Sybil Brand (née Morris; May 8, c. 1899 – February 17, 2004)[3][a] was an American philanthropist and activist, best known locally for her work in improving jail conditions for women in Los Angeles.

[1][a][10][full citation needed] Her father, a stockbroker, relocated the family to Los Angeles when Sybil was two years old.

[11] At age twelve, she began what would become a lifelong pursuit of charity and volunteering when she organized a diaper hemming program with the other girls in her class.

At the time, some 1800 women were being held in facilities designed to hold 1300, on the thirteenth floor of the Los Angeles Hall of Justice.

On January 29, 1963, Los Angeles County opened the Sybil Brand Institute, which was forced to close after the 1994 Northridge earthquake.