The address of Ector County Jail is 2500 South Highway 385 in Odessa, Texas 79766; and the phone number is (432) 335-3060. Ector County Jail has an inmate capacity of 1,079. Jail operation is the duty of the Ector County Sheriff. Minimum jail standards in the Lone Star State are established by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS), and the organization also provides enforcement of minimum jail standards.

Ector County Jail Visitation

The Ector County Sheriff has posted information about visitation at the jail, including frequently asked questions (FAQs), on the Internet. The following is some of that information:

Visitation at Ector County Jail is on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and jail visits are conducted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Visitors are required to fill out a visitation permit and turn it in at the jail’s receptionist’s desk. Your name will be called when your turn comes up.

It can save time if you have already completed the filling out of a visitation permit before you arrive. Simply print out the permit in English or Spanish beforehand.

Visitation permits are not accepted during the last 15 minutes of a visitation period. Those periods are the following times on Tuesdays and Thursdays:

• 8:30 am to 10:15 am;
• 2:00 pm to 3:45 pm; and
• 5:00 pm to 6:45 pm

Registration for inmate visitation begins at 8:30 am during morning sessions, 2:00 am during afternoon sessions, and at 5:00 pm for evening visitation sessions. Inmates are each allowed two visits per week, and new weeks begin on Tuesdays.

There is in no way an intent to imply that a government institution or person has been involved in misconduct.

–Guest Contributor