Orange County Jail is in Orange, Texas 77630 at 105 Border Street. The jail can be contacted at the phone number (409) 883-0942. The inmate capacity at Orange County Jail is 350. The Orange County Sheriff’s duties include running the jail. Orange County Jail and all city and county jails in the state are required to operate in keeping with minimum jail standards determined by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS). Special jail inspections plus other additional oversights are applied to non-compliant jails to bring them up to code.

Restraints

TCJS-approved restraints can be used in Orange County Jail to control the behavior of inmates who pose a threat to themselves and others. Various types of restraint devices have become controversial in recent history. As an example, in various jurisdictions throughout the U.S., preventable custodial deaths have occurred when inmates are strapped in restraint chairs. This has understandably provoked alarm among many people who recognize that being incarcerated should not be a death sentence.

The following are Texas jail standards regarding the use of restraints, and they demonstrate that inmates’ rights to humane treatment must be protected:

• A qualified individual must assess the medical condition of an inmate before placing him or her in a restraint device.
• After every two hours that an inmate has been, of necessity, restrained, medical care must be provided. The services rendered must include offering access to toilet facilities, offering food and drink, checking vital signs, and allowing the inmate to exercise his or her limbs.

This website purposes to provide helpful information with every post. There is never an intention to infer that impropriety has occurred on the part of a person or institution.

–Guest Contributor