Terry County Detention Center Overview
Terry County Detention Center is the county jail inside the Law Enforcement Center in Brownfield. It is operated by the Terry County Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff Timothy Click. The jail division page describes a 24-hour detention operation that houses people accused of all levels of charges, so the roster may include new arrests, warrant arrests, people held for municipal court, county-sentenced inmates, parole or probation holds, and people waiting for state prison or community-corrections beds.
The facility is the first local stop for most Terry County jail roster questions. The county roster is not the same as the TDCJ locator, the BOP inmate locator, or the ICE detainee locator. A person booked after an arrest in Brownfield, Meadow, Wellman, or unincorporated Terry County is usually checked through the sheriff roster first. A person already transferred to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is checked through the statewide TDCJ search instead.
Terry County Detention Center Capacity
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards population reports current workbook listed Terry County with 174 rated beds and 81 total jail inmates on June 1, 2026. That snapshot placed the jail at 46.55 percent of capacity. TCJS also notes that jail-population data is submitted by county facilities, so the figure is a dated administrative count rather than a live roster count. For live custody or bond information, use the sheriff roster and then call jail staff before relying on a number for travel or payment.
The same research showed capacity holding at 174 beds across the extracted 2022-2026 TCJS rows, while the total jail population moved from the upper 80s in 2022 and early 2023 into lower counts during parts of 2024, then back to 81 in the June 2026 snapshot. Those rows support a measured capacity discussion. They do not support claims about policy causes, staffing changes, or overcrowding orders for the Terry County Detention Center.
Look Up Terry County Jail Inmates
Current Terry County Detention Center inmates are searched through the official Terry County Sheriff's Office current roster. The sheriff also publishes a released inmate roster for people who may have bonded out, been released, or been moved. The roster is browse based. It supports current and released tabs, name and date sorting, alphabetical links, pagination, and profile links rather than a single name-search box.
The official roster chooser is useful when the custody status is unclear because it separates current and released records before the reader reaches the roster list. The sheriff home page also displays latest booking and latest released inmate modules that route into the same roster system. Those front-page modules show that the roster is operational, but they should be treated as dated snapshots rather than a substitute for opening the full current or released list.
- Open the current roster for a person believed to be in Terry County Detention Center custody.
- Use the released roster if the person is no longer listed as current custody.
- Sort by name, booking date, or first letter of the last name when those controls appear.
- Open the profile to review the booking number, photo, charge, bond, and booking date.
- Call 806-637-2212 before posting bond because the roster warns that charges and bail may change after court appearances.
Terry County Detention Center Contact
Use the Law Enforcement Center address for jail business, custody questions, and non-emergency detention contact. Use the courthouse address for clerk, court, and prosecutor records. That distinction matters in Terry County because the jail sits on Tahoka Road, while the District Clerk, County Clerk, 121st District Court, County & District Attorney, and CSCD offices are at the courthouse.
The county government sheriff page lists Sheriff Timothy Click, the sheriff mailing address, the main phone number, the fax number, and a VINELink reference. Use that county page when the question is about the elected sheriff's office or a mailed request. Use the sheriff's jail division page when the question is about daily detention operations, current jail custody, or the Law Enforcement Center location.
Terry County Detention Center
1311 Tahoka Road
Brownfield, TX 79316
806-637-2212
Detention Center open 24 hours; administration office hours are Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., except county holidays.
Terry County Detention Center Visits
Official Terry County sources reviewed did not publish a visitor schedule, video-visit vendor, dress code, locker policy, parking map, or ADA entrance description for the detention center. Call the jail before arriving. Bring government photo ID, expect security screening, and confirm whether a visit must be scheduled in advance. Do not assume the lobby can accept property, cash, or paperwork unless staff confirm the current rule.
| Day | Hours | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Call 806-637-2212 | Not published |
| Wednesday | Call 806-637-2212 | Not published |
| Friday | Call 806-637-2212 | Not published |
| Saturday | Call 806-637-2212 | Not published |
| Sunday | Call 806-637-2212 | Not published |
Terry County Jail Mail and Money
No official mail format, commissary vendor, money-deposit portal, phone provider, tablet program, or fee table was located for Terry County Detention Center. Use the jail phone before sending mail or money. Ask staff for the exact inmate name format, booking number use, mailing address, accepted payment method, deposit vendor, and any limits on books, photos, envelopes, or money orders. That avoids rejected mail and misdirected funds.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail Address | Call for the current inmate-name and booking-number format. |
| Phone / Video | No public provider identified in official sources reviewed. |
| Money Deposit | No public vendor or fee schedule identified in official sources reviewed. |
Terry County Booking Intake
A typical Terry County booking begins when the Sheriff's Office, Brownfield Police Department, DPS, or another agency brings an arrested person to the detention center. Jail staff identify the person, create or locate a booking record, secure property under jail procedure, take a booking photograph, and enter the charge and booking date that may later appear on the public roster. The public sample profile reviewed in the research showed a booking number, mugshot, name, age, gender, race, city and state address, arresting agency, booking date, charge, bond, and a bond warning.
Texas first appearance rules can affect what appears after booking. Article 15.17 of the Code of Criminal Procedure governs taking an arrested person before a magistrate without unnecessary delay and generally no later than 48 hours after arrest. The roster charge is the jail-side booking charge. A prosecutor may later file a different charge, add counts, reduce a count, or decline a case. For filed charges and settings, use the District Clerk, County Clerk, 121st District Court, or re:SearchTX channels.
About Terry County Detention Center
The sheriff's jail division page says pretrial confinement is meant to assure appearance in court, not to punish before conviction. It also says sentenced inmates are serving punishment and that staff must maintain a safe, secure facility while treating people with dignity and respect. Specific programs such as GED classes, work release, substance-abuse services, grievance procedures, medical request forms, religious schedules, and tablet programs were not located in the official sources reviewed.
Terry County Detention Center also creates some local confusion because the county has a separate Terry County CRTC community-corrections facility and a historical former Rudd Unit reference. The CRTC is not the sheriff booking jail and is not searched through the jail roster. The former Rudd Unit is not listed in the current TDCJ Unit Directory reviewed for this project, so no active Rudd facility page was built.
Note: Confirm custody, bond, visits, mail, and money rules with Terry County Detention Center before travel or payment.