The Detention Center
The county publishes no formal name for this facility.
- Operated byThis county has no jail
- County publishes a jail nameNo — the Sheriff's page mentions no jail and points the public to VINELink
- Not in the state jail population reportBorden County does not appear in the TCJS inmate population report of 1 Aug 2026, so it operates no TCJS-regulated jail
- What was triedhttps://www.co.borden.tx.us/page/Sheriff , https://www.co.borden.tx.us/page/Financial.Transparency , https://www.co.borden.tx.us/page/Agendas
- What the state reportsThe Texas Commission on Jail Standards lists no county jail here.
Source: Borden County Sheriff · checked 2026-08-22
Transparency rating
0/10Closed- ✗The jail is named — not published
- ✗Who is in custody — not published
- ✗Beds and daily population — not published
- ✗What it costs taxpayers — not published
- ✗Deaths in custody — not published
- ✗PREA audits — not published
- ✗Independent inspection — not published
- ✗Who else it holds, and for how much — not published
- ✗How to post bond — not published
- ✗Phone, video and commissary rates — not published
The Building
You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.
- Year builtNot found
- Original costNot found
- Paid for byNot found
- BedsNot found
Since then
- Not found
The Sheriff
Sheriff Benny Allison
- OfficeBorden County Sheriff's Office
- Mailing addressP.O. Box 115, Gail, TX 79738
- Phone806-756-4311
- Emailballison@co.borden.tx.us
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Borden County Sheriff · checked 2026-08-22
The Judges
The Justice of the Peace office in Gail is open Mondays only, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
County Judge
- Cathy York Palmer
District Court
- Dana Cooley
Justice of the Peace
- Jane Jones
- The county's bond schedule
- Share of the jail population held pretrial
- Median time from booking to first appearance
Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-08-22
The County Commissioners
They pay for the jail. The sheriff runs it.
- What they controlThe detention budget, the building itself, and the agreements that let other agencies rent its beds.
- What they don'tDay-to-day operations. The sheriff is separately elected and answers to voters, not to the board.
- The boardBoard of County Commissioners →
- Where the jail money is decidedAgendas and minutes →
Notes on the record
- Commissioners: Norman "Jibber" Herridge (Pct 1), Randy Adcock (Pct 2), Emma Swift (Pct 3), Greg Stansell (Pct 4).
- The county's Financial Transparency page carries annual financial audits, annual reports, debt obligation, tax rate and treasurer's reports, but no adopted budget document — hence budget marked no.
- Commissioners court agendas are posted back to 2024 and are current through 25 Aug 2026.
- Four commissioners plus the County Judge, who presides.
- County seat: Texas State Library and Archives Commission — Counties and County Seats
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Borden County and what it costs the people who live here. Nationally, almost 77% of the people who died in local jails in 2019 had not been convicted of anything, and suicide was the leading single cause of those deaths (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Mortality in Local Jails, 2000–2019).
How much is your sheriff — and your judge — costing you?
Your VOTE is POWERFUL.
The sheriff who runs this jail is elected. So are the commissioners who pay for it.
Names verified 2026-08-22 · dollars and outcomes still being gathered