McMullen County

The Detention Center

The county publishes no formal name for this facility.

• Operated byNot found — the county publishes no jail page or jail operator
• County publishes a jail nameNo. Neither the Sheriff page nor the Sheriff's Department Contact Information page mentions a jail, a jail address, a jail phone or a jail administrator.
• Sheriff's Office address401 Main Street / P.O. Box 242, Tilden, TX 78072
• Courthouse501 River Street, Tilden, TX 78072; (361) 274-3900
• What was triedhttps://mcmullencounty.org/sherriff/ ; https://mcmullencounty.org/sheriffs-department-contact-information/ ; https://mcmullencounty.org/county-departments-a-z/ ; https://mcmullencounty.org/constable/

Source: McMullen County — Sheriff's Department Contact Information · checked 2026-08-22

• ✗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

This rates disclosure, not conduct — what McMullen County publishes about a jail its taxpayers own, checked 2026-08-22. Nothing here says the jail is run well or badly. Every mark moves the moment the county posts the document.

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

The Sheriff

Sheriff Emmett Shelton

• Published as"Emmett Shelton — Sheriff"
• OfficeP.O. Box 242, 401 Main Street, Tilden, Texas 78072
• Phone361-274-3311
• Fax361-274-3736
• Administrative AssistantJaclyn Seidel

Source: McMullen County — Sheriff · checked 2026-08-22

The Judges

The 36th, 156th and 343rd districts are shared across Aransas, Bee, Live Oak, McMullen and San Patricio counties. The county has one Justice of the Peace, at 504 Courthouse Drive, Tilden.

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 →