Collingsworth County Inmate Population Overview
The Collingsworth County inmate population is centered on one local facility, the Collingsworth County Jail in Wellington. The jail is operated by the Collingsworth County Sheriff's Office, and the county site identifies Kent Riley as sheriff. Research did not locate a separate city jail, county annex, regional jail, state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention facility inside Collingsworth County. That keeps the local facility map simple, but it also means the custody path changes quickly once a case moves beyond county jail status.
The local jail count includes people held before case disposition, people serving short local terms, parole or blue-warrant holds, and people waiting on a state transfer when applicable. A jail booking is not the same thing as a prison sentence. A person arrested in Collingsworth County may start in the county jail, appear before a magistrate or court, post bond, remain held on a warrant, or later transfer to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Each step can change the right lookup system.
Collingsworth County Inmate Population Statistics
The main official source for county jail population numbers is the Texas Commission on Jail Standards population reports. The June 2026 population workbook listed Collingsworth County with 17 rated beds and 10 total inmates on June 1, 2026. A separate TCJS incarceration-rate workbook for the same date used a jail count of 9 and a county population base of 2,611. Those figures should not be merged. They come from different TCJS workbooks and serve different reporting purposes.
The TCJS population reports page is the state source used for the Collingsworth County inmate population figures below.
| Measure | Figure | Source and Date |
|---|---|---|
| Rated jail capacity | 17 beds | TCJS population workbook, June 1, 2026 |
| Total jail population | 10 | TCJS population workbook, June 1, 2026 |
| Percent of capacity | 58.8% | TCJS population workbook, June 1, 2026 |
| County population for rate workbook | 2,611 | TCJS incarceration-rate workbook, June 1, 2026 |
| Jail count in rate workbook | 9 | TCJS incarceration-rate workbook, June 1, 2026 |
| Incarceration rate | 3.45 per 1,000 residents | TCJS incarceration-rate workbook, June 1, 2026 |
Collingsworth County Jail Population Trends
Recent TCJS rate-workbook rows show a small jail count that stayed below rated capacity in the captured months. In a 17-bed jail, one person equals about 5.88 percentage points of capacity. That makes trend lines easy to misread if the count is viewed like a large urban jail. A move from 7 to 9 inmates is a two-person change, but it produces a notable rate shift for a county population base a little above 2,600.
| Month | Jail Count | Rate per 1,000 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | 9 | 3.45 | Rate workbook; population workbook total was 10. |
| May 2026 | 9 | 3.45 | County population base 2,611. |
| April 2026 | 8 | 3.06 | Below rated capacity. |
| March 2026 | 8 | 3.06 | Below rated capacity. |
| September 2025 | 7 | 2.68 | County population base 2,611. |
| January 2024 | 7 | 2.73 | County population base 2,563. |
The TCJS non-compliant jails page is the state source to check for current compliance listings. The captured research did not identify Collingsworth County as having a current separate non-compliant listing, and no official local source described an overcrowding order, consent decree, or new jail construction plan.
Who Is in Collingsworth County Jail
The June 1, 2026 TCJS population workbook gave a date-specific look at who made up the Collingsworth County inmate population. The nonzero fields captured for that date were local male categories only. That should not be turned into a permanent demographic claim. It is a snapshot from one reporting date and reflects who was in custody that day, not a standing rule about who the jail can hold.
| Reported Category | Count |
|---|---|
| Local male pretrial Class A/B misdemeanant | 1 |
| Local male pretrial felons | 6 |
| Local male parole violators or blue warrants | 1 |
| Local male convicted felons or parole violators sentenced to TDCJ-related divisions | 2 |
| Female categories reported nonzero | 0 in captured nonzero June 1 fields |
| Federal or contract inmates | 0 in captured nonzero June 1 fields |
Laws for Collingsworth County Jail Data
Texas law controls access to jail data, booking facts, population reporting, bond, and some later record limits. The Texas Public Information Act gives the public a path to request government records unless a specific exception allows or requires withholding. The Act does not make every jail file instant or online. It gives a written request path when Collingsworth County does not post a roster.
Key Texas sources:
Texas Government Code Section 552.108(c) keeps basic information about an arrested person, an arrest, or a crime outside the law-enforcement exception.
Texas Government Code Chapter 511 creates the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, the state body tied to county jail standards and reports.
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 49.18 governs custodial death reporting and investigation processes.
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 17 covers bail and bond decisions after arrest.
How to Search Collingsworth County Inmates
No official Collingsworth County online jail roster, current-inmate search page, booking report, recent-bookings feed, or mugshot gallery was located on the county or sheriff website. That absence is the central lookup fact for this county. Same-day custody checks should start with the jail by phone. For documents, the fallback is a narrow written request under the Texas Public Information Act.
- Call the Collingsworth County Sheriff's Office or jail at 806-447-2588 and ask whether the person is in current county custody.
- Ask whether bond has been set, whether a booking number is available, and whether any hold blocks release.
- Check VINELink for Texas custody notifications where the agency feeds data, but do not rely on it as a complete local roster.
- For copies, send a specific Texas Public Information Act request for the booking sheet, arrest date, charge, booking photo if releasable, and date range.
- If the person has been sentenced and transferred, search the TDCJ inmate search instead of the county jail.
The official county site is sparse, so phone confirmation is more useful than guessing about an unpublished web tool. A reader looking for custody status may also need court records when the question shifts from where a person is held to what charge was filed after arrest.
Collingsworth County Roster Search Status
A normal roster search-field table cannot be filled with local controls because no county-hosted search form was found. The table below preserves the actual research result rather than implying that the sheriff offers online last-name, booking-number, or release-date filters. For a current inmate, the sheriff phone line is the practical local lookup route.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options or Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not available | Not available | Not available | No official county-hosted search form was located. |
The lack of a county roster also affects released and past inmate searches. A person who bonded out may not appear in any local public tool. A person transferred to TDCJ may appear only after state prison intake and classification.
What Collingsworth County Inmate Records Show
No public Collingsworth County jail roster profile was available for inspection, so local profile fields should not be overstated. A phone call or records request may confirm current custody status, booking date, arresting agency, offense or charge, bond status, release or transfer status, and sometimes a booking number or court date. Booking photos are not confirmed online through an official county source.
| Field | Collingsworth County Research Result |
|---|---|
| Mugshot | Not available online in an official county source. |
| Booking number | Not visible online; ask the jail or request records. |
| Booking date and time | Must be confirmed by phone or TPIA request. |
| Charges | Not visible in a county online roster; court records may later show filed charges. |
| Bond | Not visible in a county online roster; call the jail after booking. |
| Court date | Use the clerk or court-record route, not a jail roster. |
Collingsworth County Jail vs TDCJ
County jail and state prison records answer different questions. Collingsworth County Jail is the local custody point after arrest. TDCJ is the statewide prison agency for sentenced Texas custody after transfer. No TDCJ unit was identified in Collingsworth County from the TDCJ unit directory, but the locator remains important because a Collingsworth arrest can later become a state prison sentence.
| Question | County Jail | TDCJ Prison |
|---|---|---|
| Who is covered | Local pretrial detainees, short-term custody, holds, and people awaiting transfer. | Sentenced Texas prisoners and related offender records after state intake. |
| Lookup path | Call the sheriff or submit a TPIA request because no local roster was found. | Use the official TDCJ inmate search by name, TDCJ number, or SID number. |
| Common records | Booking, charge, bond, custody, release, or transfer status when releasable. | TDCJ number, SID number, facility, sentence, offense, and release data. |
State and Federal Custody Search
The state and federal tools are not substitutes for a Collingsworth County jail check. They are separate systems for separate custody levels. The TDCJ inmate search covers sentenced Texas prisoners and TDCJ-supervised data. The BOP inmate locator covers federal inmates and released federal prisoners dating back to 1982. The ICE Online Detainee Locator System covers immigration detention by A-number and country of birth or by biographical data.
The TDCJ offender search interface is relevant only after a Collingsworth County case moves into state prison custody.
Federal pretrial custody may involve the U.S. Marshals Service, and the Texas Panhandle falls under the Northern District of Texas. Those federal paths do not create a Collingsworth County online roster entry. They also do not create a public federal mugshot gallery.
Collingsworth County Detention Facility
The county facility map has one local detention facility. The Collingsworth County Jail is the local sheriff-operated jail, and it should be the first stop for questions about a recent arrest, current local custody, bond status, or visitation eligibility. For more facility-specific details, use the Collingsworth County Jail page.
- Collingsworth County Jail - the county jail in Wellington for local pretrial custody, short-term custody, holds, and people awaiting transfer when applicable.
Collingsworth County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Collingsworth County inmate population? The TCJS June 2026 population workbook listed 10 total inmates and 17 rated beds on June 1, 2026. The rate workbook used a count of 9 for the same date, so each figure should be tied to its source.
Can Collingsworth County inmates be searched online? No official county-hosted roster was located in the research. Call the jail at 806-447-2588, check VINELink where available, and use a written TPIA request for record copies.
Does TDCJ show county jail inmates? No. TDCJ is for sentenced Texas prison custody and related state supervision data. It does not replace the Collingsworth County Jail for same-day local custody checks.
Where are court charges found after arrest? Court records come through the clerk and court-record path. Jail booking charges can differ from prosecutor-filed charges.