Wilbarger County Jail Overview
The Wilbarger County Sheriff's Office operates the Wilbarger County Jail at 5215 College Drive in Vernon. The official county page lists Sheriff Brian Fritze, the sheriff's office mailing address at PO Box 1556, Vernon, TX 76385, the sheriff phone at (940) 552-6205, and the jail phone at (940) 553-1351. The sheriff page also links the jail roster, the City Tele Coin commissary and phone website, and the county bonding rules and application PDF.
This is a county jail, not a state or federal institution. It holds local adult detainees, including pretrial defendants, convicted misdemeanants, bench-warrant holds, parole violators, state-jail or TDCJ-transfer categories when reported, and other agency holds when applicable. Vernon Police FAQ confirms that arrested adults in Vernon are taken to Wilbarger County Jail on Hwy. 70 in Vernon, while juveniles age 16 and under follow a different juvenile detention or interrogation route.
Wilbarger County Jail Capacity and Population
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards county jail population workbook reports Wilbarger County Jail as a 49-bed facility. For the June 1, 2026 reporting date, TCJS reported 36 total people in the jail, or 73.47% of rated capacity. The TCJS incarceration-rate workbook for the same reporting date listed Wilbarger County population at 12,455, average daily population at 33, and incarceration rate at 2.65.
Because Wilbarger is a small jail, normal changes of a few bookings, releases, transfers, or holds can move the percentage of capacity quickly. TCJS rows in the research showed the facility below capacity in June 2026, near 94% capacity in June 2025, and above or near capacity in some older monthly reporting.
How to Look Up an Inmate at Wilbarger County Jail
The official lookup channel is the Wilbarger County Jail Roster PDF linked from the sheriff page. The research inspected the county's June 30, 2026 roster PDF, and the roster examples were dated files generated by CrimeStar Law Enforcement Records Management System rather than an interactive name-search portal. That means lookup depends on opening the latest roster file, checking its date, and using the PDF viewer's find function.
- Open the sheriff page and select the Wilbarger County Jail Roster link under Helpful Links & Forms.
- Confirm that the PDF is the newest roster linked by the county, not an older file from a search result.
- Use browser or PDF find to search a last name, first name, alternate spelling, or visible roster text.
- If the person is not listed, call Wilbarger County Jail at (940) 553-1351 to ask about current custody, release, transfer, or a hold.
If the person was sentenced to state custody, use the Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate search. If the person is in federal sentenced custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator. If the person is in immigration custody, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System. For Texas notification tools, the Attorney General points users to Texas IVSS-Counties for county custody and TDCJ IVSS for state custody or parole.
Wilbarger County Jail Address and Contact
Use the jail number for current custody, roster, bond, visitation, and facility-rule questions. Use the sheriff's office number for broader sheriff records, service, or administration questions.
Wilbarger County Jail
5215 College Drive
Vernon, TX 76384
(940) 553-1351
Call before visiting, mailing items, or posting bond.
Wilbarger County Sheriff's Office
PO Box 1556
Vernon, TX 76385
(940) 552-6205
Fax: (940) 553-2318
Visiting Someone at Wilbarger County Jail
The official sources reviewed did not publish a Wilbarger-specific visitation schedule, visitor approval form, dress code, child visitor rule, attorney visit rule, or remote-video visitation page. Do not rely on older third-party jail guides for visit times. Call the jail at (940) 553-1351 before traveling and ask whether the person is eligible for visits, what identification is required, and whether the schedule changed because of court, staffing, lockdown, discipline, holidays, or housing restrictions.
| Topic | Official Finding | Practical Step |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visits | No public schedule located | Call the jail before traveling |
| Remote or video visits | No Wilbarger-specific video page located | Do not assume video visits are available |
| Photo ID and dress code | Rules not posted in accessible county sources | Ask jail staff for current entry requirements |
| Attorney visits | Local public rule not located | Attorneys should contact the jail or court directly |
Mail, Phone, and Money at Wilbarger County Jail
The sheriff page links City Tele Coin as the Inmate Commissary/Phone Website. That is the sourced vendor for phone and commissary account actions. The research did not locate a Wilbarger-specific fee table, kiosk rule, retailer deposit list, mail-address format, mail scanning rule, book-vendor rule, tablet program, or commissary limit in official county text.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail Address | No official inmate-mail format located; call the jail before sending mail or property. |
| Phone / Commissary | City Tele Coin, linked directly from the sheriff page. |
| Money Deposit | Use the sheriff-linked City Tele Coin path, but confirm fees and accepted methods before payment. |
| Bond Payments | Review the sheriff-linked Bonding Rules & Applications PDF and confirm current bond with the jail. |
Bonding and Release at Wilbarger County Jail
The sheriff page says the sheriff accepts bail for prisoners in custody and links the county Bonding Rules & Applications PDF. Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 17 governs bail and bond after arrest. A person may have a cash bond, surety bond, personal bond, property bond, or no-bond hold, but the actual release path depends on the court order, charge, payment method, and whether another agency has a detainer or hold.
Before sending a bondsman, traveling to the jail, or assuming a posted amount will release the person, call (940) 553-1351. Ask whether the inmate is still in custody, whether the bond amount changed, whether any hold blocks release, what payment method is accepted, and whether the county's bonding application rules affect the transaction.
Booking and Intake at Wilbarger County Jail
Wilbarger-specific intake forms and timing were not posted in the official sources reviewed, but the local custody path is clear. Adults arrested by sheriff deputies, Vernon Police, or another local agency can be transported to the Wilbarger County Jail, where jail staff handle identification, booking, custody entry, classification, housing, bond processing, court movement, release, or transfer. The public roster is a dated PDF, so very recent bookings or quick releases may not appear when a user checks it.
Texas jail standards and Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 66 provide the broader record framework for identification, arrest data, prosecution data, disposition, and sentencing information. Those state rules do not create a local online search form, but they help explain why jail custody records, court charges, and state criminal-history records are separate pieces of the same arrest-to-case path.
Directions and Local Vernon Custody Notes
Use 5215 College Drive, Vernon, TX 76384 for mapping to the Wilbarger County Jail. The City of Vernon FAQ describes arrested adults as being taken to the Wilbarger County Jail on Hwy. 70 in Vernon, which is useful for people who know the jail by highway location rather than street address. From the courthouse area at 1700 Wilbarger Street, use current navigation to College Drive and confirm the public entrance before arrival.
No official jail-specific parking map, public transit route, visitor entrance diagram, locker rule, or accessible-entry instruction was located in the county sources. Call the jail before traveling for visitation, bond posting, fingerprinting, property, or records pickup.
County Jail, TDCJ, BOP, and ICE Distinctions
Wilbarger County Jail is the first place to check for local adult custody. It does not track every person after sentencing, federal transfer, or immigration custody movement. No TDCJ prison unit, BOP prison, ICE detention center, or separate regional adult detention facility was located in Wilbarger County in the research.
| Custody Type | Where to Look | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| County jail | Wilbarger roster PDF and jail phone | Local adult arrests, pretrial custody, short sentences, holds, transfers awaiting movement |
| State prison | TDCJ inmate search and TDCJ IVSS | People currently incarcerated in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice facility |
| Federal custody | BOP inmate locator or federal court/USMS channels | Federal inmates from 1982 to present and some federal custody questions |
| Immigration custody | ICE Online Detainee Locator System | People currently in ICE custody, searched by A-number/country or name/DOB/country |
About Wilbarger County Jail
The sheriff page includes local history stating that the Wilbarger County Sheriff's Department has been active since 1881 and identifies the sheriff's role as including jail operation, court security, criminal investigations, traffic enforcement, service of process, bail acceptance, seized or unclaimed property sales, and responsibility for county prisoners. Current facility copy should stay centered on the jail's official address, phone, roster, bonding, and custody function because no public building-year, housing-unit map, parking policy, accreditation page, or local program directory was located.
Note: Confirm custody, visit eligibility, bond, and mail rules with Wilbarger County Jail before traveling or sending funds.