Wilbarger County Inmate Population Overview
The Wilbarger County inmate population is centered on one adult local facility, the Wilbarger County Jail in Vernon. The jail is operated by the Wilbarger County Sheriff's Office, which publishes the public roster link, jail phone number, commissary and phone vendor link, and bonding rules. The county roster covers local adult jail custody, including people held before trial, short local sentences, bench warrants, parole holds, and other local custody categories reported to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards.
That county count is different from the Texas prison population. A person sentenced to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is searched through the statewide TDCJ locator, not the Wilbarger County jail roster. Federal sentenced prisoners are searched through BOP, and current immigration detainees are searched through ICE. This split matters because a missing name on the Wilbarger County roster may mean release, transfer, state sentence, federal custody, juvenile routing, or a record that has not reached the public PDF yet.
Wilbarger County Inmate Population Statistics
The most useful Wilbarger County inmate population figures come from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards population reports. For the June 1, 2026 reporting date, TCJS listed the Wilbarger County Jail with a rated capacity of 49 beds and a total jail population of 36. The related incarceration-rate workbook listed an average daily population of 33, a countywide population base of 12,455, and an incarceration rate of 2.65.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Date |
|---|---|---|
| Rated jail capacity | 49 beds | TCJS County Jail Population workbook, June 1, 2026 |
| Total jail population | 36 | TCJS County Jail Population workbook, June 1, 2026 |
| Percent of capacity | 73.47% | TCJS County Jail Population workbook, June 1, 2026 |
| Average daily population | 33 | TCJS Incarceration Rate workbook, June 1, 2026 |
| Countywide population base | 12,455 | TCJS Incarceration Rate workbook, June 1, 2026 |
The TCJS population page is the source shown in the county research for the jail count and capacity reports.
TCJS publishes current county jail population reports that include Wilbarger County rows for capacity, population, incarceration rate, and immigration-detainer reporting.
Those state reports are better for population counts than a dated roster PDF because they show county jail capacity and reporting categories across Texas.
Wilbarger County Jail Population Trends
Wilbarger County has a small jail, so a change of a few people can shift the capacity percentage by a large margin. TCJS rows in the research show the jail well below capacity in January 2026, near three quarters full in June 2026, and near capacity in June 2025. Older rows also show that Wilbarger County can move from a low count to a tight count without a large absolute increase.
| Reporting Date | Capacity | Total Jail Population | Capacity Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-01 | 49 | 28 | 57.14% of capacity |
| 2024-06-01 | 49 | 40 | 81.63% of capacity |
| 2024-12-01 | 49 | 43 | 87.76% of capacity |
| 2025-06-01 | 49 | 46 | 93.88% of capacity |
| 2026-01-01 | 49 | 21 | 42.86% of capacity |
| 2026-06-01 | 49 | 36 | 73.47% of capacity |
These figures support careful wording. The research does not show a current official Wilbarger County jail construction project, consent decree, or recent litigation tied to overcrowding. The sourced finding is narrower: the jail is capacity-sensitive, and monthly population swings can matter because the facility is rated for 49 beds.
Who Is in Wilbarger County Jail
The June 2026 TCJS row breaks the Wilbarger County inmate population into custody categories rather than a full demographic profile. The research found nonzero local categories for pretrial Class A and B misdemeanants, pretrial felons, bench warrants, parole violators, parole violators with new charges, convicted felons sentenced to county jail time, and other local categories. TCJS also showed zero federal male and female inmates in the June 2026 federal columns, while past months may differ.
- Pretrial felony custody: the research lists 14 local male pretrial felons in the June 1, 2026 TCJS row.
- Misdemeanor pretrial custody: the same row lists two local male and one local female pretrial Class A or B misdemeanants.
- Parole-related holds: Wilbarger County reported parole-violator categories, including holds with new charges.
- County-sentence custody: the row includes convicted felons sentenced to county jail time.
- Demographics gap: official race and age breakdowns for the Wilbarger jail population were not located.
Laws for Wilbarger County Jail Records
Texas law explains why jail information, population reporting, custody records, and court records are split among different offices. The county sheriff operates the jail and publishes the roster link, while TCJS oversees county jail standards and population reporting. Courts and prosecutors maintain case files after a Wilbarger County arrest. Public access still depends on exceptions for juveniles, active investigations, expunctions, sealed records, and records that are held by another agency.
Key Statutes:
Texas Government Code Chapter 552 makes public information held by Texas government bodies available unless a law allows or requires withholding.
Texas Government Code Chapter 511 creates and governs the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, the state jail oversight body.
Texas minimum jail standards cover county jail records, classification, health services, supervision, grievances, programs, and compliance.
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 49.18 requires official reporting when a person dies while confined in a penal institution.
Search the Wilbarger County Inmate Population
The Wilbarger County jail roster is a dated PDF linked from the sheriff's page, not a name-search web database. Research identified June 2026 roster PDFs generated by CrimeStar Law Enforcement Records Management System. The practical search path is to open the sheriff page, choose the latest Wilbarger County Jail Roster link, and use the PDF viewer's find tool for a last name or other visible text.
- Open the Wilbarger County Sheriff's Office page.
- Select the Wilbarger County Jail Roster link in the helpful links area.
- Check the PDF date so an older search result is not mistaken for the current roster.
- Use the browser or PDF find command to search by last name, first name, or visible text.
- Call Wilbarger County Jail at (940) 553-1351 when the roster does not show a recent arrest or release.
The sheriff page is the official starting point for Wilbarger County jail roster access and also lists the jail phone, City Tele Coin link, and bonding rules.
The screenshot confirms the roster path is part of the county sheriff page rather than a separate third-party inmate database.
Wilbarger County Roster Lookup Fields
Because the official Wilbarger County inmate population roster is a PDF, it does not have normal web form fields, reset buttons, paging, or advanced search filters. The search behavior comes from the PDF viewer. A user should still treat the current sheriff-linked roster as the official public custody list, then call the jail if the person is missing or the arrest is too recent to trust the PDF.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| PDF/browser Find text | Viewer text search | Optional | Search a last name, first name, or other visible roster text. |
| Roster date | PDF filename/date | Required by context | Confirm the file is the latest roster linked from the sheriff page. |
| Name | PDF roster text | Unspecified | The research did not verify exact public column formatting. |
| Booking or charge fields | PDF roster text | Unspecified | Open the PDF directly rather than relying on search snippets. |
| Login | None | N/A | The roster PDF is publicly linked and free. |
When Wilbarger County Records Do Not Match
A missing roster entry does not prove the person was not arrested. The Wilbarger County jail roster may lag a new booking, drop a released person, or miss a name because of spelling. Vernon Police also confirms that adults arrested by Vernon police are taken to Wilbarger County Jail, while juveniles age 16 and under follow a separate juvenile route and should not be expected on the adult roster.
The next step depends on custody type. Call the jail for current county custody, ask the sheriff's office about a written public-information request for jail or booking records, use the District Clerk or prosecutor path for court charges, search TDCJ for sentenced state custody, and use BOP or ICE only for federal or immigration detention. Texas IVSS-Counties is the county-custody notification path identified by the Texas Attorney General.
Wilbarger County Jail vs State Prison
The Wilbarger County inmate population count is local jail data. It does not keep tracking a person after transfer to the state prison system. Once a Wilbarger County defendant is sentenced to TDCJ custody, the search should move to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate search, which covers currently incarcerated TDCJ inmates.
| Custody Type | Where to Look | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| County jail | Wilbarger sheriff roster PDF | Local adult pretrial custody, short sentences, warrants, and local holds. |
| State prison | TDCJ inmate search | Sentenced Texas prison or state-jail custody after transfer. |
| County notification | Texas IVSS-Counties | County-custody victim notification and offender search functions. |
| Federal sentence | BOP inmate locator | Federal inmates incarcerated from 1982 to present. |
| Immigration custody | ICE Online Detainee Locator | Current ICE detainees searched by A-number or name details. |
Wilbarger County Booking Records
Booking records and court records are related but not the same. A booking entry is created when the person is brought to the jail. Court records begin when a prosecutor files charges and the clerk receives case documents. The District Clerk handles felony criminal court records, while county-level, justice, municipal, citation, and prosecutor routing depends on the charge type. For the charge path after booking, use the Wilbarger County court records after jail arrest page.
Mugshot access is also more limited than many searchers expect. The research did not confirm that the Wilbarger County roster PDF displays booking photos, and no official recent-bookings photo gallery was found. Booking photo requests should go through the sheriff's office under the Texas Public Information Act when the photo is not posted online. For photo-specific rules and cautions, use the Wilbarger County jail mugshots page.
Wilbarger County Detention Facility
The Facility Map resolved one adult detention facility for Wilbarger County. No TDCJ prison unit, BOP facility, ICE detention center, or separate adult city jail was located in the county research. Vernon adult arrests route to the Wilbarger County Jail, and statewide or federal systems are lookup fallbacks rather than local facility pages.
- Wilbarger County Jail - sheriff-operated county jail in Vernon for local adult detainees, pretrial defendants, short local sentences, warrants, parole holds, and other county-jail categories reported to TCJS.
Wilbarger County Jail Contact Options
Wilbarger County publishes useful jail contact and vendor links, but it does not publish every operational rule in the sources reviewed. The sheriff page lists the Wilbarger County Jail phone number as (940) 553-1351 and links City Tele Coin for inmate commissary and phone service. It also links a Bonding Rules and Applications PDF. Visitation schedules, mail formatting, deposit fees, remote video options, and dress code were not located in official accessible pages.
Wilbarger County Jail
5215 College Drive
Vernon, TX 76384
(940) 553-1351
Call before visiting, sending money, posting bond, or trying to pick up records.
Wilbarger County Sheriff's Office
PO Box 1556
Vernon, TX 76385
(940) 552-6205
Fax: (940) 553-2318
Wilbarger County Custody Terms
Jail and court terms can sound similar. The terms below help separate a Wilbarger County jail roster entry from a court case, state prison record, or outside hold.
- Booking
- The jail intake event that creates the custody record after arrest.
- Detainer
- A notice or hold from another agency, such as parole, ICE, another county, or a federal authority.
- PR bond
- A personal bond based on promise and conditions rather than paying the full cash amount.
- Disposition
- The final reported outcome of a court charge or case.
- TDCJ
- The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, which handles sentenced state custody.
Wilbarger County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Wilbarger County inmate population?
TCJS reported 36 people in the Wilbarger County Jail on June 1, 2026, against a rated capacity of 49 beds. The related incarceration-rate workbook listed an average daily population of 33. Because the jail is small, monthly changes can shift the capacity percentage quickly.
How do I search Wilbarger County inmates?
Start with the sheriff page and open the current Wilbarger County Jail Roster PDF. Use the PDF find command, then call the jail at (940) 553-1351 if the person is not listed or the arrest is recent. Sentenced state prisoners are searched through TDCJ instead.
Does Wilbarger County have a sheriff app?
No official Wilbarger County Sheriff or Vernon Police mobile app was found in the research. Do not rely on an app-only roster or warrant search for this county unless the agency later publishes one.
Are juveniles listed on the adult roster?
Vernon Police says adults arrested by the city go to Wilbarger County Jail, but juveniles age 16 and under go to designated juvenile locations. Juvenile custody is not the same as the adult jail roster path.