lasd.org