Ector County Correctional Center

Ector County Correctional Center is a privately-managed prison located in Odessa, Texas.[1] It is housed on the second and third floors of the 1955 Ector County Courthouse at 301 N. Texas Street in Odessa.

Ector County Correctional Center
Location301 N Texas Street
Odessa, Texas
Security classMinimum / medium security
Capacity235
Managed byThe GEO Group

The center was previously operated by Community Education Centers, one of seven CEC-managed facilities in Texas, under contract with three federal agencies: the United States Marshals Service, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Following an acquisition, the center is now ran by The GEO Warden Bryan LambertGroup.[2] Its capacity is 235 adult males and females.

In mid-2013, eight of the jailers employed there received federal prison sentences for providing contraband items to inmates in exchange for bribes.[3]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-07-28. Retrieved 2014-01-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "FacilityDetail". www.geogroup.com. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  3. http://www.oaoa.com/news/crime_justice/courts/article_852bd4b4-d543-11e2-94ac-0019bb30f31a.html

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