Welcome to the Todd Road Jail Facility website. Opened in 1995, the Todd Road Jail is the Sheriff’s newest adult jail facility. Located on 157 acres in an agricultural valley between Ventura and Santa Paula the facility is designed to house 784 inmates. Known as “TRJ,” its richest assets are the professional men and women who operate the facility.
TRJ’s 150 dedicated staff ensure the safety and security of the facility while delivering a wide variety of services to staff, visitors and inmates. The operational philosophy of TRJ is “interactive inmate management.” Simply stated, this means that staff brings services to the inmates instead of moving inmates to services, therefore providing a safer more efficient operation.. Due to the closure of the Honor Farm, TRJ is in an overflow status, with 8 beds added to each section dayroom in two housing units for a total of 880 beds. The average daily population is 820 inmates.
Staffing has been reduced temporarily to manage an under funded budget. To facilitate lower staffing levels, a “rolling lockdown” was initiated that designates one housing unit each night for lockdown between 1800-0600. Deputies from Grounds and Facilities, Classification and Movement duties have been reassigned to housing duties.
The Food Service Section has a modern 10,000 square foot kitchen that includes a bakery. The kitchen prepares over 2500 meals daily. The laundry provides services for the Pre-trial Detention Facility, Todd Rd. Jail and Work Furlough. The warehouse handles deliveries and stores food and supplies for both the Pre-Trial and Todd Rd. facilities. The Commissary section handles all transactions associated with the delivery of sundries and hygiene items to inmates at both facilities.
The Vocational/Industry Complex was designed specifically to provide skills development and vocational training. It is a philosophy and goal of the Sheriff to assist inmates with basic job skills to reduce recidivism and help inmates in becoming responsible, contributing members of the community. TRJ also operates a 100-acre “Sunkist” lemon orchard with 15% of the revenue directed to Inmate Services.
Ten years after opening the Todd Road Jail it is time to implement the expansion plans included in the original design. A new housing cluster is being designed to add three (3) additional housing units and a modern medical housing unit. A new services building will allow for the expansion of the laundry and warehouse functions. Thank you for visiting our website and for your interest in our detention facility.
- Cmdr. Brent Morris
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