Jail History
JAIL INFORMATION
Orange County Central Jail is Orange County's main jail facility. It has been housing inmates since January 1988. Located near the I-5 and 55 freeways in Santa Ana, it is used primarily to house pre-sentenced county inmates.
CAPACITY
The jail processes approximately 66,000 arrestees yearly, making it one of the largest county jails in California.
INMATE SERVICES
Orange County Central Jail has over 600 employees on staff in various fields including maintenance crews, medical professionals, culinary staff, and a variety of support positions.
There are health professionals are on duty 24/7 and the jail provides a full range of services including daily physician sick calls, psychiatric care, medical treatments including dialysis, radiology services, dental care and medication administration,.The IRC contains five maximum security housing modules holding male and female inmates. Inmates receive three meals a day, public and official visits, commissary, religious services, outdoor recreation, and dayroom activities.The facility even offers G.E.D. certificate programs. The IRC serves as a main point for transportation of CJX inmates to court and in-custody transfers to other law enforcement and correctional agencies to include state prison.