

The employees of the Orange County Correctional Facility believe in the practice of team qualities that produce an atmosphere of cooperation and respect between officers and inmates. The facility holds paramount the protection of the staff, the inmates and the community it serves.

The mission of the Orange County Correctional Facility is to provide a safe working and living environment. The Corrections Staff is responsible for not only housing the inmates, but to provide those services required by State, Local and Federal guidelines including but not limited to inmate recreation, inmate work program, visitation, court activities, mail services, meals, and medical care. As stated above, the average daily population for the facility is in excess of 200 inmates. The purpose of the facility is to house pre-trial detainees and those persons convicted of crimes sentenced to county jail or awaiting transfer into the Texas Prison System. The facility staff is currently made up of one captain, one lieutenant, six sergeants, four corporals, and around 47 staff members. The facility currently has a capacity for approximately 350 inmates, however the average daily population is just over 200.

The Orange County Correctional Facility is the Division of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office responsible for housing prisoners for all law enforcement agencies in Orange County.
