Jail Information

The Herbert Hughes Correctional Center (HHCC) was built in the early 1960’s and was named after Sheriff Herbert Hughes who served from 1955-1966. HHCC consists of six dormitory style housing areas referred to as dorms with a total bed space of 314 beds. HHCC houses a full working kitchen where prescreened incarcerated workers receive valuable vocational training and work experience preparing three meals a day and run a hot food services line that provides meals to all three jail facilities. HHCC boast a large multipurpose room which is centrally located within the housing units and is used as educational programming space which has allowed a multitude of incarcerated persons to receive their GED or High School Diploma. Having programming space line the multipurpose room is imperative to restorative justice of offender reentry and recidivism reduction programs. The majority of the incarcerated persons housed at HHCC are actively working and participating in incarcerated person programs provided to them both in and out of the housing areas. Each dorm was issued tablets that are utilized to submit incarcerated person request, medical request, grievances and to get in contact with their family members. The sentenced incarcerated persons housed at HHCC that are working and actively programming can earn in-person visitation located on the front lawn outside of the facility to re-establish bonds and connections with children and family members through family reunification service programs.

The Oren R. Fox Medium Security Detention Facility (OFDF) process began in 2011 when the County applied for a grant to build a new jail facility. The State of California allotted 33 million dollars for the construction of the new facility that began in August 2016. OFDF features six two-tiered housing areas referred to as units, each unit can house 45 incarcerated persons in addition to having a state-of-the-art Medical Center that can house an additional four incarcerated persons creating a total of 274 beds. In September 2018, the Imperial County Sheriff's Office began housing incarcerated persons within OFDF. OFDF was named after Sheriff Oren R. Fox who served as Sheriff of Imperial County from July 1973 to December 1974, and January 1979 to January 1999. During the construction of the facility ensuring that the design featured ample programming space was vital. Prior to the opening of OFDF, the multipurpose room at HHCC and the Second Chance Classroom at RADF were the only spaces available to provide educational programs to the incarcerated population. All of the new rooms were named in honor of past and present employees of the Sheriff's Office and volunteers from different community organizations. Kitchen Supervisor Luis Avalos Teaching Kitchen; Correctional Sergeant Ted Christianson Briefing and Training Room; Gaylla Finnell Programming Classroom; Sheriff Raymond Loera Conference Room; Undersheriff Federico Miramontes Staff Break Room; Correctional Officer Hector Ramirez Briefing and Training Room; and Lance Reeves Programming Classroom. Having this new facility has created many opportunities to provide additional staff trainings as well as increase access to incarcerated person programs.

The Regional Adult Detention Facility (RADF) was built in the late 1970’s and housed incarcerated persons in August 1981. RADF is a linear style facility with twelve two-tier housing areas referred to as modules, each module is made up of cells in which up to two incarcerated persons can be housed per cell with a total bed space of 288 beds. RADF house the jails main medical center, which includes one male and one female medical housing unit each with five beds available. Each medical unit contains a respiratory isolation room and allows incarcerated persons with medical needs safe and direct supervision. All incarcerated persons are first housed at RADF while awaiting medical screening and classification interview. Upon completion, an incarcerated person can remain housed at RADF or be transferred to OFDF or HHCC. In 2017, through grant funding, RADF received its first educational and vocational programming space, the Second Chance Classroom. All the Second Chance Classroom construction was completed by incarcerated person housed in HHCC at the time and were participating in a IVROP instructed vocational training program.

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It is the policy of the Imperial County Sheriff’s Office (ICSO) to comply with the provisions set forth in the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). ICSO has established a “Zero Tolerance” policy for sexual misconduct for incidents involving incarcerated person-on-incarcerated person sexual violence and staff misconduct or harassment towards incarcerated persons, regardless if it is consensual or not.