Numerous county jails around California have reportedly felt a need to expand or hire additional guards and correctional officers as a result of the state realignment program that has transferred many non-violent criminals to the local lockups.

While the Las Colinas Detention Center - a women's jail in San Diego - is expanding its space and the San Diego Sheriff's Department plans to hire thousands of people to fill jobs, not many of the new hires will go to the local jail, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.

Sheriff Lt. Robert Haley said of the additional positions in the department, "very few, actually" are for the women's facility. Of the expected 2,000 additional jobs, about 165 will be positions at Los Colinas, the article stated.

Many of the positions are to fill staffing needs caused by attrition, the U-T reported. With about 2,400 sworn officers, the department loses about 140 each year due to retirement or people leaving for other reasons.

The Los Colinas Detention Center is the primary facility for women offenders in San Diego. It includes 11 different housing units, seven of which are "dormitory" style, and has 750 beds. According to inmate information on the sheriff's department's website, the women's jail currently has around 800 women in custody.

Expansion plans for the detention center were announced in 2010. According to an ABC 10 News report, the jail would expand to cover about 45 acres of land instead of the 16 acres it currently occupies.

San Diego Sheriff Bill Gore said the expansion project is expected to be completed by 2014, the U-T reported.

San Diego County currently houses 942 inmates that were realigned to the county jail system as part of the state program, according to the sheriff's website.