Bandera County Jail Overview
Bandera County Jail is operated by the Bandera County Sheriff's Office. The official sheriff page places the sheriff and jail complex at 3360 State Hwy. 173 North in Bandera and lists the jail phone as 830-460-7374. The page identifies Sheriff Dan Butts and gives separate contact channels for the sheriff office, dispatch, jail, and emergency-management contacts. It also links VINE and an inmate-mail PDF, which makes the sheriff page the main official web source for local detention routing.
The jail is a county facility, not a state prison. It is used for local custody after arrest, pretrial felony and misdemeanor defendants, convicted misdemeanants, bench-warrant detainees, parole or blue-warrant holds, state-jail felony categories, TDCJ-sentenced people awaiting transfer, and other local custody classes reported to TCJS. The official county source did not publish building history, housing unit names, security classification levels, booking desk hours, lobby hours, or a jail administrator name, so those details should be confirmed directly with the facility.
The sheriff page image from the manifest is the best local facility screenshot because it shows the official jail, VINE, and inmate-mail routing point.
That official county source supports the jail contact route while also showing the absence of a public roster link.
Bandera County Jail Capacity
TCJS current population data reported Bandera County Jail with a 96-bed capacity. On June 1, 2026, the TCJS current population workbook reported a total jail population of 60 people, or 62.5 percent of capacity. The TCJS incarceration-rate workbook reported an average daily population of 50 and an incarceration rate of 2.19 for Bandera County on the same date. These numbers are official monthly population figures, not live custody confirmations.
| Measure | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Rated capacity | 96 beds | TCJS Current Population Workbook, June 1, 2026 |
| Total population | 60 | TCJS Current Population Workbook, June 1, 2026 |
| Average daily population | 50 | TCJS Incarceration Rate Workbook, June 1, 2026 |
| Federal inmates | 0 male / 0 female | TCJS current population extract, June 1, 2026 |
Look Up Bandera County Jail Inmates
No official Bandera County public roster was located. The lookup path for this jail starts with the official phone and notification channels, then moves outward when the record type changes. A person booked today may not have any public web profile. A person whose case has been filed may show in iDocket. A person transferred to TDCJ should be searched in the state prison locator. The jail phone remains the direct local route for current custody and release questions.
- Call Bandera County Jail at 830-460-7374 for current custody confirmation.
- Use VINELink Texas for custody-notification searches linked from the sheriff route.
- Use the Bandera County Public Information Office when a booking record is not online.
- Search iDocket after charges are filed with the court.
- Use TDCJ, BOP, or ICE ODLS only when the person is outside county-jail custody.
Bandera County Jail Address
The sheriff/jail complex is north of central Bandera on State Highway 173. Official sources did not publish visitor parking rates, a transit route, an ADA entrance description, or lobby hours. Call before travel if identification requirements, accessible parking, property release, bond acceptance, or visitor entry procedures matter.
Bandera County Jail
3360 State Hwy. 173 North
Bandera, TX 78003
830-460-7374
County jail and sheriff-operated local detention facility.
Visiting Bandera County Jail
The official Bandera sheriff page reviewed did not publish a detailed visitation schedule, video-visitation vendor, attorney-visit rule, dress code, minor-child rule, or holiday schedule. That absence should not be filled with third-party jail directory claims. The correct local instruction is to call the jail before arrival and ask for the current schedule, ID requirements, dress code, visitor approval process, and lobby procedure.
| Facility | Schedule | Rule Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bandera County Jail | Official schedule not located | Call 830-460-7374 for current visitation rules. |
| TDCJ prison custody | Use TDCJ statewide visitation | Applies only after transfer to state prison. |
| BOP or ICE custody | Facility-specific | No BOP or ICE facility was found in Bandera County. |
Note: Confirm custody and visitation before driving to the jail because no official public visiting schedule was located.
Bandera County Jail Mail and Money
The sheriff page links an inmate-mail PDF. The research did not locate official HTML text for mail format, commissary vendor, deposit fee, phone vendor, video vendor, tablet program, or money-deposit limits. Use the sheriff page and the official mail PDF before sending anything. Do not assume a person in Bandera County Jail can use TDCJ eComm, BOP funds, or ICE facility rules.
| Service | Confirmed Detail | Action |
|---|---|---|
| County inmate-mail PDF linked by sheriff page | Use the official PDF and current jail instructions. | |
| Phone/video | Official vendor not located | Call the jail before setting up accounts. |
| Money deposit | Official vendor and fee table not located | Call before attempting a deposit. |
| Legal mail or attorney visit | Local policy not published in reviewed source | Confirm directly with the facility. |
Booking at Bandera County Jail
Bandera County did not publish a local booking manual. In Texas county-jail practice, booking after arrest commonly includes identity confirmation, search, property inventory, fingerprinting, booking photo creation, medical and mental-health screening, and classification. Classification is the jail's process for assigning custody level and housing based on safety, health, legal status, charge severity, behavior, and separation needs. Booking charges can later differ from formal charges filed in court.
Bond questions should be routed through the jail for immediate release logistics and through the court or clerk once the case has opened. Texas bond law includes cash bond, surety bond, personal bond, and no-bond holds. A person can remain in jail after one bond is posted if another warrant, detainer, blue warrant, federal hold, ICE detainer, or court order prevents release.
Bandera Jail Public Records
When a Bandera jail record is not online, the records route is the county public-information process. The Public Information Office research lists Laurie Blanchard, 502 11th Street, P.O. Box 1624, Bandera, TX 78003, email lblanchard@banderacounty.org, office phone 830-796-8461, and fax 830-796-8463. A request should name the person, date of birth if known, approximate arrest or booking date, arresting agency, and the specific record requested.
Texas Government Code Chapter 552 supports public-information access, but exceptions and redactions can apply. Active investigation material, juvenile records, protected personal information, medical or mental-health information, sealed records, and expunged records may be withheld or redacted. Court filings after arrest should be searched through iDocket or clerk terminals rather than treated as jail records.
When Bandera Jail Is Wrong
Bandera County Jail is the wrong lookup once a person has moved to another custody system. TDCJ is for people currently incarcerated in Texas state prison. BOP is for federal prisoners and does not publish public mugshots through its locator. ICE ODLS is for immigration detainees and does not replace the county jail. The TDCJ unit directory, BOP facility list, and ICE detention-facility list did not show a state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention center inside Bandera County.