Work down this list:

1. Type the last name into the official jail search.
2. No luck? Switch to IVSS-Counties. Partial names work there, and it covers anyone in custody or on supervision now.
3. Look at the facility name on any hit. The same name may belong to someone in a different county.
4. Any booking or ID number shown is worth jotting down; clerks and jailers find records faster with it.
5. Ring 806-669-8022 to make sure. Staff will say if the person is still inside and if a bond exists yet.

Hyphens, two surnames and nicknames trip up searches. Try more than one spelling, and keep a birth date nearby.

Zero results? That alone doesn't prove release. Usual explanations:

• Booking is still underway. Fingerprints and paperwork come before any listing.
• Someone else holds them. City, state, federal or immigration custody may mean a different building.
• The arrest was in another county. That county's jail is where to look.
• They bonded out or got transferred. Either can happen fast.
• They are 16 or younger. Kids stay away from adults and are left out of adult searches.
• The spelling differs from yours.

Not sure? Phone 806-669-8022. Jot the legal name and birthday down before dialing; staff can say whether a booking, a release or a transfer shows up.

The county runs a single adult lockup, the Gray County Jail, 218 N. Russell, Pampa, TX 79065, 806-669-8022. The Sheriff's Office page lists no annex. Other possibilities:

• Town police case. If city officers picked the person up, Pampa Police Department, 201 W Kingsmill, Pampa, TX 79065, 806-669-5700, knows where they went.
• Neighboring jail. An arrest over the county line usually means that county's lockup. Find it in our Texas jails directory.
• Federal hold. The U.S. Marshals pick the housing; read the federal section further down.
• Immigration hold. ICE can move someone after a detainer; the ICE section explains.
• Youth detention. No state-registered youth center sits in the county, so ask the Sheriff's Office where a child went.

Families and reporters look for mugshots soon after an arrest. For a jail booking photo, write out a request citing the Public Information Act and deliver it to the Sheriff's Office at 218 N. Russell, Pampa, TX 79065, or call 806-669-8022 to learn how they take one. Gov't Code 552.108(c) treats basic arrest details as public. Offices needing over 10 business days must give you a date.

• Commercial mugshot sites. Websites asking $150-plus to scrub an entry must fix or scrub an inaccurate or incomplete one at no cost. They must never post expunged or nondisclosed records (Bus. & Com. Code ch. 109).
• Immigration photos: ICE releases them only by FOIA, through its records request page.
• Federal booking shots: the Marshals keep most private, releasing one now and then during a fugitive hunt.

DPS posts photos alongside its Texas 10 Most Wanted fugitives.

Sign up free through Texas IVSS-Counties, register on its website or dial 866-268-8959. Help is open 24 hours a day in English and Spanish.

• Notices go out for a booking, a release, and any court setting that is added or moved.
• You also hear about a death, an escape or a move to state prison.
• An account is optional, and the person held is never told you signed up.

The Sheriff's Office web page still points people to VINE. Texas swapped VINE out for IVSS-Counties in 2025, so rely on the newer service.

Bail gets set at magistration, held inside two days of the arrest, where the person also hears their rights and is offered a free lawyer. Three common ways out:

• Cash: pay the whole amount yourself; it is returned when the case ends, minus permitted fees.
• Bondsman: a surety company posts it and keeps its fee.
• Personal bond: no money down, just the person's signature promising court attendance; many violent charges rule it out.

Paying bond won't help while a second hold sits on file: a warrant from elsewhere, a parole warrant, or an immigration detainer. Family violence cases add a mandatory four-hour wait after bond. Ask jail staff at 806-669-8022 what the amount is and how they take payment. The full process is on our bail guide, and 2025 law changes are on the Texas bail laws page.

Jailers can usually read the booking charges to you at 806-669-8022. Prosecutors may change them later, so ask again after a few weeks.

• Felony files: District Clerk, 205 N. Russell, Room 300, Pampa, TX 79065, 806-669-8010.
• Misdemeanor files (Class A and B): County Clerk, 205 N. Russell, Pampa, TX 79065, 806-669-8004.
• On the web: re:SearchTX lists case details and some filings once you register for free.

At the first hearing, the magistrate also states the accusation out loud.

Asking happens at the first hearing, and the magistrate helps complete the form. Within 24 hours it reaches a judge: the County Judge for misdemeanors, a district judge for felonies. A ruling follows within three working days.

Income at most 150% of the poverty line means a person qualifies. So does getting Medicaid, SSI, TANF, food stamps or public housing. Private lawyers take turns from a list. Capital cases go to a regional capital defender office in Lubbock.

Out on bond already? Download the form from the county's indigent defense plan page or ask the 223rd District Court, 806-669-8014.

For days, sign-up steps and ID rules, phone 806-669-8022. Every Texas county jail must meet these state minimums:

• Weekly, at least a pair of noncontact visits lasting 20-plus minutes apiece.
• One or more visit slots on an evening or weekend.
• A set way to approve visitors, the person's own children included. Young visitors might need a parent, guardian or attorney along.
• No-cost visits with a veterans service officer for verified veterans.

Gov't Code 511.009 lets some jails skip in-person visits. General advice sits in our visitation guide.

Phone 806-669-8022 and ask which deposit methods work today, lobby, web or phone, and the fees for each. Know the booking number and legal name before calling.

Typical uses for account funds are snacks, hygiene supplies and phone minutes. Start with our money guide; the commissary page lists typical store items. Cash tucked into a letter is a bad idea.

State standards say new arrivals must have a phone in the booking area. Later calls tend to be collect or prepaid through whatever provider the jail uses; jail staff at 806-669-8022 can explain account setup.

You can't dial in to someone inside, so wait for their call. Staff can also say whether tablets with messaging exist. More on our phone page and email page.

Phone 806-669-8022 first to check the right mailing address and any limits. The Sheriff's Office street address is 218 N. Russell, Pampa, TX 79065. Use the inmate's full legal name.

• Texas standards leave letter counts and page counts uncapped, both ways.
• Letters from lawyers get opened in front of the inmate, and staff look only for contraband.
• Broke inmates receive supplies and stamps enough for a minimum of three letters each week.
• Mail breaking a rule can be turned away, case by case.

See our mail guide for formatting tips.

Jail staff inventory pocket contents at intake and hold them until release. Phone 806-669-8022 for property pickup hours and rules.

Bring photo ID. If you're collecting on someone's behalf, find out ahead of time if they must sign a release form. Anything kept as evidence stays with the case until a judge lets it go.

Tell the jail at 806-669-8022 about the condition, the medication and the prescribing doctor. Where there's credible information about mental illness, a magistrate must hear from the jail within 12 hours (CCP 16.22).

Each jail has to spell out its complaint steps in the handbook and post them in common areas. Still stuck? File with TCJS, which regulates county jails:

• Web: TCJS complaint page
• Letter: TCJS, P.O. Box 12985, Austin, TX 78711
• Call: 512-463-5505

The Sheriff's Office, 806-669-8022, serves warrants countywide, and Pampa Police, 806-669-5700, handle them inside city limits. Constables serve some as well. Checking means a call to the Sheriff's Office or a stop at the clerks' counters in the courthouse. The DPS Texas 10 Most Wanted pages show the state's top fugitives. Facing a warrant? Get legal advice, then choose: surrender at the jail, 218 N. Russell, Pampa, TX 79065, or contact the court that signed it. For a felony case, the District Clerk's office is 205 N. Russell, Room 300, Pampa, TX 79065, 806-669-8010.

Clerks keep the calendar. Felony settings: District Clerk, 806-669-8010. Misdemeanor settings: County Clerk, 806-669-8004. Tickets sit with a justice court, either Precincts 1 and 3 at 806-669-8032 or Precincts 2 and 4 at 806-669-8015.

An IVSS-Counties alert will tell you if a setting is added or moved. Each hearing type is explained in our court guide.

U.S. District Court, Amarillo Division, hears federal cases from here: 205 SE 5th Avenue, Room 133, Amarillo, TX 79101, 806-468-3800. Pretrial detention is argued when the defendant first appears, barring a brief continuance (18 U.S.C. 3142).

• Before trial, Marshals Service staff choose the bed, frequently one leased in a county jail. Reach the Marshals in Amarillo at 205 SE 5th Street, Unit 214, Amarillo, TX 79101, 806-324-2350.
• Once sentenced, the person should turn up on the BOP inmate locator. People awaiting trial in county beds often aren't in it.

Typical sequence for an ICE hold:

1. ICE's detainer paperwork, Form I-247A, gets filed at the lockup.
2. That paper lets custody run up to 48 hours past the moment they'd otherwise walk out (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. Texas requires compliance, except where the person documents U.S. citizenship or lawful status (CCP 2A.060).
4. ICE officers collect the person.
5. Use the ICE Online Detainee Locator. Type in an A-number; lacking that, combine the complete name with the birth country and birthday.

Nothing found? The Dallas Field Office can help: 8101 N. Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX 75247, 972-367-2200. Separately, Senate Bill 8 (2025) also matters: counties that keep jails, this one included, face a December 1, 2026 cutoff for pursuing a 287(g) pact with the federal agency; the Sheriff's Office knows how far along this one is.

Someone sentenced to prison or state jail time stays in the Pampa jail until state prison officials (TDCJ) accept the transfer.

• Searching TDCJ's inmate lookup works with an SID, a TDCJ number, or a surname plus a first initial; the surname must be exact.
• Updates happen on working days only, and listings lag by a day or more.
• Unit-by-unit details: our Texas prisons listing.

Offenses by children from 10 up through 16 belong in juvenile court; 17-year-olds face adult court on new charges (FC 51.02). Officers must promptly notify a parent, and the child may have a parent or lawyer present at the processing office (FC 52.02, 52.025).

For a detained child, a judge must review that detention within two working days, after naming a lawyer for the child (FC 54.01). No state-registered youth detention center is located in the county, so call the Sheriff's Office at 806-669-8022 to learn where the child was taken. Statewide oversight belongs to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, 1711 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin, TX 78701, 512-490-7130.

Arrests from these agencies end up at the county jail:

• Gray County Sheriff's Office: 218 N. Russell, Pampa, TX 79065, 806-669-8022. Covers rural areas and operates the jail.
• Pampa Police Department: 201 W Kingsmill, Pampa, TX 79065, 806-669-5700. Handles the city and offers reports and crash records through its website.
• Lefors and McLean: for arrests there, the Sheriff's Office knows which agency acted.
• Constables and state troopers: phone the Sheriff's Office to learn where their arrestee was booked.