Winkler County Jail Records Overview
Winkler County Jail serves as the practical custody contact point for Loving County jail questions because Loving County official material does not list a county-operated jail. The Loving County jail-information page sends jail inquiries to the Winkler County Sheriff's Office in Kermit. That routing matters for families, lawyers, and bondsmen because a person arrested in Loving County may not be held in a Loving County building. The correct first question is not just whether the arrest happened in Loving County. It is where the person is in custody now.
The facility type is best treated as a regional county jail for Loving County lookup purposes. Winkler County Sheriff's Office operates the jail, while Loving County Sheriff's Office remains the local arrest and records agency for Loving County events. A current custody call should go to Winkler when the issue is housing, bond status, release timing, visits, mail, or inmate services. A records request about the Loving arrest itself can still go through Loving County's open-records email route. For broader context on the county jail search path, see the Loving County jail inmate records page.
The official Loving jail-information page is a useful source because it names the Winkler County Sheriff's Office as the jail contact instead of publishing a Loving County jail roster. The source image supports the Loving-to-Winkler custody route.
Loving County Sheriff's Office jail information is the source for the jail contact routing shown here.
The page is not a searchable roster, but it gives the office, address, and phone number to use when a Loving County inmate may be housed at Winkler County Jail.
Winkler County Jail Population
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards population workbook gives the clearest sourced count for Winkler County Jail. In the June 2026 workbook, Winkler County Jail had a rated capacity of 101 beds and a June 1 population of 45 people, or 44.55 percent of capacity. That same statewide jail data labels Loving County as "Loving (no jail)" with capacity of zero, a local jail total of zero, and five people housed elsewhere on June 1, 2026. Those figures explain why a Loving County inmate lookup often points away from Mentone and toward the jail in Kermit.
The same TCJS series shows a small but real month-to-month shift in the jail count during spring 2026. Winkler County Jail reported 60 people on March 1, 45 on April 1, 37 on May 1, and 45 on June 1. Loving County's housed-elsewhere number moved from two people in March and April to six in May and five in June. Those numbers do not identify any person by name. They are population measures, not a roster, but they help explain the role Winkler plays for Loving County custody.
| Report Date | Winkler Jail Population | Capacity Used | Loving Housed Elsewhere |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 1, 2026 | 60 of 101 | 59.41% | 2 |
| April 1, 2026 | 45 of 101 | 44.55% | 2 |
| May 1, 2026 | 37 of 101 | 36.63% | 6 |
| June 1, 2026 | 45 of 101 | 44.55% | 5 |
TCJS June 2026 county jail population workbook is the source for these capacity, population, and housed-elsewhere figures.
Winkler Jail Inmate Lookup
No official Loving County online roster link for Winkler County Jail was located in the source material. That means a current custody check should start with a direct call to Winkler County Jail when the question is whether someone is presently in custody, has a bond, has been released, or can receive a visit. For a Loving County arrest record, use Loving County Sheriff's Office records contacts. For a sentenced state prisoner, use the Texas Department of Criminal Justice locator instead. For federal or immigration detention, use the federal locator or ICE detainee search.
- Call Winkler County Jail and give the person's full name, date of birth if known, and the arresting county if it was Loving County.
- Ask whether the person is currently held, released, transferred, or waiting on bond information.
- If the arrest was handled by Loving County, request arrest-record guidance through the Loving County Sheriff's Office records emails.
- Check the Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate search only if the person may have moved to sentenced state custody.
- Use BOP inmate locator, ICE detainee locator, or VINELink Texas when the custody status points outside the county jail system.
VINELink can be useful for notification and search when an agency participates, but it should not replace a direct custody call for urgent release, bond, transport, or visit questions. A jail roster, if one is supplied by a jail, usually covers current county custody. TDCJ covers sentenced state custody after transfer. Federal and immigration systems are separate. A detainer is a hold request from another agency, and it can affect release even when a local bond has been posted.
Winkler Jail Contact Records
Use Winkler County Jail for immediate jail questions and Loving County Sheriff's Office for Loving arrest records, local sheriff records, and open-records routing. Loving County's official sheriff contact block lists the Mentone office, non-emergency phone, fax, emergency instruction, hours, and sheriff name. The Winkler jail contact is the one supplied by Loving County's own jail-information page. Call before travel because west Texas distances are long and rural cell coverage can be uneven.
Winkler County Jail
1300 Bellaire St
Kermit, TX 79745
432-586-3461
Call for custody, bond, release, and visitation questions.
Loving County Sheriff's Office
114 West Collins St.
P.O. Box 104
Mentone, TX 79754
432-377-2411
Fax: 432-377-2025
Monday-Thursday 8-5; Friday 8-noon
Loving County records email routes listed in the research are sherifflandersman@co.loving.tx.us, cfielder@co.loving.tx.us, and lpearson@co.loving.tx.us. Sheriff David Landersman is listed for the Loving County Sheriff's Office. For emergencies, call 911. For routine custody, do not rely on email when the question is time sensitive, since booking, bond, and release can change during the day.
Winkler Jail Visitation Records
No official Winkler County Jail visitation schedule, lobby hours, video-visit vendor, visitor dress code, or ADA visit detail was located in the supplied research. That gap should be handled plainly. Anyone planning to visit a Loving County inmate held at Winkler County Jail should call the jail before leaving Mentone, Kermit, or another rural location. Ask whether the person is eligible for visits, whether visits are in person or video, what ID is required, and whether children or out-of-county visitors have extra rules.
| Visit Detail | Status in Research | What to Do |
|---|---|---|
| Public visit days | No official schedule located | Call Winkler County Jail before travel. |
| Visit hours | No official hours located | Ask for the current day and housing-unit rules. |
| Video visits | No vendor located | Do not assume video access is available. |
| Dress code and ID | No official rule page located | Ask what government ID and clothing rules apply. |
| ADA or special access | No public detail located | Call ahead for access instructions. |
A visit can be denied if the person has just been booked, is being moved, is under a disciplinary restriction, or is waiting on classification. Classification is the jail's process for deciding housing and safety status. It can affect phone use, visits, and movement inside the jail.
Winkler Jail Mail Records
No official Winkler County Jail mail rule page, commissary vendor, phone provider, deposit link, deposit fee schedule, public transit guidance, or inmate money page was located in the research. Do not send money through an online service unless Winkler County Jail confirms the current provider. Jail phone and commissary vendors can change, and third-party sites may appear in search results even when they are not the jail's current vendor.
| Service | Documented Detail | Recommended Confirmation |
|---|---|---|
| No official format located | Call for the inmate name, ID if required, and mailing format. | |
| Phone calls | No official vendor located | Ask Winkler County Jail for the active phone provider. |
| Commissary | No official vendor located | Confirm allowed deposit methods with the jail. |
| Fees | No fee schedule documented | Do not assume a card, kiosk, or web fee amount. |
Because no fee table was documented, no commissary or deposit fees are listed. A family member should also confirm whether the person is still at Winkler County Jail before sending mail or money. Transfers can occur after court, after bond, when a hold is cleared, or when a sentenced person is moved into TDCJ custody.
Winkler Jail Booking Records
Loving County arrests begin with the local arresting agency and court process, but jail housing can be elsewhere because Loving has no jail in the TCJS population data. Booking is the jail intake process. It may include identity checks, medical screening, property inventory, fingerprints, charge entry, bond entry, and housing assignment. A booking entry is not the same thing as a conviction. It records custody and pending charge information at that point in the process.
If the person was arrested in Loving County, the local records route can help with the arrest event, while Winkler County Jail can confirm current custody and jail services. If the person has already gone to court and was sentenced to state prison, TDCJ becomes the better search system. If another agency placed a hold, the local jail may be able to name the agency, but the other agency controls part of the release path.
- Booking
- The jail intake record made when a person is received into custody.
- Bond
- A court-set release condition that may allow release while a case is pending.
- Detainer
- A request from another agency asking the jail to hold or notify before release.
- Transfer
- A move from one custody system to another, such as county jail to state prison.
Winkler Jail Directions
Visitors from Mentone usually travel toward Kermit to reach Winkler County Jail. The route should be checked before leaving, especially in bad weather, at night, or when a visit depends on a short time window. Rural road conditions and cell coverage can change the practical travel plan. Calling first also prevents a wasted trip if the person has been released, transferred, or is not cleared for visits.
Winkler County Jail Custody Role
For Loving County readers, Winkler County Jail is less a separate research topic than the working jail contact named by Loving County's own sheriff material. Loving County Sheriff's Office remains based in Mentone, and its official records route matters for Loving arrest documentation. Winkler County Jail is the facility contact for the jail side of the question when a Loving County inmate is housed there.
The broader Loving County inmate population count reflects this split. TCJS lists Loving with no jail capacity and people housed elsewhere, while Winkler reports its own rated capacity and jail count. Those two facts should be read together. They explain why a Loving County inmate record search may involve one county for arrest records and a different county for present jail custody.
Note: Confirm custody, release, visit rules, and any money or mail provider with Winkler County Jail before traveling or paying a vendor.