Frio County Jail Overview
Frio County Jail is operated by the Frio County Sheriff's Office. The official county page places the sheriff and jail operation at 502 South Cedar Street in Pearsall and lists Sheriff Peter Salinas as the elected sheriff. The same page is important for public lookup work because it links users to VINELink for offender custody status. The research did not locate a separate county-hosted jail roster, recent-bookings list, housing-unit page, or jail division page. That makes the sheriff page, VINELink, the published jail phone, and Texas Public Information Act requests the practical access chain.
The jail holds local pretrial detainees, misdemeanor inmates, people held on bench warrants, parole or TDCJ holds, paper-ready state inmates, and other categories that Frio reports to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. It is not the same system as Dolph Briscoe Unit, which is a TDCJ prison for sentenced male state prisoners, and it is not the same system as Dilley Immigration Processing Center, which is civil immigration detention. That distinction matters when a name does not appear in the Frio County Jail custody-status path.
The official Frio County Sheriff's Office page shows the local contact point and links to VINELink for offender status.
Use that county page as the local starting point, then move to VINELink or the jail phone when a custody question needs confirmation.
Frio County Jail Capacity
The clearest official population source for Frio County Jail is the Texas Commission on Jail Standards population reports. The June 1, 2026 TCJS current population spreadsheet listed Frio County Jail with 96 beds and a total jail population of 81. That placed the jail at about 84.4 percent of rated capacity on that report date. TCJS also uses detailed custody categories, including local pretrial felons, local Class A and B misdemeanants, bench warrants, parole violators or blue warrants, state-jail felons, paper-ready state inmates, and other local jail categories.
Those TCJS counts are more reliable for population than the county sheriff page, which is mainly a contact page. They do not replace a current custody check for a named person. For a specific person, use VINELink and the jail phone. For the population of the facility, use TCJS.
| Measure | Frio County Jail Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Rated capacity | 96 beds | TCJS current population spreadsheet, Frio row, June 1, 2026 |
| Total jail population | 81 | TCJS current population spreadsheet, Frio row, June 1, 2026 |
| Percent of capacity | About 84.4 percent | Calculated from TCJS capacity and population inputs |
Search Frio County Jail Custody
Frio County does not publish a local county-hosted jail roster in the official material reviewed. The sheriff page instead directs the public to VINELink, and the Texas person search path is available at VINELink's Texas search. Treat VINELink as a custody-status and notification tool. It may confirm whether a person is in custody, released, transferred, or tied to an agency feed, but it should not be described as a full Frio booking archive with guaranteed mugshots, charge tables, bond amounts, or housing units.
- Open the Frio sheriff page and follow the VINELink custody-status link, or open the Texas person search directly.
- Search by last name first. Add first name when the name is common or the result list is broad.
- If no result appears, try spelling variants and allow for a recent booking, release, or transfer.
- Call Frio County Jail at 830-505-7153 when the matter is urgent or the online custody status is unclear.
- If the person was sentenced to prison, switch to the TDCJ locator rather than treating the Frio jail path as complete.
| VINELink Field | How It Helps | Frio Note |
|---|---|---|
| State | Selects the Texas search path | Use the Texas person search for Frio custody checks |
| First Name | Narrows a name search | Useful for common surnames |
| Last Name | Main name search field | Best starting point for most lookups |
| ID or offender identifier | May narrow the search if exposed | Use only if known |
| Facility or agency filter | May filter by agency feed | Availability depends on VINELink data |
Frio County Jail Contact
The published local phone number is the best fallback for booking, bond, visitor, mail, property, and records questions that VINELink does not answer. The county did not publish a separate jail records desk, detention division number, intake desk number, or 24-hour booking information line in the research material. Do not assume a different phone number unless the county later posts one.
Frio County Jail
502 South Cedar Street
Pearsall, TX 78061
830-505-7153
Call to verify custody, lobby access, bond logistics, visitation, mail, and public-information request routing.
For records not posted online, ask the sheriff's office how it accepts public-information requests for jail records under Texas Government Code Chapter 552. A useful request should identify the person, approximate arrest or booking date, date of birth if known, arresting agency, and the record type requested, such as a booking sheet, bond sheet, roster entry, arrest report, or booking photograph.
Frio County Jail Visits
No official Frio County Jail visitation schedule, video-visitation vendor, dress-code page, visitor ID rule, or lobby hour page was located in the official sources reviewed. The accurate way to handle visits is to verify by phone before travel. This is especially important because Frio County Jail is separate from the courthouse, and court-record errands at the district clerk do not confirm jail visitor access.
| Visit Item | Official Frio Detail Located | What to Do |
|---|---|---|
| In-person schedule | Not located | Call 830-505-7153 before travel |
| Video visitation | Not located | Do not assume a vendor |
| Visitor ID and dress code | Not located | Ask the jail before arrival |
| Visitor parking | Not located | Confirm parking and entrance information |
Note: Confirm custody and visit rules with Frio County Jail before traveling to Pearsall.
Frio County Jail Mail
The official research did not locate a Frio County Jail mail format, commissary vendor, deposit vendor, phone vendor, or public rate schedule. That means a page should not copy TDCJ prison rules onto the county jail or name a private vendor without source support. Before sending mail or money, call the jail and ask for the required name, ID, address format, allowed items, payment method, and return-address rules.
| Service | Documented Frio Detail | Verification Path |
|---|---|---|
| Mail address format | Not published in located source | Ask jail for inmate name and ID format |
| Phone calls | Vendor and rates not located | Call jail before funding phone access |
| Money deposits | Vendor and fees not located | Confirm accepted methods with jail |
| Commissary | Vendor not located | Do not assume online deposits are available |
Frio County Jail Booking
After a local arrest, the arresting officer normally brings the person to Frio County Jail or another appropriate holding facility. Intake can include identity checks, warrant and hold checks, property inventory, safety search, fingerprints, booking photos, medical or mental-health screening, and classification for housing. Classification is the jail's process for deciding whether a person can be housed in general population or needs separation for safety, medical, or other jail-management reasons.
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 15 requires an arrested person to be taken before a magistrate without unnecessary delay. The magistrate appearance is where rights are given, accusations are stated, and bail may be addressed. Frio County did not publish a guaranteed booking-to-online-posting time, so urgent custody or bond questions should go to the jail phone rather than waiting for an online update.
About Frio County Jail Records
Frio County Jail records begin as local custody records. VINELink helps with current custody status, while booking sheets, arrest reports, bond sheets, property releases, and booking photos may require direct contact or a written public-information request. The district clerk's open-records email applies to district-clerk records only, not every sheriff or jail record. For court filings after arrest, use the 81st and 218th Judicial District Court dockets and the Frio District Clerk rather than asking the jail for a complete court file.
Note: A Frio County Jail custody hit is not the same as a final court disposition or conviction.