The jail is small. A 2022 state report rated it for 49 beds and counted 39 people inside, 24 of them held under contract for other agencies. So the list can include people arrested far from Parmer. To use it:

1. Pull up the Sheriff's Current Inmates link on any phone or computer.
2. Look for the last name. No luck? Try other spellings, a maiden name or the middle name.
3. Jot down any booking details the entry gives you.
4. Phone 806-481-3303 to check the custody status, since lists can lag behind real bookings and releases.

A missing name doesn't prove anyone went home. Common reasons a Parmer search comes up empty:

• Brand-new booking. Paperwork can trail the arrest by hours.
• Already released. They may have posted bond or gotten a personal bond from the magistrate.
• Held somewhere else. An arrest across a county line, or over the state line in New Mexico, means a different jail.
• Federal hold or ICE custody. Each federal agency tracks its own detainees.
• Too young. Kids 16 and under go through juvenile channels, not the adult list.
• Typo. A single wrong letter in the search box can hide the right person.

Farwell jail staff at 806-481-3303 can sort it out fast if you have a full name and date of birth.

The county runs one jail, in Farwell, for its own arrests. If Friona or Bovina police made the arrest, ask the jail whether the person was brought there. Someone picked up just outside Parmer's lines may be sitting in a neighboring county's jail instead:

• Deaf Smith County Jail, 3780 N. Progressive Rd., Hereford, TX 79045, 806-364-2311
• Castro County Jail, 900 E. Bedford Street, Dimmitt, TX 79027, 806-647-3311
• Lamb County Jail, 1200 East Waylon, Littlefield, TX 79339, 806-385-7900
• Bailey County Jail, Sheriff's Office postal address 405 West 2nd Street, Muleshoe, TX 79347, 806-272-4268

Arrests on the New Mexico side fall under that state's courts and jails, so call the local sheriff there.

Photos on the Current Inmates list can't be promised here, so treat it as a name list. For Parmer mugshots or one particular booking photo, send the Sheriff a written Texas Public Information Act request. The county offers a ready-made open records request form. Ask at 806-481-3303 whether to mail, fax or hand it in.

• Under Tex. Gov't Code 552.108(c), an agency has to hand out "basic information" on an arrest without delay.
• Sites asking $150 or more to delete a mugshot have to fix or drop, at their own cost, any wrong or partial record. Expunged or sealed Texas arrests may not appear there at all (Tex. Bus. and Com. Code ch. 109).
• For an ICE photo, file on the ICE records page. The Marshals sometimes release a fugitive's picture, but most federal booking photos stay private.

Texas IVSS-Counties is the free state alert service for county jails, and it replaced the earlier system in 2025. Type a full or partial name into the IVSS-Counties search, then register for notices, account or no account. Phone help in Spanish or English never closes: 866-268-8959.

• Alerts go out for jail intake, for release, for court settings that get added or changed, and for a TDCJ transfer.
• Nobody inside is told that you signed up.

Even with alerts, a call to the Farwell jail desk at 806-481-3303 remains the quickest check.

A magistrate, normally a Parmer justice of the peace, must see the person inside 48 hours. That hearing covers the rights warnings, the lawyer request form and a bond on each charge. Texas uses three main forms of bond:

• cash, the full amount, which comes back when the case closes if every condition was met
• surety, posted by a licensed bondsman whose fee is gone for good
• personal bond, where the person signs and pays nothing at first, though many violent charges make it unavailable

Paying the Parmer bond may not free someone who also has a parole warrant, an immigration detainer or a warrant from some other county. Our Parmer bail page walks through each step, and the Texas bail laws page has the state rules.

Start by asking the jail at 806-481-3303 for each charge and its level. Then match the level to a court:

• Felony papers land with the District Clerk, 806-481-3419.
• Class A and Class B cases are on file with the County Clerk, 806-481-3691.

The final charge comes from a prosecutor. Felonies belong to the District Attorney, 623 W. American Blvd., Muleshoe, TX 79347, 806-272-4205. Misdemeanors belong to the County Attorney, 402 3rd St., Farwell, TX 79325, 806-481-3361. Once filed in district or county court, the charging paper can also be read on re:SearchTX after a free sign-up.

At the magistrate hearing, your person can say they can't afford to hire counsel, and the magistrate helps fill in the request. A county of Parmer's size must name a lawyer within three working days of receiving that request (Tex. Crim. Proc. Code 1.051). The appointed lawyer should then reach out within one more working day.

• High Plains Regional Public Defender's Office, Plainview: 806-598-6886
• Panhandle Area managed assigned counsel program: 900 S. Polk, Suite 206, Amarillo, TX 79101, 806-242-3415

If the request seems stuck, a relative can call the clerk for the case: District Clerk 806-481-3419 or County Clerk 806-481-3691.

The county's visitation page sets two visiting days, Tuesday and Saturday:

• Women in custody: 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. The last check-in is 2:40 p.m.
• Men in custody: 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. The last check-in is 3:40 p.m.

Each person inside gets one 20-minute visit per visiting day. Only people on that inmate's approved visitor list get in, so ask the jail at 806-481-3303 how to be added before you drive to Farwell. By state jail standards, each inmate gets two or more noncontact visits weekly, 20 minutes minimum apiece. For general tips, see our jail visiting guide.

The county's deposit page (also in Spanish) lists two ways:

• Lobby kiosk. It sits in the Law Enforcement Center lobby, takes cash or a credit card, and is open around the clock.
• Online. Card deposits go through the site linked from that county page.

Mailing cash, checks or money orders won't work: the Farwell jail turns away money that arrives by post. Our commissary page explains what account money can buy, and our inmate deposits page covers fees and limits in general.

Calls only go out. The jail's phone page says no incoming calls are allowed, so you can't ring someone inside.

• Your person can call collect, or charge calls to a prepaid account you set up online.
• Every call is monitored and recorded, so skip talk about the case.
• Billing help: 888-984-1903, then press 2.

For tablet messages or email, ask the jail at 806-481-3303 whether any service is in use. Our inmate calls page and inmate messaging page explain how these systems usually work.

The county's mail rules give this format:

(Inmate's full name)
Parmer County Jail
P.O. Box 860, Farwell, TX 79325

• Stick to normal-size letters with nothing hidden inside.
• Inflammatory writing and pornography are rejected. The Sheriff or Chief Deputy makes the call.
• Mail reaches the person the day it comes in.
• Staff open and read regular letters. Attorney letters are opened in front of the inmate, and only to check for contraband.
• Any money tucked into the envelope comes right back.

More general advice is on our sending mail page.

Property and any money left on the account are handled at release. Before pickup, call 806-481-3303 and ask:

1. Which day and hour you can come to the Law Enforcement Center.
2. Whether your person has to authorize you in writing first.
3. How any unspent balance gets refunded.

Carry a photo ID, and keep any receipt the jail gives you for returned items or funds.

Call the jail at 806-481-3303 right away. Give the person's name, the medical problem, any medicines with doses, and the doctor's name. Ask how to get prescriptions or medical records to jail staff.

If you have concerns about treatment, the county has a compliment or complaint page for the Sheriff's Office. Complaints also go to the state agency that inspects county jails, through its complaints page or at 512-463-5505.

Wondering about a Parmer warrant? Ring the Sheriff's Office at 806-481-3303; deputies serve them across the county. Friona's police serve them in that city from 521 Euclid, Friona, TX 79035, 806-250-2711. Bovina's officers work out of 205 North St, Bovina, TX 79009, 806-251-1116. A justice court or the District Clerk can also confirm a warrant in person. State-level fugitives appear with photos on the DPS most wanted page. Clearing a warrant means meeting with a lawyer and then walking into the issuing court, or calling it about a new hearing. The District Clerk's desk is upstairs at 401 3rd Street, 2nd Floor, Farwell, TX 79325, 806-481-3419.

Court settings come from the clerk for each level:

• Felony: District Clerk, 806-481-3419
• Class A or B misdemeanor: County Clerk, 806-481-3691, open Monday through Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday until 3:00 p.m.
• Class C ticket: the justice or municipal court that issued it

Every Parmer court, with address and hours, appears on our court page. The free re:SearchTX site gives case numbers and filed papers, while hearing dates still need a clerk's phone call.

A federal case from Parmer goes to the Amarillo Division, 205 SE 5th Avenue, Room 133, Amarillo, TX 79101, 806-468-3800.

• At an early detention hearing, a federal magistrate judge chooses between release and custody before trial (18 U.S.C. 3142).
• Before sentencing, federal detainees answer to the Marshals, who may place them in a county jail under contract. The U.S. Marshals Service, 205 SE 5th Street, Unit 214, Amarillo, TX 79101, 806-324-2350, knows which jail holds them.
• Once sentenced and moved into a federal prison, they appear on the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator. People still waiting for trial usually won't.

Immigration holds at the Farwell jail usually unfold like this:

1. The jail gets an I-247A detainer from ICE.
2. Jailers may hold the person for as long as 48 extra hours so ICE can come (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. Texas makes the jail honor it unless jailers see papers proving citizenship or legal presence (Tex. Crim. Proc. Code 2A.060).
4. Under a 2025 Texas law, December 1, 2026 is when every jail-running county should have its 287(g) agreement with ICE in place. Ask the Sheriff's Office about Parmer's status.
5. After pickup, search the ICE Online Detainee Locator. The A-number works best; otherwise enter the full name with the native country.

After a felony sentence, the Farwell jail keeps the person until the state comes to collect them. Intake happens first, and then the state moves them to a unit it selects.

• Use the TDCJ inmate search. Search by exact last name with first initial, or by TDCJ number or SID number.
• Only people inside a TDCJ facility appear, and the data updates on working days only.
• Read about the system on our Texas state prisons page.

Texas sends children from 10 to 16 to juvenile court. At 17, a person arrested in Parmer is handled as an adult and booked into the Farwell jail. Officers bring a younger child to a juvenile office set aside for processing, or to detention, and a parent must hear quickly (Tex. Family Code 52.02). The detention hearing follows inside two working days, not counting weekends.

Call the shared Bailey/Parmer County Juvenile Probation Department, 300 S. 1st, Suite 308, Muleshoe, TX 79347, 806-272-3316, and ask where the teen is held and when the judge will hear it.

Several agencies make arrests in the county. If you aren't sure which one took your person, the jail can tell you:

• Sheriff's Office: patrols the whole county and runs the jail, 806-481-3303. Its mail goes to the same P.O. Box 860 in Farwell.
• Friona Police Department: 521 Euclid, Friona, TX 79035, 806-250-2711.
• Bovina Police Department: 205 North St, Bovina, TX 79009, 806-251-1116. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Farwell: deputies at the Sheriff's Office can tell you who answered an in-town arrest.
• State troopers: Texas Department of Public Safety officers also make highway arrests.

In farm country outside the towns, deputies answer calls.