The Dallam County Inmate Population
The Dallam County inmate population is reported through the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, which gathers jail population data from county facilities. In Dallam County, the verified local detention facility is the Dallam-Hartley County Jail. The county jail page names the facility and jail staff, while the Dallam County Sheriff's Office page gives the sheriff's office address, sheriff phone, jail phone, and agency email. Together, those two county pages are the local starting point for current custody questions.
The latest researched TCJS population workbook, dated 2026-06-01, listed Dallam with 17 people in jail against a rated capacity of 51 beds. That is a snapshot, not a live roster. The count can change after arrests, bond releases, court commitments, transfers to TDCJ, outside holds, or transport to another county or federal agency. Because no official Dallam online roster was located, population figures and person-by-person custody checks come from different channels.
Dallam County Inmate Population Statistics
The Dallam County inmate population figures below come from TCJS workbooks inspected for this build. TCJS says counties and facilities submit the data and remain responsible for accuracy, and the agency notes that information can be changed over time. Use these figures to understand jail scale and capacity. Use the jail phone or written records process for a named person's current status.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Date |
|---|---|---|
| Rated capacity | 51 beds | TCJS PopRptCurrent.xlsx, Dallam row, 2026-06-01 |
| Total jail population | 17 | TCJS PopRptCurrent.xlsx, Dallam row, 2026-06-01 |
| Percent of capacity | 33.33% | TCJS PopRptCurrent.xlsx, Dallam row, 2026-06-01 |
| Average daily population | 15 | TCJS IncarcerationRateCurrent.xlsx, 2026-06-01 |
| Countywide population used for rate | 7,526 | TCJS IncarcerationRateCurrent.xlsx, 2026-06-01 |
| Incarceration rate | 1.99 | TCJS IncarcerationRateCurrent.xlsx, 2026-06-01 |
The TCJS population-report page is the official place to check later jail population workbooks. The Dallam figures are useful because the county's own jail page does not publish a live inmate population dashboard or booking report.
Dallam County Inmate Population Trends
The selected TCJS trend rows show the Dallam County inmate population easing from late 2023 into mid-2026. The average daily population was 24 in the 2023-12-01 row and 15 in the 2026-06-01 row. In a small county, a change of a few people can move the rate by a visible amount, so the trend should be read as jail scale and direction, not as a live daily count.
| Date | Average Daily Population | Incarceration Rate | Population Used |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-01 | 24 | 3.32 | 7,237 |
| 2024-06-01 | 21 | 2.90 | 7,237 |
| 2024-12-01 | 19 | 2.63 | 7,237 |
| 2025-06-01 | 15 | 1.99 | 7,526 |
| 2026-03-01 | 15 | 1.99 | 7,526 |
| 2026-06-01 | 15 | 1.99 | 7,526 |
No official Dallam jail construction project, consent decree, or overcrowding notice was located in the researched county pages. The researched TCJS row showed the jail below capacity, but that does not answer whether a named person is booked, released, bonded, or transferred.
Who Makes Up the Dallam County Inmate Population
The 2026-06-01 detailed TCJS row shows a county jail mix, not a state prison mix. Nonzero fields included local male and female pretrial felony categories, pretrial state-jail-felony categories, convicted misdemeanor and state-jail-felony categories, contract inmates, and one person housed elsewhere. That mix matters for search. A person can be in the Dallam County inmate population because of a fresh arrest, a pending felony, a local misdemeanor, a state-jail-felony matter, a parole or TDCJ-related category, or another agency hold.
- Local pretrial felony custody accounted for both male and female entries in the latest detailed row.
- State jail felony categories appeared in local pretrial and convicted state-jail-felony fields.
- Contract inmates totaled 4 in the researched population row.
- Housed elsewhere had 1 inmate, which means a local Dallam matter may not always mean the person is physically at the jail.
- Immigration detainee reporting showed 4 in the TCJS immigration-rate workbook row inspected for 2026-06-01.
Those categories are reporting fields. They are not a substitute for a custody confirmation from the Dallam-Hartley County Jail. A detainer means another agency has asked that custody or notice be held for its case. Pretrial means the person is held before final case disposition.
Dallam County Jail Capacity
The Dallam County jail capacity figure in the researched TCJS population report was 51 beds. The same report listed a total jail population of 17, which equals 33.33% of rated capacity for that reporting date. Those numbers support a narrow conclusion: the latest inspected report did not show Dallam above rated capacity. They do not show a visitor schedule, bond desk hours, pod assignment, or booking-photo status.
The county jail page does not publish housing-unit names, classification rules, intake hours, or population-by-pod details. The sheriff page confirms the sheriff's countywide law-enforcement role and links the jail/dispatch operation as the detention contact. For capacity and county jail standards, the statewide source is Texas Government Code Chapter 511, which creates and empowers the Texas Commission on Jail Standards.
Laws Governing Dallam County Inmates
Texas law separates jail operation, public information, court procedure, bond, and criminal-record cleanup. For Dallam County inmate population work, the most useful split is simple: the sheriff and jail handle custody, courts handle cases and bond orders, TCJS handles county jail reporting, and state law controls which records may be released or withheld.
Key Statutes:
Texas Government Code Chapter 552 governs public-information requests to Texas governmental bodies, including many sheriff and jail records unless an exception applies.
Texas Local Government Code Chapter 351 covers county jail and sheriff duties tied to local jail operation.
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.17 is the magistrate-warning rule after arrest, where rights, accusation, counsel, and bail are addressed.
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 2.139 requires law-enforcement death-in-custody reporting to the attorney general.
These laws do not create an official Dallam online roster where none was located. They explain why written requests, court records, bond orders, and jail standards can sit in different systems.
How to Search Dallam County Inmates
A Dallam County inmate search should begin with the system most likely to hold the person right now. For a fresh arrest, local warrant booking, bond question, or release-time question, use the jail. For charges after filing, use the clerk or court. For sentenced state prisoners, use TDCJ. For federal prison, use BOP. For immigration custody, use ICE ODLS. For notification, use VINELink Texas where the record is available.
The official county pages inspected did not show a public online Dallam-Hartley jail roster. That absence changes the search process. Have the person's full name, date of birth if known, arresting agency, and approximate arrest date before calling or writing.
- Call the Dallam-Hartley County Jail at (806) 244-2541 for current local custody, recent booking, release, transport, and bond-status questions.
- Email jail-dispatch@dallam.org for non-emergency written follow-up when jail staff direct that channel.
- Use the sheriff's office at (806) 244-2313 or sheriff@dallam.org for broader sheriff agency records and county law-enforcement questions.
- For Dalhart Police arrests, use the city police open-records path for the police report while still checking the county jail for custody.
- Check TDCJ, BOP, ICE, or VINELink if the person has moved out of county jail or may be held outside local custody.
Dallam County Current Inmate Lookup
The county site publishes a jail phone and email, not a searchable jail roster. The official jail page is still important because it identifies the Dallam-Hartley County Jail and jail/dispatch contact. The sheriff page gives the sheriff's office contact information, so those county pages should be checked before calling or writing.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| No official online Dallam-Hartley roster located | n/a | n/a | County pages publish jail phone and email but no public current-inmate form. |
| TDCJ Last Name | Text | Unspecified | Use for sentenced Texas prisoners, not new Dallam County pretrial bookings. |
| TDCJ Number or SID Number | Text | No, if searching by name | Useful after transfer to Texas Department of Criminal Justice custody. |
| BOP Number or Name | Text | Depends on tab | Use for federal custody from 1982 to present. |
The Dallam County jail roster gap should not be filled by commercial people-search sites. Use official local contacts first, then official state and federal locators.
What a Dallam County Inmate Record Shows
Because no official Dallam public inmate profile was located, no county roster sample can be promised. A jail booking record commonly includes identity, booking date, arresting agency, charges, bond, hold or detainer status, and release or transfer information when releasable. The exact fields depend on the record held by the sheriff or jail and on any Texas Public Information Act exception, redaction, juvenile rule, active-investigation issue, or court order.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Arrestee or inmate identity as booked. |
| Booking date/time | When the person entered jail custody, if released by the records holder. |
| Arresting agency | Sheriff, Dalhart Police, DPS, warrant agency, or another agency listed in the record. |
| Charges | Arrest or booking charges, which may differ from later prosecutor-filed charges. |
| Bond or hold | Bond amount, no-bond status, parole hold, detainer, or other custody limit if documented and releasable. |
| Mugshot | Not published on an official Dallam roster located during research; request through the public-information process if needed. |
Dallam County Jail vs State Prison
County jail and state prison are not the same search. Dallam-Hartley County Jail is the local custody point for pretrial detainees, short local jail custody, local warrants, bond status, and some hold categories. The TDCJ inmate search covers sentenced state prisoners after transfer. TDCJ data is updated on working days only and is at least 24 hours old according to the locator notice.
| Question | Dallam-Hartley County Jail | Texas Department of Criminal Justice |
|---|---|---|
| Who is covered | Pretrial, local jail, warrants, short custody, holds | Sentenced state prisoners after transfer |
| Where to start | Jail phone, jail email, sheriff office | State inmate locator, TDCJ phone/email channels |
| Local facility page | Dallam-Hartley County Jail | Nearby Dalhart Unit is in Hartley County, not Dallam County |
| Best for | Fresh booking, bond, release, transport | Prison unit, projected release, prison visitation |
State and Federal Inmate Search
The TDCJ Inmate Information page says prison information can be obtained online, by email, or by telephone. The TDCJ locator searches by name, TDCJ number, SID number, gender, and race. A nearby state prison, the Dalhart Unit, is locally relevant but is officially in Hartley County, so it is not a Dallam County facility page.
Federal and immigration custody use separate systems. The BOP inmate locator searches federal inmates by number or by name and covers federal custody from 1982 to present. The ICE Online Detainee Locator System is the official immigration-custody locator. VINELink Texas can help with custody-status search and notifications, but it is an alert channel, not the county jail records office.
Dallam County Detention Facilities
The researched facility map verified one Dallam County detention facility page. No TDCJ prison, BOP prison, ICE detention center, or separate municipal jail was verified as physically located in Dallam County from the official sources inspected. Dalhart Police can be an arresting agency, but official city pages did not describe a city jail or long-term detention roster.
- Dallam-Hartley County Jail - the county jail serving local Dallam custody and the joint Dallam-Hartley jail function shown in official county pages and TCJS reporting.
The jail is branded for Dallam and Hartley. TCJS reporting shows Hartley as having no jail while Dallam carries the jail population row, which supports treating Dallam-Hartley County Jail as the primary local jail resource for this site.
Dallam County Inmate Search Terms
The same word can mean different things in jail, court, and prison records. These short definitions help separate the Dallam County inmate population from later court or prison records.
- Booking
- The administrative entry of an arrested person into jail records.
- Pretrial
- Custody before conviction or final disposition.
- Detainer
- A hold request from another agency, such as another county, parole, federal, or immigration authority.
- Personal bond
- Release on a promise and conditions rather than payment of the full bond amount.
- Disposition
- The court outcome, such as dismissed, guilty, deferred, or acquitted.
Dallam County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Dallam County inmate population?
The researched TCJS population report dated 2026-06-01 listed 17 people in jail and a rated capacity of 51 beds. The incarceration-rate workbook listed an ADP of 15. Those are official reporting figures, not a live roster.
Can Dallam County inmates be searched online?
No official Dallam-Hartley County Jail online roster was located in the county sources inspected. Start with the jail phone and jail email for current custody, then use state, federal, immigration, court, or notification systems as needed.
Where are court records after arrest?
Booking information starts at the jail, but formal court records are handled through the clerk and courts after charges are filed. The Dallam County court records after jail arrest page separates booking charges from filed court charges.
Are Dallam County mugshots online?
No official Dallam County booking-photo gallery or mugshot roster was located. Booking photos, when releasable, must be requested from the proper records holder. The Dallam County jail mugshots page explains that request path.