The 701 Jail is located at 701 North San Jacinto Street just north of downtown Houston, Texas. Originally built as a five-story structure in the 1920’s to be a cold storage warehouse, the facility was gutted, two more floors were added and the new 701 Jail was opened in 1991.

• The 701 Jail contains 4,144 inmate beds located on seven housing floors. 
   
• Construction of the 701 Jail saved Harris County taxpayers approximately $21,000,000 dollars by using the existing cold storage warehouse. 
   
• The 701 Jail is designed as a “Direct Observation” facility where staff members continuously monitor the inmates twenty-four hours a day, seven days per week. 
   
• This type of construction provides for a safer environment for both inmates and staff and is less labor intensive, saving taxpayers in operating costs.
   

• The 701 Jail’s administrative and managerial staff consists of: 

  One Major
  One Captain
  Five Lieutenants
  Thirty-Nine Sergeants
   
• The 701 Jail is staffed with approximately 600 sheriff's deputies and detention officers.

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