The Detention Center
The county publishes no formal name for this facility.
- Operated byNo county jail. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards Aug 1, 2026 population report lists this county as "Motley (no jail)" with zero rated capacity.
- County publishes a jail nameNo - and there is no jail to name. The Sheriff page has no jail, roster, visitation or bond content at all.
- Prisoners are boarded outThe FY2025-26 proposed budget carries "Jail-Prisoner Upkeep" $30,000 inside the County Sheriff's Department, and no jail department
- Sheriff department totalCounty Sheriffs Department $134,043.86 (FY2025-26 proposed budget)
- What was triedhttps://www.co.motley.tx.us/page/motley.Sheriff ; https://www.co.motley.tx.us/page/motley.Commissioners.Court ; https://www.co.motley.tx.us/page/motley.Minutes ; https://www.co.motley.tx.us/page/motley.budgets ; https://www.co.motley.tx.us/upload/page/9650/Proposed%20Budget%20for%20FY%202025-2026.pdf
Source: Motley County - Proposed Budget FY 2025-2026 (PDF) · 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
- BedsNone - TCJS lists Motley County as having no jail (Aug 1, 2026 population report).
Since then
- Not applicable
The Sheriff
Sheriff Robert Fisk
- Published as"Sheriff Robert Fisk"; the county page says he has been in office since January 1, 2017
- AddressP.O. Box 715, Matador, TX 79244
- Phone806-347-2234
- Fax806-347-2692
- Courthouse701 Dundee Ave, Matador, TX 79244
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Motley County - Sheriff · checked 2026-08-22
The Judges
One county-wide Justice of the Peace. The 110th District Judge sits in Floydada and travels to the Motley County Courthouse.
County Judge
- James B. "Jim" Meador
Justice of the Peace
- D'anna Russell
District Court
- William P. "Bill" Smith (110th Judicial District)
- 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
- Motley County operates no jail of its own; its prisoners are boarded elsewhere, funded through a "Jail-Prisoner Upkeep" line in the Sheriff's budget.
- Commissioners Court minutes are published as .docx/.pdf by fiscal year at https://www.co.motley.tx.us/page/motley.Minutes
- Adopted and proposed budgets from FY2018-19 forward are published.
- Motley County is not on the TCJS non-compliant list as of Aug 2026.
- Four commissioners plus the County Judge, who presides. Pct. 1 Douglas Campbell, Pct. 2 Roegan Cruse, Pct. 3 Franklin Jameson, Pct. 4 Timmy Brooks. Court meets the 2nd Monday of each month at 9:30 a.m.
- County seat: Texas State Library and Archives Commission — Counties and County Seats
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Motley 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