Val Verde County Detention Facility Overview
Val Verde County Detention Facility is a GEO-operated detention complex at 253 FM 2523 Hamilton Lane in Del Rio. The official GEO facility page says The GEO Group was selected in 1998 to design, build, finance, and manage a new facility in Del Rio. GEO lists the U.S. Marshals Service as client and describes correctional services such as medical care, food service, laundry, and living conditions provided under Texas standards and federal guidelines.
The facility is more complex than a small sheriff-run jail. Research materials describe local county detainees, adult male and female county jail population, USMS detainees, and historically or contractually possible immigration detainees. The 2023 PREA audit described the facility type as "Prison / Jail," adult population, medium custody, nine housing units, and no youthful inmates at the onsite audit. TCJS reports the county-jail subset separately as Val Verde (P).
That source supports facility-level facts, but it does not publish a public Val Verde County inmate roster.
Val Verde County Detention Facility Capacity
Capacity figures for Val Verde County Detention Facility need source labels. GEO lists capacity as 1,407. The 2023 PREA audit lists designed capacity as 1,444 in one facility block and 1,440 in another audited-facility block, with average daily population of 1,424 for the prior twelve months. The same audit listed a day-one onsite population of 1,446. TCJS's county-jail reporting row is narrower, with 193 county-jail reporting beds and 128 total jail inmates on June 1, 2026.
Use the GEO and PREA numbers for the whole detention complex. Use the TCJS row when discussing county-jail reporting. A current inmate lookup should still be confirmed through the facility because aggregate population reports do not prove that a person is in custody today.
Look Up Val Verde Detention Inmates
No official public county jail roster was found for Val Verde County Detention Facility. That means a practical lookup starts with the phone line and then follows the correct custody authority. Local county custody, USMS contract detention, TDCJ state prison transfer, BOP custody, and ICE custody are not the same record system.
- Call Val Verde County Detention Facility at 830-778-0096 and provide the person's full legal name, date of birth, and arrest date if known.
- Call the Val Verde County Sheriff's Office at 830-774-7513 for local arrest, warrant, jail, or bail context.
- Use the Val Verde County open-records request form for written booking records, incident reports, arrest records, or booking-photo requests.
- Search TDCJ after a state-prison transfer.
- Search BOP for sentenced federal prison custody and ICE ODLS through the ICE locator fact sheet for immigration custody.
Texas VINELink can also help with custody-status notifications. It should not be treated as a substitute for a direct facility call when the need is immediate.
Val Verde Facility Address and Contact
For facility-specific questions, call the detention facility before traveling, sending mail, scheduling a visit, or arranging funds. The sheriff's office is nearby on FM 2523 and is the local law-enforcement office for sheriff custody, warrants, bail, and jail-duty questions. The county homepage also lists general county offices in downtown Del Rio, but current custody and visitation questions belong with the facility and sheriff first.
Val Verde County Detention Facility
253 FM 2523 Hamilton Lane
Del Rio, TX 78840
830-778-0096
Call for custody, visitation, mail, and deposit rules.
Val Verde County Sheriff's Office
295 FM 2523
Del Rio, TX 78840
830-774-7513
Sheriff Jose Frank Martinez is named on the county sheriff page.
Visiting Val Verde Detention Facility
Official Val Verde County, Sheriff's Office, and GEO pages reviewed for this project did not publish a facility-specific visitation schedule, visitor ID rule, dress code, child-visitor rule, video-visitation vendor, or attorney-visit schedule. Do not rely on unofficial jail-info sites for those rules. Call 830-778-0096 and ask whether the person is held as county, USMS, or immigration custody because the rules can differ by authority.
| Topic | Official Val Verde finding | Practical use |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visitation schedule | Not located in official sources | Call before traveling. |
| Visitor ID and dress code | Not published in inspected official sources | Ask facility staff before arriving. |
| Video visitation | No official vendor located | Do not create an account until the facility confirms the vendor. |
| Attorney visits | No public schedule located | Attorneys should coordinate directly with the facility or court. |
Mail, Phone, and Money at Val Verde
The official sources inspected did not publish a public mail format, commissary vendor, deposit fee table, phone-call provider, tablet program, or online deposit link for Val Verde County Detention Facility. The address is available, but mail rules can be strict. Confirm the person's custody authority and the current mail format before sending anything.
| Service | Published detail | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Mail address | Facility address is published, but mail format is not | Call the facility before mailing letters or documents. |
| Phone calls | No official provider found | Ask which system applies to county, USMS, or ICE custody. |
| Money deposit | No official fee table or vendor found | Do not send funds until staff confirm the process. |
| TDCJ rules | Separate state-prison rules | Use TDCJ only after transfer to state prison. |
Booking and Intake at Val Verde
Local official pages do not publish a full booking manual, but the research supports the basic pathway. A person may be arrested by the sheriff, Del Rio Police, DPS, federal officers, or another agency. After transport, intake may include identification, warrant and case checks, property handling, photo and fingerprints, medical or mental-health screening, and classification. The PREA audit supports screening and classification context, including adult population, medium custody, and housing units.
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.17 requires prompt presentation before a magistrate, generally not later than 48 hours after arrest. Bond issues are governed by Chapter 17. A local bond does not always mean release because holds or detainers from another county, parole, USMS, ICE, or another authority can keep the person in custody.
- Booking
- Administrative intake after arrest, often including identity checks, photo, fingerprints, property, and initial charges.
- Detainer
- A hold or request from another agency, such as ICE, parole, another county, or federal authority.
- Classification
- The housing and custody assignment based on risk, needs, security level, and facility rules.
About Val Verde County Detention Facility
GEO says the facility includes expanded kitchen areas, laundry, and support-services space. The page also says the existing county jail is certified by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, ACA accredited, and reaccredited in 2024 with a 100 percent score. The 2023 PREA final audit reported five standards exceeded, forty standards met, and no standards not met.
The PREA audit also identifies local operational details that should be dated rather than treated as current live custody data. It listed 287 staff with inmate contact, six contractors, fifteen volunteers, and a large limited-English-proficient count on the day of audit. It named BCFS Health and Human Services as a community-based or victim-advocacy contact used in audit outreach. GEO's facility page listed student scholarships as a local program item.
Note: Confirm custody type and visit rules with Val Verde County Detention Facility before traveling or sending funds.
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