United States · Texas · Perryton
Ochiltree County Jail
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Ochiltree County Jail is a county jail located in Ochiltree County, Texas. Rated capacity: 32. Reported population: 15. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Capacity
32
Current population
15
Occupancy
47%
Year opened
—
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
—
Region
Texas
Security level
—
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
The Texas Civil Rights Project settled a lawsuit stemming from the suicide of inmate Amber May, who was left unmonitored with access to phone cords despite disclosing mental illness at booking.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 5/15
- Death signals
- 5/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Substantial documented known-issues record
- · In-custody-death signal in sources
This facility scores 10. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 8 points above national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersHigher risk than 0% of peer facilities in United States.
Reports
- marshall-project28 Apr 2017
Perryton, Texas: The Texas Civil Rights Project issued a press release on Monday announcing the settlement of a lawsuit stemming from the suicide of Amber May, an inmate at the Ochiltree County Jail in Perryton. “When Ms. May was arrested in 2014, she had disclosed her depression and other mental illnesses at the time of booking but was left unmonitored with access to phone cords — which she
Data completeness
62%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). Ochiltree County Jail. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/ochiltree-county-jail
"Ochiltree County Jail." World Prisons. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/ochiltree-county-jail.
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