Kleberg County Detention Center Overview
The Kleberg County Detention Center is operated by the Kleberg County Sheriff's Office. Official sheriff pages place the jail function under the Detention Division and connect it to the roster, inmate visitation, inmate communication, mail, commissary, money deposits, securepaks, and bond information pages. The facility is the only local detention facility supported by the official facility map research for this county.
Who is held here depends on the stage of the case. The jail may hold local pretrial defendants, misdemeanor defendants serving local jail time, felony defendants awaiting court action, bench-warrant inmates, parole violators, state-jail felons, TDCJ paper-ready inmates awaiting transfer, and federal inmates when reported in the county population structure. The public roster sample also shows that city-police arrestees may appear after booking into the sheriff jail.
The official Detention Division page identifies the detention center and links jail services from the sheriff site.
The detention page is the local hub for facility-specific roster, visitation, communications, mail, commissary, and bond topics.
Kleberg County Detention Center Population
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards June 2026 current population workbook lists Kleberg County with a rated capacity of 160 beds and a total jail population of 99 on the current report date. The related incarceration-rate workbook lists an ADP of 114. Those figures are sourced population reports, while the sheriff roster is a separate public list of named current and released inmates.
| Measure | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Rated capacity | 160 beds | TCJS June 2026 current population workbook |
| Total jail population | 99 | TCJS June 2026 current population workbook |
| Percent of capacity | 61.875% | TCJS current row calculation |
| ADP | 114 | TCJS current incarceration-rate workbook |
Find Kleberg County Detention Center Inmates
The correct lookup system for this county jail is the sheriff's current roster, not the TDCJ state-prison locator. Use TDCJ only after a person has been sentenced and transferred from county custody. Use BOP, USMS, or ICE channels only when the case has moved into federal or immigration custody. For a local booking, the sheriff roster is the first source.
- Open the Kleberg County current inmate roster.
- Search by first or last name, or browse by name and date if spelling is uncertain.
- Open the profile for the booking number, booking date, arresting agency, charge, bond, mugshot, and VINE link.
- Check the released-inmate list if the current roster no longer shows the person.
- Call the jail at 361-595-8500 when a recent arrest has not yet appeared online.
Kleberg County Detention Center Contact
The sheriff campus is the public contact point for detention information, roster questions, visitation, lobby kiosk deposits, and written public-information requests for jail records that are not available on the roster. The sheriff site lists a 24-hour phone and weekday administrative hours. It does not publish a dedicated open-records request form for jail records.
Kleberg County Detention Center
1500 E. King Ave.
Kingsville, TX 78363
361-595-8500
Administrative office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Visit Kleberg County Detention Center
The official visitation rules are detailed and should be checked before each visit. Authorized visitors are selected from the inmate visitation list, and adult visitors must have valid government photo ID. Minor children age 16 and under may visit if accompanied by an adult parent, legal guardian, or the inmate's attorney. Visits are subject to monitoring, recording, warrant checks, dress rules, and cancellation for late arrival.
| Day / group | Hours | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday males | 2:00-3:30 p.m. | In-person jail visitation |
| Tuesday females | 3:30-4:00 p.m. | In-person jail visitation |
| Saturday males | 2:00-4:30 p.m. | In-person jail visitation |
| Saturday females | 4:30-5:00 p.m. | In-person jail visitation |
| Special sections | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Section windows as posted by the jail |
Visitors should arrive 30 minutes early but no more than one hour early because the jail notes limited visitation-area seating. TDCJ identification is not accepted as visitor ID at this county jail.
Mail Phone and Money
Mail must include the inmate name and PID number, with unit if known, and should be addressed to Kleberg County Detention Center, P.O. Box 1360, Kingsville, TX 78363. Mail is collected and delivered Monday through Friday except federal holidays and is opened and inspected in the mail room. The sheriff page bars contraband, cash, money orders, stickers, glitter, ribbons, string, beads, Polaroids, excessive or oversized photos, nudity, gang-sign photos, hardback or spiral books, and publications not sent through approved sources.
| Service | Provider / Detail | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Inmate telephone | Encartele | Prepaid collect calling and debit account funding. |
| Video calls | City Tele-Coin | Sheriff page lists $0.50 per minute. |
| Messaging | City Tele-Coin | Sheriff page lists $0.50 per message. |
| Online orders | CTC Commissary | CommissaryOrder.com for orders. |
| Online deposits | CTC Commissary | CommissaryDeposit.com; fees may be charged. |
| Lobby deposits | Sheriff's office kiosk | Cash and credit kiosk in the lobby. |
The official send-money page documents the CTC Commissary links and lobby kiosk.
Always confirm the person is still housed at the detention center before sending funds, because releases and transfers can happen before the money process is completed.
Kleberg County Detention Center Booking
After a local arrest, the person is transported to the detention center for intake. The public record indicates that intake can produce a booking number, booking date and time, arresting agency, charge text, bond amount, demographic fields, and a booking photo. The jail may also perform search, property inventory, fingerprints, health screening, and classification, but those internal details are not all published on the public profile.
Bond information should be verified by phone. The sheriff page titled Posting Bond was marked temporarily suspended during research, but roster profiles may still show a bond amount. A bond amount is not the same as all release conditions, and another agency hold may block release even when money bond appears possible.
Kleberg County Detention Records
For older booking records, jail logs beyond the current or released roster, or booking photos that no longer appear online, use a written public-information request to the sheriff's office. A useful request should name the person, date of birth if known, booking number if known, arrest date, date range, and whether inspection, copies, or electronic delivery is requested. Texas Government Code Chapter 552 supplies the public-record request framework, but law-enforcement exceptions and confidentiality rules may apply.
The facility record should also be separated from state and federal custody systems. No TDCJ prison, BOP institution, or ICE detention center physically located in Kleberg County was identified in the official sources reviewed. Once a person leaves the detention center for state prison, federal custody, or immigration custody, the county roster may no longer be the right record source.
- Booking
- The jail intake record created after arrest and transport.
- Detainer
- A legal hold or request from another agency that can affect release.
- Classification
- The jail's internal risk and needs decision for housing and supervision.
- Paper-ready
- A TDCJ transfer status after state-prison paperwork is complete.
Note: Confirm custody and visitation with the facility before traveling, because roster status and visiting access can change.