The Presidio County Inmate Population
The Presidio County inmate population is centered on Presidio County Jail, the county jail operated by the Presidio County Sheriff's Office in Marfa. The jail is the local intake point for sheriff arrests and for people arrested by Marfa Police or Presidio Police when a jail bed is needed. Research did not locate a separate city jail, work-release center, TDCJ prison, BOP prison, or ICE detention center physically inside Presidio County, so the county facility is the only local detention facility page in this build.
Population counts still need care. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards counts local, contract, and certain housed categories on the first day of the month. That is not the same as annual bookings or a live head count. A person can be booked in the county jail on a local charge, held on a warrant, held while paperwork is prepared for TDCJ transfer, or housed locally under a federal category reported to TCJS. That makes Presidio County jail population data more useful when it is paired with the correct custody lookup path.
The TCJS population reports page is the official source for the capacity and population figures used here. The sheriff's site supplies jail, visitation, arrest-gallery, and contact details. The county site supplies court and clerk contacts that matter after an arrest becomes a filed court case.
Presidio County Inmate Population Statistics
On June 1, 2026, the TCJS County Jail Population Report listed Presidio County Jail at 42 total inmates against a rated capacity of 112 beds. That equals 37.5% of rated capacity. The same research set also captured the TCJS incarceration-rate report row, which listed an ADP figure of 4, a countywide population base of 5,686, and an incarceration rate of 0.70 for Presidio County. Annual bookings and average length of stay were not located in official sources.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Date |
|---|---|---|
| Total jail population | 42 | TCJS County Jail Population Report, Presidio row, June 1, 2026 |
| Rated capacity | 112 beds | TCJS County Jail Population Report, June 1, 2026 |
| Percent of capacity | 37.5% | TCJS County Jail Population Report, June 1, 2026 |
| ADP for incarceration-rate report | 4 | TCJS Incarceration Rate Report, June 2026 |
| Annual bookings | Not located | Official county and sheriff sources did not publish an annual booking total |
The TCJS current population reports page shows the source category used for these figures.
The TCJS screenshot matters because it is the official state gateway for county jail capacity, population, immigration-detainer, and paper-ready reports.
Presidio County Inmate Population Trends
Presidio County's jail count has been volatile rather than steadily high. Extracted TCJS rows showed many 2024 months in the high 20s or low 30s, then a jump to 79 on October 1, 2024 and 73 on December 1, 2024. By March 1, 2026, the reported count was 30. April 1, 2026 rose to 66, and May and June 2026 each showed 42. The research did not locate an official explanation for those spikes, so the numbers should be read as reported counts, not as proof of a particular enforcement event.
| Date | Total Jail Population | Capacity | Percent of Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 1, 2024 | 28 | 112 | 25.0% |
| Sep. 1, 2024 | 46 | 112 | 41.1% |
| Oct. 1, 2024 | 79 | 112 | 70.5% |
| Dec. 1, 2024 | 73 | 112 | 65.2% |
| Mar. 1, 2026 | 30 | 112 | 26.8% |
| Apr. 1, 2026 | 66 | 112 | 58.9% |
| Jun. 1, 2026 | 42 | 112 | 37.5% |
Small counties can swing fast. A few warrant arrests, federal holds, releases, or transfers can move the Presidio County inmate population by a large percentage even when the raw count remains below capacity.
Who Is Counted in the Presidio County Jail Population
The top-line TCJS count includes people reported by the jail in local and contract categories. The June 2026 extracted row included local male and female pretrial felony categories, another local category, and federal inmate columns. Because the TCJS spreadsheet contains many jail-reporting columns, detailed category values should be described as report categories instead of being overread as a full demographic profile. The safe local point is that Presidio County Jail can hold more than one kind of detainee.
- Local pretrial detainees: people arrested in Presidio County who have not had their case resolved.
- County jail sentences: people serving local jail time rather than a TDCJ prison term.
- Warrant and bench-warrant holds: people booked after court or out-of-county warrant service.
- Paper-ready or transfer holds: people waiting on state-prison transfer steps after conviction and sentencing.
- Federal categories: people reported in federal inmate columns when housed locally.
That mixed population is why a search should not stop at one source. The sheriff phone line handles current local custody. TDCJ handles state custody after sentencing. BOP and ICE handle different federal systems.
Presidio County Jail Capacity
Presidio County Jail was under its rated capacity on every extracted TCJS row in the research file. The highest extracted count was 79 against 112 beds, or 70.5% of capacity, on October 1, 2024. The June 1, 2026 count was 42, or 37.5% of capacity. No official TCJS noncompliance finding, capacity litigation, consent decree, jail-closure notice, or new-annex plan was located in the official sources checked for this build.
Capacity still matters to families. A person may be physically held at Presidio County Jail while a court, state prison, federal agency, or immigration system controls the next step. The reported jail count can include those holds, but the county arrest gallery does not show a person's live housing or release status.
Laws Governing Presidio County Jail Data
Texas law creates both the public-records route and the jail-standards framework. The county's own publication choices matter first: Presidio County's sheriff publishes arrest-photo galleries but no live roster was located. For records beyond that gallery, the Texas Public Information Act is the request path, while TCJS law explains why state jail population reports exist.
Key Statutes:
Texas Government Code Chapter 552 gives the public a way to request government records, subject to exceptions.
Texas Government Code Chapter 511 creates the Texas Commission on Jail Standards and its county jail oversight role.
Texas Local Government Code Chapter 351 covers county jail and sheriff duties.
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 15 includes the prompt magistrate-warning rule after arrest.
Active investigations, juvenile records, medical material, victim details, sealed records, and expunged records can limit release. Basic arrest information may be treated differently from a full investigative file.
Presidio County Jail and Border Custody
The Presidio County Sheriff's Office describes a large rural border county with 3,856 square miles and 108 miles of border with Mexico. Sheriff Danny C. Dominguez's office also describes border-security partnerships with agencies such as U.S. Border Patrol and Homeland Security Investigations. The CBP Presidio Station covers the southern half of the county. Those facts make the custody map more complex than a simple county-jail search.
A federal encounter does not always mean a person is in BOP custody. A person may be held locally at Presidio County Jail, transferred to federal pretrial custody, sent to BOP after federal sentencing, or handled through ICE systems for immigration detention. Each of those paths has a different locator and different public fields.
The sheriff's office overview is one official source for the county's law-enforcement geography and border context.
The sheriff overview screenshot helps explain why local, state, federal, and immigration custody channels should be separated instead of treated as one roster.
How to Search the Presidio County Inmate Population
No official live searchable Presidio County jail roster was located on the sheriff or county websites. The sheriff publishes yearly arrest galleries with photos, names, dates of arrest, and charge captions. Those galleries are useful for recent arrest history, but they do not prove current custody. Current custody should be confirmed through the sheriff's 24-hour non-emergency lines or, when available, through VINELink.
- Call the Presidio County Sheriff's Office or jail at (432) 729-4308, (432) 729-4911, or (432) 729-3002 to ask whether the person is currently in custody.
- Check the official arrest-gallery year page for a recent arrest entry, using the browser find function for a surname because no gallery search box is provided.
- Use Texas VINELink for custody notifications if Presidio County data appears in the portal.
- Search TDCJ offender search if the person may have been sentenced and transferred to state prison or supervision.
- Use the BOP inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System when federal or immigration custody is possible.
- File a Texas Public Information Act request with the sheriff for booking records or photos not shown online.
Presidio County Inmate Search Fields
The county-level online field set is limited because the official live roster was not found. The arrest-gallery pages are visual year pages, not name-search databases. That means most standard roster fields are unavailable online through the county site.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live county jail roster | Not located | N/A | No official live search form found on sheriff or county site. |
| Last name | Not available as county roster field | N/A | Use phone confirmation or browser find on yearly arrest galleries. |
| Booking number | Not available online | N/A | Arrest-gallery captions do not publish booking numbers. |
| Date of birth | Not available online | N/A | Not shown in public gallery captions. |
| Facility filter | Not available | N/A | Only one local detention facility was identified. |
Presidio County Arrest Gallery Records
The sheriff's official arrest galleries are the most visible county-level online source. The current-year page and historical pages show booking-photo thumbnails with captions. A typical caption includes the person's name, arrest date, and charge text. It does not include bond, booking number, housing unit, court date, release status, warrant number, or whether the person is still in custody.
The official 2026 arrest gallery is the best example of how Presidio County publishes recent arrest-photo entries.
The screenshot shows why the gallery is useful for identifying an arrest, but incomplete for a live jail roster search.
What a Presidio County Inmate Record Shows
At the county website level, the public record most like an inmate record is the arrest-gallery entry. It shows a booking or arrest photo, a name in last-name-first format, the date of arrest, and plain charge text. TDCJ and BOP records show different fields because they cover state or federal custody rather than the local jail.
| Field | Presidio Sheriff Gallery | TDCJ Search | BOP Locator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Yes, in caption | Yes | Yes |
| Photo | Yes | May appear on state profile | No mugshot in locator |
| Booking number | No | N/A | N/A |
| Charges or offenses | Charge caption only | Conviction and sentence data | Federal custody status, not local charges |
| Bond | No | N/A | N/A |
| Facility or housing | No | TDCJ unit when applicable | BOP facility or release status |
County Jail vs State Prison Lookup
Presidio County Jail and TDCJ answer different questions. The county jail is for local intake, pretrial detention, short county jail sentences, warrants, and some local holds. TDCJ is for sentenced state prisoners and state supervision records after a felony sentence or other qualifying state custody event.
| Presidio County Jail | Texas Department of Criminal Justice | |
|---|---|---|
| Who is held | Pretrial, county sentences, warrants, transfer or federal local holds | Sentenced state prisoners and some supervision records |
| Run by | Presidio County Sheriff's Office | Texas Department of Criminal Justice |
| Where to look | Jail phone line, arrest gallery, VINELink, records request | TDCJ offender search |
| What it will not show | State prison unit after transfer | Local jail bond, visit eligibility, or county booking status |
State and Federal Inmate Search
The TDCJ offender information page and TDCJ offender search cover sentenced Texas prisoners, not ordinary Presidio County jail detainees. The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator covers BOP custody and federal release data. The ICE detainee locator is separate and requires either an A-Number and country of birth or biographical fields.
VINELink Texas can help with custody notifications where the participating agency data is available. It should not be treated as a full booking record archive.
- Detainer
- A request or hold from another agency, such as ICE, parole, another county, or federal authorities.
- Paper ready
- A county jail inmate whose paperwork for transfer to TDCJ is complete.
- PR bond
- A personal bond release based on a promise to appear and follow conditions rather than paying the full bond amount.
- Classification
- The jail process for assigning custody level and housing; Presidio County does not publish housing-unit names online.
Presidio County Detention Facilities
The facility map resolves to one local detention facility. Municipal police pages for Marfa and Presidio were located, but neither publishes a city jail, booking desk, roster, or city-jail visitation system. No TDCJ, BOP, or ICE detention facility was found inside Presidio County through the official facility resources checked.
- Presidio County Jail - county jail in Marfa for local pretrial detainees, county jail sentences, warrant holds, transfer holds, and federal categories when housed locally.
Presidio County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Presidio County inmate population?
TCJS reported 42 people in Presidio County Jail on June 1, 2026, against 112 rated beds. That was 37.5% of capacity. It is a first-day-of-month count, not a booking total or live roster.
Can I search the Presidio County inmate population online?
No official live county roster was located. Use the sheriff's phone lines for current custody, the arrest gallery for recent historical arrest entries, VINELink for notification, and TDCJ, BOP, or ICE locators when the custody system has changed.
Does the Presidio County arrest gallery prove someone is still in jail?
No. The gallery shows an arrest photo, name, arrest date, and charge text. It does not show current custody, bond, release, court date, or housing.
Where do sentenced state prisoners from Presidio County appear?
After a state sentence and transfer, use TDCJ offender search. The county jail and arrest-gallery pages do not track the person's state-prison unit after transfer.
Are federal and ICE detainees listed on the county site?
Not as a full public roster. A federal or immigration matter may require the BOP locator, ICE ODLS, sheriff phone confirmation, or a public-information request, depending on who holds the person.