Bailey County Jail Overview
Bailey County Jail is operated by the Bailey County Sheriff's Office and is the only detention facility listed in the Bailey County facility map. It is the local jail for people arrested in Bailey County before release, transfer, court disposition, or sentencing. The official sheriff page names Sheriff Richard Wills, Chief Deputy Jeremiah Murillo, Secretary Yesenia Chacon, and Jail Administrator Vanessa Cervantes. No separate Muleshoe city jail page, work-release building, annex, regional jail, state prison, federal prison, or ICE facility was located in official sources for Bailey County.
The jail's public record profile is built from the sheriff page, the official visiting-hours page, and TCJS population reporting. The county site does not publish a jail-building history, construction year, floor plan, pod map, visitor parking map, detailed intake policy, or online inmate roster. Those gaps should be stated as gaps. The most dependable local facts are who operates the jail, where it is, the published contact numbers, the visitation schedule, and the TCJS capacity and population figures.
Bailey County Jail Capacity
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards reported Bailey County Jail capacity as 96 beds and total jail population as 62 on June 1, 2026. That places the facility at 64.58% of rated capacity for that snapshot. The separate TCJS incarceration-rate workbook reported Bailey County average daily population of 21 for the same date, with a countywide population field of 7,031 and incarceration rate of 2.99 per 1,000 residents. The first-day population count and ADP are different measures.
| Population Category | Count |
|---|---|
| Local male pretrial Class A/B misdemeanants | 7 |
| Local male pretrial felons | 7 |
| Local male pretrial state-jail felons | 2 |
| Male federal inmates | 31 |
| Female federal inmates | 6 |
| In-state contract inmates, excluding federal | 5 |
| Total jail population | 62 |
Look Up Bailey County Jail Inmates
No official county-hosted jail roster or inmate profile page was located for Bailey County Jail. The sheriff page points users to SAVNS/VINE and VINELink for custody status and notification. That makes VINELink the first public online step for local custody, followed by phone contact with the sheriff or jail administrator. A person sentenced to a Texas prison should be searched through TDCJ, not through the county jail. Federal or immigration custody uses separate federal tools.
- Search Texas VINELink with the person's full name or jail-assigned ID if known.
- Call the Bailey County Sheriff's Office at 806-272-4268 if the online result is missing or unclear.
- Use the jail administrator line at 806-272-7619 for jail-specific questions.
- Search TDCJ if the person has been sentenced to state prison.
- Use the BOP locator or ICE ODLS if federal or immigration custody is involved.
The Bailey County Sheriff's Office page is the local source for SAVNS/VINE and jail contact information.
The sheriff page should be checked before calling because it lists the current sheriff, chief deputy, secretary, jail administrator, and notification links.
Bailey County Jail Contact
The sheriff and jail address is separate from the Bailey County courthouse. The courthouse is listed at 300 S. 1st Street, while the sheriff and jail address used in official sheriff materials is 405 W. 2nd Street. For custody, booking, visitation, jail administration, or jail records routing, start with the jail and sheriff contact points. For court filings, charges, fines, or case records, use the clerk or prosecutor office tied to the case.
Bailey County Jail
405 W. 2nd Street
Muleshoe, TX 79347
806-272-4268
Jail administrator: Vanessa Cervantes, 806-272-7619
Bailey County Sheriff's Office
405 W. 2nd Street
Muleshoe, TX 79347
806-272-4268
Secretary line: 806-272-4268 or 806-272-4269
Bailey County Jail Visits
The official Bailey County visiting-hours page lists in-person visit windows by male and female population. It does not publish a full visitation handbook, visitor approval list, visitor ID rule, dress code, child visitor rule, maximum visitors, visit duration, remote-video vendor, attorney visit schedule, holiday change rule, or property restriction list. Visitors should confirm rules with the jail before travel because a posted time does not answer every entry question.
| Population | Day | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Males | Tuesday | 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. |
| Males | Saturday | 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. |
| Females | Wednesday | 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. |
| Females | Saturday | 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. |
The official Bailey County Jail visiting-hours page supplies the published visit schedule.
The source confirms the times, while all other visitor rules should be verified with jail staff before arrival.
Bailey County Jail Mail Money Phone
No official Bailey County jail page was located for mail rules, commissary deposits, phone vendor, remote-video visits, money kiosk, tablet service, or attorney visit procedures. Do not infer a postcard-only rule, scanned mail vendor, approved book vendor, deposit fee, phone rate, or video provider. The safest path is to confirm directly with the jail administrator or sheriff's office before sending mail, depositing money, or planning attorney or family contact.
| Service | Published Status | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Mail address format | Not published | Confirm inmate name and mail format with jail. |
| Commissary deposits | No vendor found | Ask jail staff before paying any third party. |
| Phone calls | No vendor found | Ask the jail for current call provider and account rules. |
| Remote video visits | No official page found | Use published in-person visits unless jail confirms video. |
Booking at Bailey County Jail
Bailey County does not publish a step-by-step intake policy. In a typical Texas jail booking, staff verify identity, record the arresting agency and charge basis, collect property, run warrant and hold checks, take fingerprints, take a booking photo, screen for immediate medical or mental-health needs, and make an initial housing or classification decision. Local policy details for property release, phone calls, classification, and photo handling were not published in the reviewed county sources.
After booking, Texas law requires a first appearance before a magistrate without unnecessary delay. The magistrate gives warnings, explains the accusation and rights, and addresses bail where available. That process creates a practical split between jail records and court records. Jail records reflect custody and booking. Court records reflect filed charges, bond paperwork, settings, and later dispositions.
Bailey County Jail Court Records
A person booked into Bailey County Jail may next have records in the District Clerk, County Clerk, District Attorney, County Attorney, County Court, District Court, or Justice of the Peace office depending on the charge and case stage. The District Clerk and County Clerk are in the courthouse at 300 South 1st Street. The DA and County Attorney are at 623 W American Blvd. The JP office is at 306 West 2nd Street. These offices are close in Muleshoe, but they are not the same as the jail.
| Need | Likely Office |
|---|---|
| Current custody or jail booking | Bailey County Jail or sheriff |
| Felony or district case file | District Clerk and District Attorney |
| County-level criminal records | County Clerk or County Attorney as appropriate |
| JP citation or payment questions | Justice of the Peace |
| Online purchased records | LGS portal linked by County Clerk |
Directions to Bailey County Jail
Bailey County Jail is in central Muleshoe near the courthouse area, but visitors should distinguish the sheriff and jail address from courthouse offices. People approaching on U.S. 84 should route into central Muleshoe, then use local streets to reach W. 2nd Street. Visitors coming from the courthouse or central business area can use the S. 1st and S. Main street grid, then proceed west toward W. 2nd.
Official sources did not publish a visitor parking map, public transit route, visitor-lobby entrance diagram, locker rule, visitor property policy, or jail-specific ADA entrance note. The county footer lists general county office hours, but those hours should not be treated as jail lobby or visitation rules without confirmation. Note: confirm custody, visit status, entrance location, and any accessibility needs with the jail before traveling.