Garza County Jail Overview
The Garza County Sheriff's Office identifies the facility as the Garza County Law Enforcement Center and lists it under the sheriff's public-safety page. The operator is the Garza County Sheriff's Office. The facility functions as a local and contract county jail, not as a King County building. King County's official sources did not show a separate King County jail facility, jail capacity, online roster, jail phone vendor, commissary vendor, or visitation policy. The researched connection is the King County Commissioners Court agenda item about housing King County inmates in the Garza County Law Enforcement Center / Jail.
The Garza jail is a TCJS-regulated county jail. It can hold Garza County local prisoners and contract prisoners from other jurisdictions. That distinction is important for King County, because a person arrested on a King County matter may be processed by King County law enforcement but physically held in Post if transported under the housing arrangement. The jail page lists Sheriff Michael Isbell and jail staff roles including Jail Lieutenant Warren Fox, Jail Administrator Valente Perez, an LVN role, and transport, which supports the facility's jail, medical, and movement functions without inventing program details.
The official Garza sheriff page does not publish a public online jail roster. It does list direct jail contact information, VINELink, JailATM for commissary deposits, NCIC for phone accounts, an open-records request form, and a release-of-information form. The practical facility lookup is therefore a contact-and-verification path rather than a web roster path.
Garza County Jail Population
The captured TCJS county jail population report extract showed Garza County with a rated capacity of 96 beds, 26 local inmates, 51 contract inmates, 77 total inmates, and 80.21 percent of capacity. Those numbers should be treated as the captured extract, not a live population count. The same research extract showed King County with zero local jail capacity and zero local jail population, which is consistent with the research finding that King County did not show a standalone jail facility in the official sources reviewed.
| TCJS Extract Measure | Figure | Facility Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Garza local population | 26 | People counted as local Garza County jail population in the extract. |
| Garza contract population | 51 | People held on a contract basis, which matters for counties such as King. |
| Garza total population | 77 | Total population shown in the captured county jail report extract. |
| Garza capacity use | 80.21% | Share of the 96-bed capacity used in the captured extract. |
| King local capacity and population | 0 / 0 | The extract showed no King County local jail capacity or local population. |
Look Up Garza Jail Inmates
Lookup for this facility starts with direct confirmation because Garza County's official sheriff page did not show a public online roster. For King County arrestees, first confirm the arrest or transport path with King County. Then contact the Garza County Jail if the person may be housed there. For custody notifications, use VINELink or Texas IVSS-Counties when available. For records that are not provided by phone or notification tools, use the Garza open-records request process.
- Call King County Sheriff at 806-596-4413 when the arrest, warrant, or case began in King County.
- Call Garza County Jail at 806-990-9974 to confirm whether the person is currently housed at the Garza County Law Enforcement Center / Jail.
- Use VINELink for custody status and notifications where the relevant county data is available.
- Ask the jail what booking, bond, release, phone, visit, mail, or commissary information can be released.
- Use Garza open records for written requests when a booking record, incident record, or release document is needed.
- Use TDCJ inmate search, BOP, or ICE only after the person has moved to state, federal, or immigration custody.
A county jail lookup and a court case search are not the same record. The jail can answer custody and release questions. Court systems such as iDocket and re:SearchTX are the better path after charges are filed, cause numbers are assigned, or court dates are set.
Garza Jail Address Contact
The documented facility channels handle current custody, visitation status, mail format, and account questions. The Garza sheriff page separates law-enforcement communications from jail contact. Emergency calls should go to 911, while routine jail matters should use the jail phone or jail email listed by the county.
Garza County Law Enforcement Center / Jail
412 East 15th Street
Post, TX 79356
806-990-9974
Fax: 806-990-9980
Email: garza.jail@co.garza.tx.us
King County Sheriff's Office
P.O. Box 66
Guthrie, TX 79236-0066
806-596-4413
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The Garza page also lists non-emergency communications numbers 806-495-3595 and 806-990-9959. Use those for general non-emergency law-enforcement communications, not as a substitute for the jail phone when the question is about an inmate, visit, mail, or commissary account.
Garza Jail Visit Status
No official Garza County Jail visitation schedule was located on the Garza sheriff page, and no King County visitation page was located for this housing path. Because the researched facility is outside King County and can hold contract inmates, visit status must be confirmed before travel. The jail can also say whether in-person visiting is open, whether video visiting is used, whether an inmate is eligible, and which identification or dress rules apply.
| Visit Channel | Published Status | Confirm With Jail |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visitation | No official schedule located in reviewed source. | Days, hours, check-in time, ID, visitor limits, dress code, and lockdown rules. |
| Video visitation | NCIC linked by Garza County for communication services. | Whether Garza uses video visits for the inmate, fees, timing, and account approval. |
| Attorney visitation | No public local schedule located. | Professional visit appointment process and entry requirements. |
| Travel from King County | Facility is in Post, not Guthrie. | Confirm current custody before driving because release, transfer, and holds can change. |
Garza County links NCIC from its sheriff page. NCIC describes phone, video visits, messaging, account login, and apps for participating facilities. The link does not by itself prove that every inmate at Garza can receive video visits at all times.
Garza Jail Mail Money
No official inmate-mail address format was located for Garza County Jail. Use the facility address only as the known jail address until jail staff confirms the exact mail format. A jail may require the inmate's full legal name, booking number, housing unit, or a specific mail-processing line. It may also ban stamps, envelopes, greeting cards, Polaroids, packages, cash, or books from unapproved vendors.
| Service | Provider or Detail | Documented Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Commissary deposits | JailATM | Garza links it for inmate commissary deposits; sign in or registration is required. Fees and limits were not documented in the research. |
| Phone and video | NCIC | Garza links it for inmate phone account funds. Rates, refunds, and eligibility must be confirmed. |
| Messaging | NCIC, if available at the facility | Participation for a specific inmate should be confirmed before funding an account. |
| Confirm with Garza County Jail | No official mail format, mail schedule, or banned-item list was located in the reviewed sources. | |
| Records copies | Garza open-records form | $1.00 per page, added costs over 50 pages, estimate over $40, pickup within 15 calendar days. |
Deposits and phone funds should wait until the person's custody location and spelling are confirmed. Sending money to the wrong person or wrong agency can be hard to unwind, especially when a King County case involves transfer to a regional jail.
Garza Jail Booking Intake
A King County arrest may begin with King County law enforcement and later move to the Garza facility. Once housed at Garza, the jail becomes the physical custody point. Intake may include identity confirmation, fingerprints, booking photo, property inventory, charge or hold entry, medical screening, classification, and housing assignment. The Garza personnel directory supports that the sheriff's staffing structure includes jail administration, medical, and transport roles, but it does not publish a detailed intake schedule or online sample record.
After arrest, Texas procedure requires magistration without unnecessary delay. Bail, bond conditions, no-bond holds, warrants from another county, parole holds, federal holds, or immigration detainers can affect whether a person is released even when a King County case has a bond amount. When the person is sentenced to state custody, the search path moves to TDCJ. When a federal or immigration agency takes custody, use BOP or ICE channels instead of assuming the person remains in Garza's jail population.
Garza Jail Official Source
The Garza County sheriff page is the main official web source for this facility's jail contacts and service links. The page at Garza County Sheriff's Office lists the Law Enforcement Center address, jail phone, jail fax, jail email, VINE, JailATM, NCIC, and forms in one public-safety location.
The screenshot is useful because it shows why the facility lookup path depends on jail contact details and service links rather than a live roster button.
About Garza County Jail
The Garza County Law Enforcement Center / Jail is best described as the regional jail connected to King County inmate housing, based on the King County agenda item and the Garza sheriff page. It is not a TDCJ state prison, not a federal BOP facility, and not an ICE detention center. That distinction shapes every lookup decision. Fresh King County arrests start with the King sheriff and Garza jail. Sentenced state prisoners move to TDCJ. Federal prisoners and immigration detainees require federal agency locators.
The research did not locate a Garza jail program page, education schedule, grievance instructions, medical request process, or current non-compliance finding for the King County housing arrangement. It did locate TCJS population reporting and Garza service links. TCJS reporting also gives wider context for contract beds in Texas county jails, where some inmates are held for another county, a federal agency, or another state.
Note: Confirm custody, visit rules, mail format, and account eligibility with Garza County Jail before travel or deposits.