Parmer County Jail Overview
Parmer County Jail is operated by the Parmer County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff page identifies Eric Geske as sheriff and links the jail's current-inmates roster, open-records form, mail protocol, phone services, money deposit, commissary, and visitation pages. The jail is the county facility for local pretrial defendants, sentenced misdemeanants, bench-warrant detainees, pretrial felons, state-jail felony defendants, TDCJ-ready prisoners waiting on transfer, and people held under other agency paperwork when they are booked into Parmer County custody.
The county's jail-service pages place the public visitation lobby and commissary kiosk at 300 4th Avenue, Farwell, Texas 79325. The sheriff and inmate-mail address is P.O. Box 860, Farwell, Texas 79325. Internal housing-unit names, construction history, medical unit details, and a full public program catalog were not published in the official county pages reviewed.
Parmer County Jail Capacity and Population
The official population source is the Texas Commission on Jail Standards population reports. The June 2026 TCJS county jail population workbook lists Parmer County Jail with 49 rated beds and 34 total inmates on the June 1, 2026 reporting date. That equals about 69.4 percent of rated capacity. TCJS workbook definitions say the population report is a first-day-of-the-month count of local, contract, federal, and housed-elsewhere inmates, not a monthly total or monthly average.
How to Look Up an Inmate at Parmer County Jail
Use the official county-linked Parmer County Jail current-inmates roster for current county jail custody. The roster is linked from the sheriff page as "Current Inmates" and its landing page is titled "Parmer County Jail." It provides three search paths: by inmate name, by charge description, and over the last number of days. The current-inmates grid can also be opened directly, and the charges grid lets a user browse charge descriptions and link back to matching inmates.
- Open the county roster at http://64.90.148.227/dcn/.
- Search by name, browse all current inmates, search by charge description, or enter a recent number of booking days.
- Use the current-inmates grid filters for Full Name, Age, Race, Sex, or Admit Date if the list is long.
- Confirm the person is held in Parmer County Jail, not TDCJ, BOP, ICE, or another county's custody.
- If the roster fails, call 806-481-3303 or use the sheriff's open-records request form for jail records not shown online.
The official current-inmates grid shows how Parmer County Jail publishes the active roster with sortable and filterable fields.
The grid image matters because the public roster is not just a static name list; it includes column filters, grouping controls, paging, and an admit-date field that can help separate recent bookings from older custody entries.
Parmer County Jail Address and Contact
Call the main sheriff/jail line before traveling for a visit, record question, bond question, or accessible-entry need. The county pages document a 24-hour kiosk for deposits in the visitor lobby, but they do not publish full public-counter hours for every jail service.
Parmer County Jail / Law Enforcement Center
300 4th Avenue
Farwell, TX 79325
806-481-3303
Fax: 806-481-3305
Sheriff and Inmate Mail
P.O. Box 860
Farwell, TX 79325
Use the inmate's full name for jail mail.
Visiting Someone at Parmer County Jail
The official Inmate Visitation Hours page says all visitation is on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Each visitor must be on the approved visitor list, and each inmate is allowed one 20-minute visit per visitation day. The reviewed official text did not publish exact hour blocks, visitor ID rules, dress-code language, or attorney-visit procedures.
| Day | Published Time | Verified Local Rule |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | Exact hour block not published | Visitor must be on the approved visitor list; one 20-minute visit per inmate. |
| Saturday | Exact hour block not published | Visitor must be on the approved visitor list; one 20-minute visit per inmate. |
| Other days | No general public visitation day published | Call 806-481-3303 before relying on any exception. |
Mail, Phone, Commissary, and Deposits at Parmer County Jail
The county's Inmate Mail Protocol page gives the jail-mail format as the inmate's full name, Parmer County Jail, P.O. Box 860, Farwell, Texas 79325. Mail must be normal size and free of contraband. Non-privileged mail is opened and screened for contraband and content. Inflammatory writings and pornography are rejected. Cash, checks, and money orders should not be mailed because the county says they will not be accepted.
The Inmate Phone Services page says no incoming calls are allowed. Outgoing calls go through Crown Correctional Telephone / Cidnet, with collect and prepaid programs, and calls are subject to monitoring and recording. The money-deposit page points users to Cidnet for prepaid phone account setup.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail Address | Inmate full name, Parmer County Jail, P.O. Box 860, Farwell, TX 79325 |
| Phone | Crown Correctional Telephone / Cidnet; outgoing calls only; calls monitored and recorded |
| Commissary | Swanson Services Corporation; personal grooming products, snacks, games, and similar approved items |
| Lobby Deposit | 24-hour kiosk in the visitation lobby at 300 4th Avenue; accepts cash or credit cards, not money orders or $1 bills |
| Online / Phone Deposit | JailATM is named for web deposits; GovPayNOW and 1-888-277-2535 are listed with Pay Location Code 5500 and facility location code X54 |
| Refund Rules | Deposits are not refundable; some released-before-order balances may be refunded by check; release or transfer after ordering triggers a five-day pickup rule |
Booking, Bond, and Release Channels
Parmer County does not publish a detailed booking-process narrative, so the local sequence should be read together with Texas procedure. A local arrest normally moves from the arresting officer to transport to Parmer County Jail unless medical clearance or another jurisdiction changes the path. Jail staff create the booking record, identify the person, collect property, record the admit date, classify custody, and enter the person into the jail management system. The public roster confirms Admit Date as a visible field.
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.17 requires an arrested person to be taken before a magistrate without unnecessary delay. Bail and bond decisions follow Chapter 17 when the charge or hold is bondable. Arrest charges listed around booking may later differ from filed court charges after prosecutor review. For release, bond, or hold questions that are not clear from the roster, call 806-481-3303 and use the clerk or court channels for the legal case record.
Records Requests for Parmer County Jail
For jail records, booking records, reports, or mugshot material not visible in the online roster, use the sheriff-linked Parmer County Open Records Request Form. Texas public records are governed by the Texas Public Information Act, Government Code Chapter 552, but some information may be withheld or redacted under state law. The roster is best for current jail custody; the records-request route is the better fit for reports, older material, or records that do not appear in the live grid.
If the person has transferred, search the Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate search for sentenced state prisoners. Use Texas VINELink for custody-status notification when available, the BOP Inmate Locator for federal sentenced custody, and the ICE Online Detainee Locator System for immigration detention. These systems are separate from the Parmer County Jail roster.
About Parmer County Jail Operations
Official Parmer County pages verify several service rules but do not publish a broad reentry or program list. Verified local details include mail screening for contraband and content, monitored outgoing phone calls, approved visitor-list requirements, Swanson commissary service, Crown Correctional Telephone / Cidnet phone service, and jail-provided toiletry items for inmates with a $.00 account balance. County jail operations also fall under Texas Commission on Jail Standards authority.
No official city jail, state prison, BOP facility, ICE detention facility, sheriff app, mugshot gallery, public warrant search, jail construction history, exact public visitor hours, annual booking count, average length of stay, or jail program catalog was located in the official sources reviewed for this build.
Note: Confirm custody, visitor approval, and service availability with Parmer County Jail at 806-481-3303 before traveling to Farwell.