Lipscomb County Jail Overview
The Lipscomb County Jail is operated by the Lipscomb County Sheriff's Office under Sheriff Ben Eggleston. Official county and TCJS sources tie the jail to the courthouse/jail block in Lipscomb. The county sheriff page does not publish a separate detention-division page, jail commander, housing-unit list, inmate services page, or live roster. It lists the sheriff phone and fax, then directs custody-status users to VINELink.
The jail is a small county jail, not a regional detention center or state prison. The official facility map found no separate county annex, work-release center, medical or mental-health jail building, TDCJ unit, federal BOP facility, or ICE detention center in Lipscomb County. The City of Booker has a police department page, but no official Booker jail roster or lockup page was located.
Lipscomb County Jail Capacity
The county-posted October 2025 TCJS inspection snippet reports that the jail was built in 1972 and has maximum capacity of 13. TCJS monthly population workbooks also list capacity 13. The June 1, 2026 TCJS population row showed two people in custody, or 15.38 percent of capacity: one local male pretrial Class A/B misdemeanant and one local male pretrial felon.
Public sources do not publish pod names, tank names, medical-unit labels, or a detailed security classification. It is most accurate to describe the facility as a small local county jail subject to TCJS standards. The Lipscomb County inmate population page includes the broader TCJS trend tables and capacity context.
Who Is Held at Lipscomb County Jail
The jail holds local pretrial detainees, people booked on county arrests, people waiting on bond or court, and occasional people awaiting transfer after sentencing. Recent TCJS categories showed local pretrial misdemeanor and felony custody, with no federal, ICE, in-state contract, out-of-state contract, or housed-elsewhere population in the June 2026 row. If a person has been sentenced to state prison, the custody search shifts to TDCJ rather than the county jail.
- Pretrial detainee
- A person held before conviction or sentencing.
- Detainer
- A request by another agency to hold or notify before release.
- TDCJ transfer
- Movement from county custody to the Texas state prison system after sentencing or other state custody action.
Look Up Lipscomb County Jail Inmates
No county-hosted public inmate roster was found for this facility. The correct local lookup is the sheriff/jail phone and Texas IVSS-Counties/VINELink. Use the person's full legal name, date of birth or age, arrest date if known, and arresting agency. Ask whether the person is physically held, whether booking is complete, whether bond has been set, whether court information exists, and whether another agency hold affects release.
- Call the sheriff/jail line at 806-862-2611 to confirm current Lipscomb County Jail custody.
- Search Texas IVSS-Counties or VINELink for custody status and notification options.
- If the person is sentenced to prison, use the TDCJ inmate search.
- If the matter is federal or immigration related, use the BOP inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.
- For filed case records, contact the District/County Clerk or the correct court office.
The official sheriff page is the local source that lists the sheriff/jail phone and points users to VINELink.
Lipscomb County Jail Contact
The county and TCJS records use 105 Oak Street / 105 E. Oak for the courthouse and jail block in Lipscomb. Because no visitor entrance, jail lobby map, booking counter map, or bond counter instructions were located, call before traveling. The same phone is the practical starting point for current custody, visitation, bond direction, property questions, and sheriff-held records routing.
Lipscomb County Jail / Sheriff's Office
105 Oak Street / 105 E. Oak
Lipscomb, TX 79056
806-862-2611
Fax: 806-862-2214
Call before visiting, posting bond, or requesting jail records.
Visit Lipscomb County Jail
No official Lipscomb jail visitation schedule, video visitation provider, visitor ID rule, dress code, child-visitor rule, attorney-visit instruction, or holiday schedule was located on the county site. That absence should be treated as a records limit, not filled with another county's rules. Call the jail before travel and ask whether visits are available that day, what identification is required, and whether the person is still housed there.
| Topic | Published Lipscomb Result | Practical Instruction |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visitation schedule | Not published online | Call 806-862-2611 before traveling. |
| Video visitation | No vendor located | Do not assume video visits are available. |
| Visitor ID | Not published online | Bring government photo ID and confirm rules by phone. |
| Child visitors | Not published online | Ask whether minors may visit and what paperwork is needed. |
| Attorney visits | Not published online | Attorneys should call the sheriff/jail to schedule or confirm process. |
Mail, Phone, and Money at Lipscomb County Jail
No official mail rules page, inmate-phone vendor, video-call vendor, commissary vendor, money-deposit site, kiosk rule, tablet program, or fee table was located for Lipscomb County Jail. Do not publish generic vendor names for this facility. Before mailing anything or trying to send funds, call the sheriff/jail to confirm that the person is still housed there and ask how mail, commissary, and phone access are handled in a small 13-bed jail.
| Service | Located? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Mail address format | Not published | Ask whether to use 105 Oak Street and whether a booking number is required. |
| Phone / video provider | Not located | No public vendor link was found. |
| Money deposit | Not located | No online deposit vendor or fee schedule was found. |
| Commissary | Not published | Ask whether commissary is available and how it is funded. |
Booking at Lipscomb County Jail
Lipscomb booking procedures are not posted in full, but the Texas county-jail workflow is useful context. An arrest can involve a sheriff's deputy, Booker police officer, DPS trooper, or another agency. Jail intake typically includes identification, arresting-agency information, property inventory, fingerprints, a booking photo, medical or mental-health screening, and classification. Public Lipscomb sources do not publish how fast a booking appears in IVSS or when charge and bond details become available.
A first appearance or magistrate stage may address rights and bond. For bond, call the sheriff/jail and ask where bond is posted, what payment methods are accepted, whether the bond must be handled during courthouse hours, and whether any detainer or no-bond hold exists. Court charges may differ from booking charges after prosecutor review.
Lipscomb County Jail Records
For sheriff-held booking or incident records, ask the sheriff how to submit a public-information request because no sheriff records form was found. For court records, the District/County Clerk is the published route. The County Clerk and District Clerk pages list 101 South Main, P.O. Box 70, Lipscomb, TX 79056, phone 806-862-3091, fax 806-862-3004, email chrissy.dunn@co.lipscomb.tx.us, and hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., closed noon to 1:00 p.m. JP-level matters use the Justice of the Peace page.
Texas Government Code Chapter 552 is the public-information framework. Section 552.108 can protect some active law-enforcement or prosecution information, while subsection (c) preserves basic arrested-person, arrest, and crime information from that exception. Juvenile, sealed, expunged, confidential, or active investigative material may still be withheld or redacted.
About Lipscomb County Jail
TCJS is the state regulator for Texas county jails. It sets minimum jail standards, inspects facilities, and publishes population information. Lipscomb County posted an October 2025 TCJS inspection PDF, and the TCJS non-compliant jail list checked during research did not list Lipscomb County. That means the jail is subject to TCJS oversight and was not on that public non-compliance page when researched.
No Lipscomb-specific jail program page was located for GED, vocational training, substance-abuse treatment, work release, religious services, reentry, medical request forms, mental-health forms, or grievances. Families with urgent medical or mental-health concerns should call the sheriff for facility direction and call 911 for immediate emergencies.
Note: Call the jail before traveling because public sources do not publish visitation, bond counter, or visitor entrance details.