The Detention Center
The county publishes no formal name for this facility.
- Operated byNone - Briscoe County operates no jail
- County publishes a jail nameNo - the sheriff's page states in capitals: 'WE DO NOT HAVE A JAIL'
- Where prisoners goNot published; the page only redirects people looking for the TDCJ Dolph Briscoe Unit (830-965-4444), which is a state prison in Dilley, not a county jail
- Sheriff's office addressP.O. Box 70, Silverton, TX 79257
- What was triedhttps://www.co.briscoe.tx.us/page/briscoe.Sheriff, https://www.co.briscoe.tx.us/page/briscoe.Home and the county's Public Notices page
Source: Briscoe County - Sheriff · checked 2026-08-22
Transparency rating
1/10Closed- ✗The jail is named — not published
- ✗Who is in custody — not published
- ✗Beds and daily population — not published
- ✓What it costs taxpayers
- ✗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 applicable - no county jail
- Original costNot applicable
- Paid for byNot applicable
- Beds0 - TCJS lists Briscoe County with a capacity of 0 and no inmates (last entry January 2026)
Since then
- Not applicable
The Sheriff
Sheriff Garrett Davis
- TitleBriscoe County Sheriff
- OfficeP.O. Box 70, Silverton, TX 79257
- Phone806-823-2131 (dispatch 806-995-3555)
- Chief deputyTommy Dill
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Briscoe County - Sheriff · checked 2026-08-22
The Judges
Briscoe County has no county court at law. The 110th District Court sits in Floydada.
County Judge
- Rank Cogdell
District Court (110th Judicial District)
- William P. Smith
Justices of the Peace
- Gary J. 'GJ' Walton (Pct. 1)
- Gilbert L. 'Cotton' Elliott (Pct. 2)
- 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
- Briscoe County states on its own site that it has no jail. Every jail-specific check is therefore 'no' as a matter of fact, not of disclosure.
- The budget check is marked yes because the county posts full adopted budgets; the FY2025-26 adopted budget carries a 'County Sheriff' department (total $303,903.99) and an 'SB-22 Sheriff' grant line ($250,000), but no detention line.
- Commissioners Court agendas are posted on the Public Notices page; minutes are not posted separately.
- 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 Briscoe 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