Parker County

The Detention Center

Parker County Jail

• Operated byParker County Sheriff's Office holds the constitutional responsibility; daily operations are contracted to LaSalle Corrections
• County publishes a jail nameYes — "The Parker County Jail is currently located at: 612 Jameson St., Weatherford, Texas 76086"
• Operator"While the jail is the constitutional responsibility of the Sheriff, its daily operations are managed by LaSalle Corrections. Since taking over jail operation duties in 2007..."
• WardenRon King
• Jail address612 Jameson St., Weatherford, TX 76086; main entrance at Jameson St. and N. Mill St.
• Booking desk817-594-4208
• VendorsInmate phones: Correct Solutions Group (csgpay.com) since August 2022. Commissary: subcontracted to Correct Commissary, $200 weekly purchase limit. Inmate mail routed to PO Box 16120, Jonesboro, AR 72403
• What was triedhttps://www.parkercountytx.gov/sitemap.xml (no jail page on the county domain) ; /138/Sheriff ; /512/Judicial-Records-Search ; /155/Financial-Transparency ; https://parkercountysheriff.net/sheriffs-office/jail/ ; /jail/inmate-commissary/ ; /jail/contacting-an-inmate/ ; /general-information/jail-search/
• Beds and population, 2026-08417 people held in 483 rated beds

Source: Parker County Sheriff's Office — Jail · checked 2026-08-22

• ✓The jail is named
• ✗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 Parker 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
• Beds483 rated capacity (Texas Commission on Jail Standards Inmate Population Report, 1 August 2026, where the county is listed as "Parker (P)"); neither the county site nor the Sheriff's Office site publishes a bed count

The Sheriff

Sheriff Russ Authier

• Published as"Russ Authier — Sheriff" in the county Staff Directory entry for the Sheriff's Office
• Sheriff's Office address129 Hogle St., Weatherford, TX 76086
• Phone817-594-8845
• In office since2021, per the Sheriff Experience list on the county's Sheriff page (Chief Deputy 2009-2021)

Source: Parker County, TX — Staff Directory: Sheriff's Office · checked 2026-08-22

The Judges

The county also lists a County Probate Court (/363/County-Probate-Court) under Courts; no separate probate judge is named there. Judge Quisenberry is published as "Presiding Judge" of the 415th District Court, a single-county district covering Parker County.

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 →