Moore County Inmate Population Snapshot
The most concrete Moore County inmate population source is the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, not a county roster page. The TCJS population reports identify Moore County as a county jail with 62 rated beds and 42 total jail inmates on June 1, 2026. That placed the jail at 67.74 percent of capacity on the inspected report date. The count is local jail custody, not the total number of people with Moore County criminal cases and not the number of sentenced prisoners in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice system.
The Moore County Jail / Moore County Sheriff's Office is the only detention facility found in official local, state, federal, or immigration sources as physically located in Moore County. The official sheriff page lists Sheriff Morgan W. Hightower, the sheriff and jail address at 700 S. Bliss Ave. in Dumas, and the office and dispatch phone lines. It does not publish a county jail roster, current inmate search form, recent booking report, or mugshot gallery. That gap is the key local fact for anyone trying to read the Moore County inmate population.
The jail population includes more than one legal status. TCJS categories for the June 1, 2026 Moore row include local pretrial misdemeanor detainees, pretrial felons, convicted misdemeanants, parole or blue-warrant cases, TDCJ-ready prisoners, state-jail-felony categories, one contract inmate, and people housed elsewhere. A pretrial detainee is held before final case disposition. A TDCJ-ready prisoner is a sentenced person waiting for state transfer processing.
Moore County Jail Population Statistics
TCJS reported a 62-bed Moore County Jail and 42 total jail inmates on June 1, 2026. The same data point gives the best current capacity reading for the Moore County inmate population because the county's own sheriff page does not publish a live population counter. No official annual booking total, average length of stay, or daily-average population figure was located in the Moore County materials reviewed for this build.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Date |
|---|---|---|
| Total jail population | 42 | TCJS PopRptCurrent.xlsx, Moore row, June 1, 2026 |
| Rated jail capacity | 62 beds | TCJS PopRptCurrent.xlsx, Moore row, June 1, 2026 |
| Percent of capacity | 67.74% | TCJS PopRptCurrent.xlsx, Moore row, June 1, 2026 |
| County population used in TCJS rate sheet | 21,872 | TCJS IncarcerationRateCurrent.xlsx, 2026 Moore rows |
| Annual bookings | Not located | No official Moore County source found |
The TCJS population report index is a useful source because it comes from the state agency that oversees Texas county jails. The index does not replace sheriff confirmation for a named person. It is a population and capacity source, while VINELink, sheriff staff, court clerks, and state or federal locators handle person-specific custody questions.
Moore County Inmate Population Trends
The Moore County inmate population stayed below rated capacity in the TCJS data points reviewed from December 2022 through June 2026. Capacity remained 62 beds in each selected row. The highest selected count was 49 inmates on January 1, 2024, equal to 79.03 percent of capacity. The lowest selected count was 36 inmates on December 1, 2024, equal to 58.06 percent of capacity.
| Date | Capacity | Total Jail Population | Percent of Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-01 | 62 | 37 | 59.68% |
| 2023-06-01 | 62 | 48 | 77.42% |
| 2024-01-01 | 62 | 49 | 79.03% |
| 2024-12-01 | 62 | 36 | 58.06% |
| 2025-06-01 | 62 | 46 | 74.19% |
| 2026-06-01 | 62 | 42 | 67.74% |
The trend does not show an inspected over-capacity point. It does show normal movement for a small county jail. A few arrests, bond releases, parole holds, or state-prison transfers can move the percentage a great deal because the facility is not large. A mid-40s count means something different in a 62-bed jail than it would in a large metropolitan facility.
The TCJS population report page is the source shown here. The screenshot below is from that state index, which is where the Moore County population and capacity rows were traced.
Because TCJS reports are population snapshots, they should be read as jail-management data. They do not confirm whether a specific person is booked right now.
Moore County Jail Custody Makeup
The June 1, 2026 TCJS row gives a more detailed look at the Moore County inmate population. The largest category was local pretrial felons, with 15 total inmates. Local male pretrial Class A and Class B misdemeanor detainees accounted for 8. Pretrial state-jail-felony males accounted for 5, and convicted state-jail-felony prisoners sentenced to state jail time accounted for 5 more.
Other categories were smaller but still important. Local convicted misdemeanants accounted for 2 total inmates, with 1 male and 1 female. Parole or blue-warrant categories accounted for 2 total inmates, plus 1 local male parole violator with a new charge. TDCJ-sentenced or ready categories accounted for 3 total inmates. TCJS also showed 1 contract inmate and 2 inmates housed elsewhere. Race, ethnicity, and age bands were not published in the inspected Moore County row, so those details are not stated as local facts.
- Pretrial detainee
- A person held before the criminal case has reached final disposition.
- Blue warrant
- A Texas parole-violation warrant that can keep a person in custody even when a local bond issue looks resolved.
- State jail felony
- A Texas felony category that can affect whether a person remains in county custody or moves toward state jail processing.
- TDCJ-ready
- A sentenced person waiting for paperwork or transport into Texas Department of Criminal Justice custody.
Moore County Jail Capacity Laws
Moore County Jail operates within the Texas county-jail oversight system. Texas Government Code Chapter 511 creates and empowers the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. Section 511.009 requires TCJS to adopt minimum rules for county jail construction, equipment, maintenance, operation, custody, care, and treatment. Those statewide standards matter even when the local sheriff page is brief, because they set the framework for population reporting, inspections, classification, supervision, health services, sanitation, discipline, and records.
Texas Government Code Chapter 552, the Texas Public Information Act, is the main public-records path for existing jail, sheriff, and booking records that are not posted online. It does not require Moore County to create a new report or answer legal questions. It gives requesters a process to ask for records that already exist, subject to exceptions. For a jail population question, TCJS is usually the cleanest published source. For a named inmate, the sheriff, VINELink, and court records become more practical.
Key Texas Rules:
Texas Government Code Chapter 552 gives the public a process to request existing government records from Texas public bodies.
Texas Government Code Chapter 511 creates the Texas Commission on Jail Standards and its county-jail oversight role.
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.17 requires a prompt magistrate appearance after arrest, no later than 48 hours.
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 49.18 governs investigation and reporting when a person dies in custody or in a jail.
Search Moore County Custody
No official Moore County jail roster, booking report, public inmate search form, or mugshot gallery was located in the county materials reviewed. The sheriff page instead points users to VINELink to check offender custody status. That access chain matters. VINELink can help with custody status and notification, but it should not be treated as a full booking profile with every charge, bond, mugshot, or housing field.
The Moore County inmate population lookup path starts with status, then moves to records. A person who only needs to know whether someone is in custody should try VINELink and call the sheriff. A person who needs a booking photo, arrest report, jail record, bond paperwork, or charge details should be ready to ask the sheriff or court clerk for the correct record process.
- Open the official Moore County sheriff page and use the VINELink referral for custody status.
- Call the Moore County Sheriff's Office at 806-935-4145 for routine custody or records questions.
- Use Dispatch at 806-935-2151 only for time-sensitive law-enforcement routing, not broad record research.
- If online and phone channels do not resolve the issue, go to 700 S. Bliss Ave., Dumas, TX 79029, with government photo ID and the person's full legal name.
- For records not posted online, ask how to submit a written Texas Public Information Act request for existing jail or booking records.
- If the person was sentenced to state prison, switch to the TDCJ locator rather than the county custody path.
Note: A booking may exist before formal court charges are filed, so recent arrests can require both jail and clerk follow-up.
Moore County Roster Fallbacks
The absence of an official Moore County roster changes how search fields should be described. There is no verified county search box with first name, last name, booking number, or date filters. The proper local table is a fallback table, not a pretend roster table. For fuller roster handling, the main jail records workflow is described on the Moore County jail inmate records page.
| Channel | Best Use | Moore County Limits |
|---|---|---|
| Sheriff page and VINELink | Current custody-status check and notification support | Not a full inspected county roster profile |
| Sheriff phone line | Custody, bond, jail record, and request-routing questions | Staff may require details and may direct written requests |
| In-person sheriff counter | Local jail business when phone and online checks fail | Visitor entry rules are not published, so call first |
| Written public-information request | Existing booking records, arrest reports, jail records, or booking photos | Exceptions, active cases, juvenile records, or court orders can limit release |
| County Public Inquiry | Court-filed case follow-up after arrest | Official link exists, but the endpoint was not inspectable in research |
Moore County Inmate Record Fields
Because no official Moore County jail roster profile was available for inspection, local online fields cannot be promised. A booking number, booking date, charges, bond amount, mugshot, housing unit, arresting agency, and release status may exist inside jail or court systems, but they were not visible in a county public roster. A request should identify the person, approximate arrest or booking date, arresting agency if known, and the specific record needed.
| Field | Moore County Online Status | Where to Ask |
|---|---|---|
| Name and custody status | Sheriff refers users to VINELink | VINELink, then sheriff phone confirmation |
| Booking number | Not published in an inspected county roster | Moore County Sheriff's Office |
| Booking date and time | Not published in an inspected county roster | Sheriff or court clerk, depending on record type |
| Charges | Jail charges not posted in a county roster | Sheriff for booking charge, court clerk for filed charge |
| Bond | Not published online by county roster | Sheriff or court handling the case |
| Mugshot | No official county mugshot gallery found | Sheriff public-information request if releasable |
Moore County State Prison Lookup
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice handles sentenced state prisoners, not Moore County pretrial jail custody. No TDCJ prison was found in Moore County through the unit directory, but the locator still matters because a person arrested in Moore County can later be convicted and transferred to a TDCJ facility elsewhere in Texas. Once that transfer occurs, the county sheriff's jail process is no longer the main search tool.
The TDCJ inmate search accepts last name with at least the first initial, TDCJ number, or SID number. Gender and race filters are optional. TDCJ states that the online search includes only inmates currently incarcerated in a TDCJ facility, is updated on working days, and is at least 24 hours old. TDCJ profile fields can include SID number, TDCJ number, name, race, gender, age, current facility, projected release date, parole eligibility date, visitation eligibility, and offense-history entries.
The screenshot below shows the official TDCJ search form used for sentenced Texas prisoners, including people whose Moore County cases have moved beyond local jail custody.
The TDCJ locator is separate from Moore County Jail. A person can disappear from local custody because of release, court transfer, state-prison transfer, federal movement, or another agency hold.
Moore County Jail vs Prison
Custody systems split by legal status. Moore County Jail is the local county facility for arrests, pretrial custody, short local sentences, and some transfer-ready categories. TDCJ is the state prison system for sentenced prisoners. Federal and immigration systems use separate locators. A single person's path can move through more than one system as the case changes.
| Question | Moore County Jail | TDCJ State Prison | Federal or ICE Custody |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who is covered? | Local pretrial detainees, convicted misdemeanants, holds, and transfer-ready categories | Sentenced Texas prisoners in TDCJ custody | Federal prisoners, federal pretrial detainees, or immigration detainees |
| Main public channel | VINELink referral and sheriff phone line | TDCJ inmate search | BOP locator, USMS routing, or ICE ODLS |
| Local facility in Moore County? | Yes, Moore County Jail / Sheriff's Office | No TDCJ unit found in county | No BOP or ICE facility found in county |
| Best record type | Booking, bond, custody, jail records | Prison unit, release, parole, offense history | Federal register data or ICE detainee status |
Federal Inmate Search Channels
No Federal Bureau of Prisons facility, ICE detention center, or separate U.S. Marshals contract jail was found as physically located in Moore County. That does not rule out federal custody. A person arrested in or near Moore County can be moved under federal authority, held on a federal detainer, or routed through the Northern District of Texas.
The BOP inmate locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to present and supports number and name searches. Results can show name, register number, age, race, sex, release date, and location. ICE uses the Online Detainee Locator System; USA.gov describes searches by A-number and country of birth or by name, country of birth, and birth date. USMS Northern District materials list an Amarillo courthouse location, which is the nearest federal court-location context identified in the research.
The BOP screenshot below shows why the federal path is separate from the Moore County inmate population count. It is a national prisoner locator, not a Moore County jail roster.
Federal and ICE systems are custody locators. They are not local mugshot galleries and should not be used as substitutes for Moore County booking records.
Moore County Detention Facilities
The facility map is short. The only official detention facility found in Moore County is the Moore County Jail / Moore County Sheriff's Office in Dumas. Dumas Police and justice-court offices matter for arrest and court routing, but no separate city jail, state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention center in Moore County was located in the official sources reviewed.
- Moore County Jail / Moore County Sheriff's Office - county jail for local pretrial custody, convicted misdemeanants, parole or blue-warrant holds, state-jail-felony categories, and some TDCJ-ready prisoners reported to TCJS.
For Dumas Police records, use the City of Dumas public-information process when the requested record is a municipal police incident or accident report rather than a jail custody record. City police records and county jail booking records can describe the same arrest from different offices.
Moore County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Moore County inmate population?
TCJS reported 42 total jail inmates in Moore County on June 1, 2026. The rated capacity was 62 beds, so the jail was at 67.74 percent of capacity on that report date. That is a county jail count, not a count of every person with a Moore County case.
Does Moore County publish a jail roster?
No official Moore County jail roster, booking report, inmate search form, or mugshot gallery was located in the county materials reviewed. The sheriff page points users to VINELink for custody status, then the sheriff phone line is the practical local fallback.
Who runs the Moore County Jail?
The Moore County Sheriff's Office operates the jail. The official sheriff page names Sheriff Morgan W. Hightower and lists the sheriff/jail address as 700 S. Bliss Ave., Dumas, TX 79029.
Where are sentenced Moore County prisoners found?
After a state-prison sentence and transfer, use the TDCJ inmate search. TDCJ covers sentenced Texas prisoners in state custody, while the Moore County Jail process covers local jail custody.
Are federal or ICE detainees included in the county count?
TCJS jail population data counts the Moore County jail categories reported to the state. Federal BOP prisoners and ICE detainees use separate systems unless they are physically held in a reportable county-jail category.
Can a released inmate still have court records?
Yes. Release from jail does not erase court records. Court filings, charge status, bond conditions, and later dispositions are handled through the county Public Inquiry path or the correct clerk office.