Midland County TX Central Detention Center

Midland County TX Central Detention Center basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 432-688-4745

This facility is for adult inmates.

The Midland County TX Central Detention Center is a medium-security detention center located at 400 S Main St Midland, TX which is operated locally by the Midland County Sheriff's Office and holds inmates awaiting trial or sentencing or both. Most of the sentenced inmates are here for less than two years. Midland County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, municipalities, the US Marshal's Service and the Midland Police Department who do not have their own long-term lock-up.

The Midland County Sheriff's Office Central Detention Center is was built in 1990 and expanded in 2011 in an effort to provide the community with the much-needed facility. Central Detention has 498 beds and houses all risk levels, from Low Flight Risk to Maximum Security. Most of the inmates are sentenced for less than two years.

Inmates at the Midland County Jail are not allowed to receive phone calls. Inmates can place collect calls to phone numbers where collect calls are not restricted.

Advance Pay Calls – Advance Pay accounts are set up by the party receiving the calls.

• The party receiving the calls should contact Securus at 1-800-844-6591 to obtain instructions
• The inmate dials the phone number
• The system determines if an Advance Pay account exists and if so, places the call
• The receiving party must accept the call
• The cost of the call is deducted from the Advance Pay account balance
• IF the calls are costing more than $2.75 per 15-minutes, click here to get the lower rate

Jail Phone Call Rules:

• Calls may be recorded and/or monitored
• Any attempt to call transfer or conference call will disconnect the call
• Calls to some phone numbers may be restricted

visitation Info

Midland County Detention Center – Visitation

All eligible inmates will be allowed a maximum of two visitors per visiting day by family members or other visitors.  Inmates will have a minimum of twenty (20) minutes per visitor. A visitor may visit only once per visitation day, on non-consecutive days, with 4 total visits a week per inmate. Visits are by video visitation. All inmates may have visitors during scheduled visiting times listed below:

A.    Visiting Hours

• Saturday:    1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.  
• Sunday:    1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. 
• Monday:    1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.  
• Tuesday:    1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.  

B.    Authorized Visitors

• An inmate may receive a visit from family including the inmate's children, friends, associates, or legal counsel.
• Children (under 17 years of age) – Sons, daughters, stepsons and stepdaughters will be permitted to visit their parents during the first full visitation week of each month.  The first full visitation week of the month is defined as the first Saturday through Tuesday of the same month.  Only one child can visit at a time and must be accompanied at all times by their parent or guardian.  This constitutes one of the two visits that the inmate can receive on that visitation day.  The parent or guardian is responsible for the behavior and well-being of the child during the course of the visit and while at the visitation facility.  If the child becomes disruptive, unruly, out of control or wanders away from the parent or guardian during the course of the visit, the visitation shall be terminated.  Continued disruption of this nature may result in the child and/or guardian being denied further visitation.  The parent or guardian of the child shall be required to sign a liability release form prior to the child’s first visitation.
  • An inmate’s guardian shall be placed on an inmate’s visitation list, at the guardian’s request, even if the inmate does not want to list the guardian. The guardian shall provide letters of guardianship to the Detention Division. These letters are required under Section 1002.012, 1106.001-1106.003, Estates Code. A guardian’s visit is in addition to normal visitation during regular visitation hours to an eligible inmate. An eligible inmate means an inmate, who has not lost visitation privileges due to disciplinary. 
• No Purses, Backpacks, Cell Phones, or other items are allowed in the visitation area. No photographs shall be taken.
• Children will not be left unattended in the lobby or outside while adults visit.
• Visitors will be dressed in a proper manner.  The shift supervisor will make the final determination if a visitor disputes an employee’s decision.
• Visitors will conduct themselves in an orderly manner.  Visitors will be denied visitation if they have been consuming alcoholic beverages or considered in an intoxicated state.
• Visitors using abusive language towards any staff member will be denied visitation.
• Time of visit may vary due to the number of visitors.  However, normal visitation will be twenty (20) minutes per visitor.
• Visitors will provide proper identification.  The burden of proof will be on the visitor.
• Attorneys of record may visit inmates in private between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., seven (7) days per week, except when the jail floor is closed for security reasons, feeding or during regular visitation. Attorneys will log in and out with each inmate they visit.
• Special visits or emergency visits may be approved for attorneys, ministers, family, etc., by the administration or the supervisor on duty.
• Contact visitation is prohibited.