The Detention Center
Comanche County Jail
- Operated byComanche County Sheriff's Office — Jail Division
- County publishes a jail nameYes — the county's own jail roster PDF is headed 'Comanche County Jail'; the site page is titled 'County Jail'
- Jail address300 Industrial Blvd, Comanche, TX 76442
- Jail phone325-356-2333
- RosterA 'Latest Jail Roster' PDF is published at https://www.comanchecountytx.gov/DocumentCenter/View/345/Latest-Jail-Roster-PDF
- Beds and population, 2026-0838 people held in 145 rated beds
Source: Comanche County — County Jail · checked 2026-08-22
Transparency rating
3/10Closed- ✓The jail is named
- ✓Who is in custody
- ✗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 found
- Original costNot found
- Paid for byNot found
- Beds145 (TCJS inmate population report, Aug. 1, 2026)
Since then
- Not found
The Sheriff
Sheriff Chris Pounds
- OfficeComanche County Sheriff's Office
- Jail AdministratorCaptain Brandon Kolb
- Phone325-356-2333
- NoteRacial profiling reports for 2019-2024 are published on the Sheriff page
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Comanche County — Sheriff · checked 2026-08-22
The Judges
The county's 220th District Court page lists court staff — coordinators and reporter — but does not name the district judge. No County Court at Law is listed.
County Judge
- Stephanie L. Davis
Justices of the Peace
- Johnny Conine
District Court (220th Judicial District)
- Not found
- 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: Sheldon Scott (Pct 1), Russell Gilette (Pct 2), Sherman Sides (Pct 3), Chance Singleton (Pct 4).
- The jail page links to outside vendors NCIC Correctional Services (telecoms) and Lone Star / Tiger Commissary, but publishes no rates.
- The jail roster PDF is headed 'Charge Roster - Type 5, Held For: Comanche'.
- Four commissioners plus the County Judge, who presides.
- County seat: Texas State Library and Archives Commission — Counties and County Seats
The record
No death in the Comanche County jail appears on the state's record since 2016.
Deaths: Texas Justice Initiative, the cleaned copy of the Texas Attorney General’s custodial death reports — the state’s own public index carries no cause of death and has not been refreshed since August 2025. Population: Texas Commission on Jail Standards monthly report. Counted, not estimated.
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Comanche 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