Kinney County Jail Overview
Kinney County Jail is operated by the Kinney County Sheriff's Office. The official sheriff page lists Sheriff Brad Coe at 109 North Street, Brackettville, TX 78832, with mailing at P.O. Box 1200. The jail is the primary local custody point for people arrested under Kinney County authority, including local pretrial defendants, people arrested on local warrants, people awaiting magistration or court, short-term local custody, and people waiting for transfer.
This jail is separate from the larger Kinney County Detention Center on Ranch Road 131. That distinction matters. A person may have a Kinney County arrest, bond, or court case while being physically housed somewhere other than the small sheriff's jail. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards June 1, 2026 population report listed Kinney with 28 beds and 29 total jail population, but the same row showed 22 elsewhere male pretrial felons and 7 elsewhere female pretrial felons. Those figures support a careful search approach: confirm both custody status and where the person is actually housed before visiting, sending mail, or trying to post bond.
Kinney County Jail Capacity and Population
TCJS monthly population reporting is the best official source for the small county jail's capacity and population context. The June 1, 2026 TCJS inmate population workbook listed Kinney County with a 28-bed capacity and a total jail population of 29. The useful detail is not just the one-person difference between capacity and reported total. The classification fields showed the population as housed elsewhere pretrial felons, which means a Kinney custody search may not end at the North Street building.
Kinney County has a small resident population and a separate 384-bed contract detention center. Older TCJS trend figures for Kinney show much higher reported detention counts than the North Street jail capacity alone would suggest. Treat population statistics as custody-reporting context, not as a guarantee that each person is inside the sheriff's jail at a given moment.
How to Look Up an Inmate at Kinney County Jail
No county-hosted Kinney County Jail roster was located in the research. The official sheriff page directs users to VINELink for custody status, so the search path starts there and then moves to a phone confirmation when the result is missing, recent, confusing, or tied to another facility. Use the broader Kinney County jail inmate records page when comparing VINELink, sheriff calls, public-information requests, and state or federal locators.
- Search Texas VINELink at https://vinelink.vineapps.com/state/TX by the person's legal name and alternate spellings.
- If no result appears, call the Kinney County Sheriff's Office at 830-563-2788 and ask whether the person is in custody, recently released, transferred, or housed elsewhere.
- If staff indicate the person may be at the separate Kinney County Detention Center, call that facility at 830-563-6222 before traveling.
- For booking records that are not online, email a narrow Texas Public Information Act request to publicinformation@co.kinney.tx.us.
- If the person was sentenced to Texas prison, use TDCJ Inmate Search instead of the local jail path.
VINELink is a custody-status and notification tool. It is not a full Kinney booking packet, not the District Clerk's docket, and not a guarantee that charges shown at booking are the charges ultimately filed in court.
Kinney County Jail Address and Contact
Call the sheriff's office before arriving for custody, bond, property, records, or visit questions. The official sheriff page does not publish a separate jail records unit, jail administrator line, lobby hours, or 24-hour jail information number. Use the listed sheriff phone for the North Street jail unless staff route the call elsewhere.
Kinney County Jail
109 North Street
Brackettville, TX 78832
Mailing: P.O. Box 1200
830-563-2788
Fax: 830-563-9144
Visiting Someone at Kinney County Jail
The county sheriff page did not post a visitation schedule, visitor approval process, dress code, visitor ID rule, minor-visitor rule, video-visit provider, attorney-visit procedure, locker rule, or parking instruction for Kinney County Jail. Because TCJS data also shows housed-elsewhere classifications, callers should first ask whether the person is physically at the North Street jail and then ask whether visits are allowed at that location.
| Visitation Topic | Posted Local Rule | What to Confirm |
|---|---|---|
| Schedule | Not posted | Call 830-563-2788 before travel. |
| Visitor ID | Not posted | Ask what government ID is required. |
| Dress code | Not posted | Confirm clothing restrictions and denied-entry rules. |
| Children or minors | Not posted | Ask whether minors may visit and what adult must accompany them. |
| Attorney visits | Not posted | Attorneys should call for professional-visit arrangements. |
| Video visitation | No provider located | Ask whether remote visits are available. |
Mail, Phone, and Money at Kinney County Jail
No official Kinney County Jail mail format, commissary vendor, money-deposit vendor, phone provider, video provider, tablet program, rate sheet, fee table, package rule, or publication rule was located. Do not send funds, books, packages, or personal items until the facility confirms the current rule and the person's physical location.
| Service | Posted Provider or Rule | Practical Step |
|---|---|---|
| Mail Address | No inmate mail format posted | Ask for full legal name, booking number if any, and the correct delivery address. |
| Phone / Video | No vendor or rates located | Ask whether calls, tablets, or video visits are available and who bills for them. |
| Money Deposit | No vendor or fee table located | Ask whether cash, money order, card, online deposits, or deposits through a bondsman are accepted. |
| Commissary | No order rules located | Ask whether the person is eligible and whether housed-elsewhere status changes the vendor. |
Until rules are confirmed, avoid sending cash, personal checks, Polaroids, staples, tape, stickers, perfume, unknown publications, explicit material, or packages. Mail sent to the wrong facility can be returned or delayed, especially when a Kinney arrestee is housed elsewhere.
Booking and Intake at Kinney County Jail
A local arrest can involve transport to the sheriff's office jail or another receiving facility under Kinney authority. Typical county-jail intake includes identity confirmation, search, property inventory, fingerprints, booking photo if taken, arrest-charge entry, medical or mental-health screening, warrant checks, classification, and housing or transfer. Kinney County did not publish a detailed local booking timeline, so same-day status should be confirmed by phone.
Bond timing depends on magistration, court schedule, charge type, and any holds. Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 17 controls bail and bond decisions. When calling the sheriff, ask for the exact bond amount, bond type, charge or case number if available, whether any holds prevent release, where bond is accepted, and what payment methods are currently allowed. Release can still take time after bond is posted because staff must verify paperwork, check warrants, process property, and coordinate transport when needed.
Booking Records and Court Follow-Up
Kinney County booking information and court information are related, but they are maintained through different paths. The sheriff's office is the first local contact for custody, booking, bond, and release questions. The county homepage gives the public-information request email as publicinformation@co.kinney.tx.us for Kinney County offices and officials. A narrow records request should include the person's full name, date of birth if known, arrest or booking date, requested record type, preferred delivery method, and a request for notice before costs are incurred.
Once charges are filed, District Clerk Rick Alvarado is the court-record fallback for district court case lookup, copies, and certified copies. The court side matters because the prosecutor can amend, reduce, dismiss, or file charges that differ from the jail's initial charge label.
About Kinney County Jail
Kinney County Jail is best understood as the local sheriff custody point in a county with unusually layered detention geography. Brackettville is the county seat, the sheriff's office is at 109 North Street, and the courthouse is at 501 S Ann Street. The separate Kinney County Detention Center is much larger and is tied to U.S. Marshals Service and Kinney County contract detention. No TDCJ state prison and no BOP-owned federal prison were located in Kinney County during the research.
Facility-specific program details for the sheriff-operated jail were not posted. No official local page was found for GED, vocational training, reentry planning, work release, religious services, tablet programs, grievance procedures, or medical request procedures. County jails in Texas are subject to Texas Commission on Jail Standards oversight, and TCJS population reports are the main official source for Kinney jail capacity and monthly population context.
Note: Confirm custody location, visitation, bond payment, mail rules, and release status with the sheriff before traveling or sending anything.