Kinney County Jail Roster Limits
No county-hosted Kinney County online jail roster with searchable booking profiles, mugshots, charges, bond fields, housing fields, or court dates was located in the official research sources. The official Kinney County Sheriff page points users to VINELink for offender custody status instead of publishing a local roster page. That changes the search order. Start with VINE for a status check, then call the sheriff when the status is unclear or too recent to trust online.
The local jail operator is the Kinney County Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff Brad Coe. The sheriff/jail address is 109 North Street, P.O. Box 1200, Brackettville, TX 78832. The phone number is 830-563-2788, and the fax number is 830-563-9144. For public information requests to Kinney County offices and officials, the county homepage gives publicinformation@co.kinney.tx.us as the request email. Use that route for a released booking record, booking sheet, arrest record, or other jail record that does not appear online.
Kinney County also has the separate Kinney County Detention Center at 1501 Ranch Road 131 in Brackettville. The GEO facility page lists the operator as The GEO Group, the client as U.S. Marshals Service/Kinney County, and the phone as 830-563-6222. That page gives facility details, but it does not provide a public roster. Because Kinney custody can involve the sheriff, a GEO-operated detention center, federal pretrial custody, or a person housed elsewhere, a roster search must confirm the physical location instead of assuming every person is at North Street.
Use Kinney County Custody Search
The practical Kinney County inmate lookup chain is simple, but it has more than one stop. VINE is the first online check. The sheriff is the first same-day local contact. The detention center is the next call when federal or contract custody is possible. State and federal locators apply only after the custody type changes or when the person was never in local county custody.
- Search Texas VINELink by name and review any custody status, agency, or facility result.
- If there is no match, call the Kinney County Sheriff's Office at 830-563-2788 and ask whether the person is in custody, released, transferred, or housed elsewhere.
- If the person may be in federal pretrial custody, contract detention, or the GEO-operated facility, call Kinney County Detention Center at 830-563-6222.
- For a booking sheet, released booking record, booking photo if taken, or arrest record, email publicinformation@co.kinney.tx.us with a narrow Texas Public Information Act request.
- For sentenced Texas prisoners, search TDCJ. For federal sentenced prisoners, search BOP. For suspected immigration detention, use ICE ODLS.
VINELink also has mobile access through the Apple App Store and Google Play. No Kinney County Sheriff's Office app or Brackettville police app was found, so there is no separate local app-only roster or warrant search to check. VINE is a custody status and notification service. It is not the county clerk docket, a full booking packet, or proof that all charges shown at arrest became formal court charges.
Kinney County Roster Search Fields
Because Kinney County does not appear to host its own jail roster, the relevant search-field table is the Texas VINELink path. Interface labels may change, and the service can vary by reporting agency. Use the person's full legal name first. If no match appears, try an alternate spelling, a hyphenated name, or fewer first-name details where the search screen permits broader searching.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| State | Dropdown or selected state page | Yes | Use the Texas VINE page for Kinney County custody status. |
| Search type / offender search | Tab or search mode | Unspecified | VINE may separate offender search from service-provider resources. |
| Last Name | Text | Usually yes | Start with the legal surname and try spelling variants if needed. |
| First Name | Text | Optional or unspecified | Use it to narrow common-name results. |
| ID / offender number | Text | Optional when known | Use only if VINE exposes an agency ID search for the record. |
| Agency / Facility | Filter or dropdown | Optional if shown | Select Kinney County or a listed facility when the interface offers the filter. |
| Register / notification | Button or link | Optional | Used for phone, email, or app notices when custody status changes. |
Kinney County Inmate Record Fields
A public VINE result is not the same thing as a county booking profile. The visible VINE record may be limited to a name, custody status, reporting agency or facility, and notification options. A county public roster was not found, so the county's public web view does not expose booking number, booking photo, charge list, bond amount, housing unit, or court date fields. Those details must be confirmed by phone, requested from the county, or checked in court records after a case is filed.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Offender or detainee name as reported by the agency. |
| Custody status | In custody, released, transferred, or another VINE status when supported. |
| Facility / agency | The jail, sheriff, prison, or custody agency reporting the record. |
| Notification registration | Phone, email, or app alerts tied to custody-status changes. |
| Booking number | Not found in a Kinney County public roster; may exist in sheriff records. |
| Booking photo | Not found in a county roster; ask whether a releasable photo exists. |
| Charges and bond | Not visible in a county-hosted roster; call the sheriff or check court records. |
| Housing | Not publicly listed by the county roster; call the facility for location. |
For released bookings, a written request should identify the person, date of birth if known, arrest date or estimated date, arresting agency, and the exact record sought. Request electronic delivery if that is preferred, and ask to be told of any cost before copies are made. Kinney County did not publish a sheriff-specific web form or fee table in the sources reviewed.
Kinney County Jail vs Other Locators
Many failed searches come from using the wrong system. Kinney County jail records cover local arrest and county custody issues. TDCJ covers sentenced Texas prisoners after transfer to state prison. BOP covers federal sentenced prisoners and some former federal prisoners. ICE ODLS covers immigration detainee searches when immigration custody is suspected. Federal pretrial detainees may be held by USMS in contract space and may not appear in BOP's sentenced-prisoner locator.
| Custody Type | Best Source | Kinney County Note |
|---|---|---|
| Local arrest or pretrial county custody | VINE, then sheriff phone | Call 830-563-2788 for same-day status, bond, release, or transfer questions. |
| Kinney contract or federal pretrial detention | Kinney County Detention Center | Call 830-563-6222 because the GEO page does not provide a roster. |
| Sentenced Texas prisoner | TDCJ Inmate Search | Use name, TDCJ number, or SID number after state-prison transfer. |
| Federal sentenced prisoner | BOP Inmate Locator | Not a public gallery for federal booking photos. |
| Suspected immigration detention | ICE ODLS | Use A-Number/country or biographical fields when ICE custody is suspected. |
Texas Public Information Act requests are still useful after an online search fails. Public access does not mean every record is posted on a website. Active investigations, juvenile records, sealed or expunged records, confidential identifiers, and some law-enforcement details can be withheld or redacted.
Kinney County Jail Facilities
Kinney County has two local custody facilities to distinguish. The Kinney County Jail is the sheriff-operated local jail for county arrests, local warrants, short-term custody, and people awaiting court or transfer. The Kinney County Detention Center is a larger GEO-operated facility with a USMS/Kinney County client relationship. A person tied to a Kinney arrest may need one phone call to the sheriff and one to the detention center before the location is clear.
Kinney County Jail
109 North Street
Brackettville, TX 78832
830-563-2788
Visitor rules not posted; call before travel.
Kinney County Detention Center
1501 Ranch Road 131
Brackettville, TX 78832
830-563-6222
GEO page lists no public roster; call the facility.
Kinney County Booking Process
Kinney County does not publish a detailed local booking-process page, so the best description is the normal Texas county-jail intake path applied to the sheriff's office and the county's detention map. After arrest, a person may be transported to the sheriff's office jail or another receiving facility. Intake can include a search, property inventory, booking record, fingerprints, booking photo if taken, medical or mental-health screening, warrant and hold checks, classification, and housing or transfer.
Classification is the jail process used to sort people by custody risk, medical needs, charge level, and housing needs. A detainer is a notice or hold from another agency. A no-bond hold means ordinary bond will not release the person until the hold is resolved. TCJS data shows Kinney may report people as housed elsewhere, so families should ask where the person is physically held before sending mail, driving to the jail, or trying to post bond.
Booking charges are not always final court charges. The arresting agency's wording can change after prosecutor review. For filed cases, use the district clerk, justice court, or statewide court tools. For photo-specific issues, the Kinney County jail mugshots page explains how booking photos are requested when no gallery is posted.
Kinney County Visitation Rules
Visitation, mail, commissary, phone, and video rules were not posted for either Kinney County facility in the official sources reviewed. Do not assume a vendor, fee, schedule, remote-video system, tablet program, or mail format. Confirm location first, then call the correct facility before sending funds, mailing property, or appearing for a visit.
| Topic | Kinney County Jail | Kinney County Detention Center |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visitation | Not posted; call 830-563-2788. | Not posted; call 830-563-6222. |
| Visitor ID | Not posted; verify before travel. | Not posted; verify before travel. |
| Dress code | Not posted. | Not posted. |
| Mail format | Not posted; ask for exact name and booking number. | Not posted; verify detainee mail rules by phone. |
| Money deposits | Vendor and fees not located. | Vendor and fees not located. |
| Phone or video | Vendor and rates not located. | Vendor and rates not located. |
Until rules are confirmed, avoid sending cash, personal checks, Polaroids, contraband, stickers, perfume, publications, or packages. Include the person's full legal name and any booking or register number once the facility gives the correct format. TDCJ prison visitation rules are separate and should be checked through TDCJ after a state-prison transfer.
Request Kinney County Jail Records
A written public-information request is the documented fallback when VINE and phone calls do not supply the record. Texas Government Code Chapter 552 gives the public a general right to inspect or obtain government records unless an exception applies. Section 552.108(c) requires release of basic information about an arrested person, an arrest, or a crime even when some law-enforcement exceptions may apply. That does not mean every page of a jail file is public.
A strong Kinney County request should be narrow. Include the requester's name, contact information, the subject's full name, date of birth if known, arrest or booking date, requested record type, and preferred delivery method. Useful request labels include booking sheet, arrest report, booking photograph if taken and releasable, release record, transfer note, or bond information. Send the request to publicinformation@co.kinney.tx.us unless a county office, such as the Kinney County contact page, gives a different route for that specific record.
Note: Confirm custody location before sending mail, money, or visit plans because Kinney records may involve more than one facility.