Pecos County Jail Overview
Pecos County Jail is operated by the Pecos County Sheriff's Department. The jail and sheriff's office are listed at 1774 N Hwy 285 in Fort Stockton, the county seat. Research located official contact details, TCJS population data, and state oversight sources, but no public operating manual, pod list, local jail history, online jail roster, booking report, or inmate profile page from Pecos County.
The facility should be read as a small county detention center, not as an annex of the larger TDCJ prisons nearby. TCJS reporting categories for Pecos County include local pretrial misdemeanor and felony detainees, bench-warrant inmates, convicted people serving county jail time, state-jail-felony categories, and people housed elsewhere in state facilities. Those categories are jail population reporting fields. They are not a public name-by-name roster.
The official sheriff contact page is the best local source because the county does not publish a standalone jail information page with visitor rules, mail rules, or money-deposit instructions. For a broad county custody path, use the Pecos County jail inmate records page, but current Pecos County Jail custody still needs direct confirmation through the jail line.
The official sheriff contact page is the source matched to the image below.
That source confirms the sheriff and jail contact channel used for custody checks when no Pecos County Jail roster is posted online.
Pecos County Jail Population
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards population reports are the official population source found for Pecos County Jail. TCJS states that each reporting county jail or facility submits the data and remains responsible for its accuracy. For June 1, 2026, the current population workbook lists Pecos County with 49 beds and a total jail population of 30. The same row shows the jail at 61.22 percent of capacity and lists 6 people housed elsewhere in state facilities.
The latest TCJS incarceration-rate workbook also lists a June 1, 2026 average daily population of 37 for Pecos County. That ADP is a county jail trend measure. It should not be mixed with the TDCJ capacities for Fort Stockton Unit or James Lynaugh Unit, which hold sentenced state prisoners and are counted through the state prison system.
| Measure | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Rated capacity | 49 beds | TCJS current population workbook, June 1, 2026 |
| Total jail population | 30 | TCJS current population workbook, June 1, 2026 |
| Percent of capacity | 61.22% | TCJS current population workbook, June 1, 2026 |
| Average daily population | 37 | TCJS incarceration-rate workbook, June 1, 2026 |
The TCJS county jail population report page is the official state source for these Pecos County Jail figures.
The TCJS report helps separate verified Pecos County Jail capacity data from unsourced roster claims on nonofficial pages.
Look Up Pecos County Jail Inmates
No official online Pecos County Jail inmate search, jail roster, booking report, or current-inmate list was located on the county or Fort Stockton city sites. A current Pecos County Jail custody search therefore starts with the sheriff and jail phone line. The county jail is the right first stop for a recent local arrest, but it is not the right tool once a person has moved to TDCJ, BOP, or ICE custody.
- Call Pecos County Jail at (432) 336-3521 and ask whether the person is currently held there.
- Give the full legal name, date of birth if known, and approximate arrest date or arresting agency.
- If the person was arrested by Fort Stockton Police, use the city non-emergency number only for routing questions, then confirm custody with the jail.
- If the person has been sentenced to prison, search the TDCJ Inmate Information Search.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP inmate locator or the ICE detainee locator.
Important: The Texas IVSS-Counties portal replaced the usual Texas county notification path after September 1, 2025. It is for custody notification, not a Pecos County Jail roster.
Pecos County Jail Contact
The sheriff's office is the official local fallback for Pecos County Jail custody, visitor, property, bond, and records questions. Research did not locate a separate jail records unit page, detention administrator page, 24-hour desk label, or online county public-information portal. That means callers should be clear about the task: current custody, bond, release, property, mail, visitation, or a written public-information request.
Pecos County Jail
1774 N Hwy 285
Fort Stockton, TX 79735
(432) 336-3521
Call before travel; public jail lobby hours were not posted online.
Pecos County Sheriff's Department
P.O. Box 1647
Fort Stockton, TX 79735
Fax: (432) 336-2519
Sheriff Thomas J. Perkins is listed on the county department page.
Pecos County Jail Visits
No official Pecos County Jail visitation schedule, visitor ID rule, dress code, video visitation provider, child visitor rule, or attorney visitation policy was located on the county site. Because the jail does not publish those rules online, visitors should call the jail before driving to Fort Stockton. A person may be released, transferred, in court, under medical restrictions, or subject to a hold that changes what the jail can confirm at the front desk.
| Item | Officially Located Detail |
|---|---|
| Public visitation schedule | Not located in official online sources; call the jail. |
| Video visitation | No official provider or schedule located. |
| Visitor ID rules | Not posted; bring government-issued photo ID unless told otherwise. |
| Dress code | Not posted; confirm before arrival. |
| Attorney visits | Not posted; attorneys should contact the jail directly. |
Pecos County Jail Mail and Money
Research did not locate an official Pecos County Jail mail format, commissary vendor, money-deposit provider, phone vendor, property-release rule, or posted fee table. Commissioners court agenda references show that a jail commissary account exists, but those references do not tell the public how to deposit funds. Do not assume a vendor from another Texas jail applies here.
| Service | Current Official Status |
|---|---|
| Mail address format | Confirm with the jail before mailing; include full name and booking number if provided. |
| Phone access | No official jail phone vendor located. |
| Money deposits | No official online deposit vendor or fee schedule located. |
| Property | Call the jail for pickup, release clothing, and medication questions. |
Pecos County Jail Booking
After a local arrest in Pecos County, the arresting agency normally brings the person to the county jail for intake if local custody is required. The jail booking process can include identity checks, property inventory, fingerprinting, a booking photo, warrant and hold review, medical and mental-health screening, and classification before housing. Pecos County does not post a local booking manual, so these steps should be read as the standard county-jail path described in the research, not as a published Pecos County Jail handbook.
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.17 requires a prompt magistrate warning after arrest, generally no later than 48 hours. That court step can affect bond, warnings, counsel, and release terms. Booking charges are not the same as prosecutor-filed charges, and a person may have a bond on one case while a warrant, detainer, parole matter, or another county hold still prevents release.
About Pecos County Jail
Pecos County Jail sits in Fort Stockton near the U.S. 285 and I-10 travel corridor. The county jail serves a different role from Fort Stockton Unit and James Lynaugh Unit, even though all three facilities are in Pecos County. Pecos County Jail handles local custody and short county jail time. The TDCJ units hold sentenced state prisoners with separate state locator, visitation, mail, phone, and money rules.
No official source reviewed for this build documented a new jail construction project, consent decree, jail closure, public local program list, or recent jail-specific litigation. State oversight still matters. TCJS governs minimum county jail standards under Texas Government Code Chapter 511, and custodial death reporting is handled under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 49.18 through the Texas Attorney General process.
Note: Confirm custody, visitation, bond, and property rules with Pecos County Jail before traveling or sending money.