Midland County Central Detention Center Inmates

Midland County Central Detention Center Overview

Midland County Central Detention Center is the primary local jail for Midland County. It is operated by the Midland County Sheriff's Office and is listed by the county at 400 S Main Street, Midland, TX 79701, next to the William Ahders Law Enforcement Building. The detention facility was built in 1990 and expanded in 2011, which is useful context for the county's current jail-capacity figures.

This is a county jail, not a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison. The facility holds people waiting for court, people held on warrants, detainees serving county jail sentences, probation or bench-warrant holds, and short-term holds before transfer to another custody system. The county facility page describes the jail as holding all risk levels, from low flight risk through maximum security, so classification affects housing, movement, and visit access inside the building.

The county's detention facility page shows the building and public-facing facility information. The image below is from the official Midland County Detention Facility page, which identifies the Central Detention Center and its public contact details.

The facility photo is a location cue only. Custody status, bond, charge rows, visitation eligibility, and mail instructions should still be verified through the jail roster or the Midland County Sheriff's Office before anyone travels or sends money.

Midland County Central Detention Center Capacity and Population

Midland County sources do not use one single capacity number. The county facility page says the Central Detention Center has 498 beds, while the Texas Commission on Jail Standards current population workbook for June 1, 2026 lists Midland County capacity as 489. The workbook listed a June 1, 2026 population of 434 and capacity usage of 88.75 percent. A separate live roster inspection on June 30, 2026 at 9:00:28 AM showed 429 currently held detainee entries. Those figures are close, but they are not identical, so the safest reading is to treat each as a dated snapshot from a different source.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Midland County Central Detention Center

The official current-custody roster is the Midland County Sheriff's Office Currently Held Detainees list. The roster is free, public, and does not require a login. It supports a full or partial last-name search and also has a view-all list for browsing everyone currently shown in custody. The inspected roster did not display mugshots or booking numbers, and entries appeared directly on the results page rather than behind separate profile cards.

1. Open the official roster at https://www2.co.midland.tx.us/apps/inmates/list/.
2. Enter all or part of the person's last name, or use the roster's view-all option to browse current detainees.
3. Compare names carefully because the public roster fields may not include a booking number, date of birth, mugshot, or physical description.
4. Read the charge rows for offense, class, court, county, warrant number, arrest date, bond, fines, disposition, and listed years, months, weeks, days, or hours.
5. If the person is not listed, try a shorter last-name fragment, call the detention facility, check state prison transfer through TDCJ, or use the sheriff public-records process for records not posted online.

The roster is a point-in-time jail list, not a full criminal-history report. A person may be released, transferred, booked under a spelling variation, held under another jurisdiction, or moved to state, federal, or immigration custody. For a wider explanation of custody records and roster fields, the Midland County jail inmate records page is the natural next step.

Midland County Central Detention Center Address and Contact

Use the detention facility contact numbers for current jail-custody questions, visit questions, and practical facility routing. The sheriff administration and open-records mailing address are separate from the jail's public street address, so send records requests to the records address listed later in this page rather than to the jail lobby unless staff instruct otherwise.

Visiting Someone at Midland County Central Detention Center

Midland County lists jail visitation as video visitation. The official visitation page says visits run Saturday through Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Eligible inmates may receive a maximum of two visitors per visiting day, with a minimum of 20 minutes per visitor. A visitor may visit once on a visitation day, visits must be on non-consecutive days, and an inmate is limited to four total visits a week. Contact visitation is prohibited.

Children under 17 who are sons, daughters, stepsons, or stepdaughters may visit a parent during the first full visitation week of each month under the county's rules. Only one child may visit at a time, the child must be accompanied by a parent or guardian, and the child visit counts toward the two-visit daily limit. Visitors should review the official Midland County inmate visitation page before scheduling because identification, dress, conduct, property, and visitor-approval issues can stop a visit.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Midland County Central Detention Center

Midland County no longer accepts personal mail at the jail. The county mail page says personal mail has been routed away from the jail since July 18, 2019, and should be addressed through the Securus Digital Mail Center with the inmate's full name and inmate ID. Legal mail and approved publications use the Midland County Sheriff's Office Detention Division post office box instead. Because the personal-mail address and legal-mail address are different, mail sent to the wrong place may be delayed or returned.

The official Midland County money deposits page lists TouchPay deposit channels and deposit fees. It also says money orders and cashier checks are no longer accepted for inmate deposits. For bail, the page directs users to the kiosk or TouchPay Online rather than mailed payments.

Attorney Video Visits and Public Records

Attorney video visits have a separate rule set from ordinary family or public video visits. Midland County says attorneys of record may visit privately from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. seven days a week except when jail operations close the floor for security, feeding, or regular visitation. Off-site attorney video visits must be scheduled at least 24 hours ahead and no more than seven days out. Blocks are 20 minutes, and a scheduled attorney visit may not exceed 40 minutes per inmate per day unless jail administration approves.

Attorney registration and support contacts are specific: facility administrator 432-688-4750, Securus registration information 432-688-4751, and Securus support 877-578-3658. If the inmate is not at the video terminal, county instructions direct the caller back to the detention facility at 432-688-4745.

For booking records, incident records, mugshot questions, or jail records that are not visible on the roster, use the Sheriff's Office open-records process. The sheriff open-records page gives email mrecords@mcounty.com, fax 432-688-4972, and mail to Midland County Sheriff's Office, Attn: Open Record, 1703 E County Road 120 Building A, Midland, TX 79706. Under the Texas Public Information Act process described by the county, the office has ten business days after receiving a request to release the information, request an extension, or request a ruling from the Texas Attorney General. Charges may apply.

Booking and Intake at Midland County Central Detention Center

A Midland County jail booking generally starts after arrest by the Sheriff's Office, Midland Police Department, DPS, another Texas agency, or after execution of a warrant. The person is brought to the Central Detention Center for intake, identification, property handling, warrant and hold review, fingerprint and photo processing, security screening, and classification. The county does not publish a full minute-by-minute booking timeline, so the roster should not be treated as instant or real-time.

After intake, the public roster may show the person's name, address, attorney field, and charge rows. A listed charge is not always the final court charge. Bond decisions, prosecutor review, indictment, court filings, dismissals, amendments, or transfer to another jurisdiction can change the practical status after the first jail entry appears. For court filings after a jail arrest, start with the roster details and then compare them with the county court portal or the court-records workflow linked from the site navigation.

About Midland County Central Detention Center

The Central Detention Center is the only official county jail facility identified in the Midland County source review. No separate county jail annex, work-release building, state prison, federal prison, ICE detention center, or regional contract jail physically located in Midland County was identified in official sources. That is why the facility list for Midland County centers on this one jail, while state, federal, and immigration locators function as fallbacks after transfer or for non-county custody.

Recent oversight history should be dated carefully. Texas Commission on Jail Standards meeting minutes in 2024 discussed Midland County non-compliance, enhanced enforcement, and remedial-order issues after failed comprehensive inspections within an 18-month period. Later 2024 minutes said the county requested reinspection, passed, and was placed in compliance, with corrective steps reported by the sheriff. That history does not mean every current roster entry has a conditions issue, but it is relevant background for people reviewing the facility's public record.