Dallam-Hartley County Jail Overview
Dallam-Hartley County Jail is a regional county jail serving Dallam County and Hartley County. The official Dallam jail-dispatch page identifies the facility as Dallam-Hartley County Jail and lists Diane Guffy as Jail/Dispatch Administrator, with the jail phone at (806) 244-2541 and email at jail-dispatch@dallam.org. The Dallam sheriff page also lists the Sheriff's Office at 501 Denver Avenue, Dalhart, TX 79022, with a separate sheriff office phone and the same jail line.
The Hartley side of the record trail matters because Hartley County does not appear in state jail reports as a standalone jail operator. Hartley County Sheriff Chanze Fowler and Chief Deputy Steven Yeager are the local law-enforcement contacts for Hartley arrest records, incident records, and written public-information requests. A person arrested in Hartley County may be held through the Dallam-Hartley jail arrangement even though Texas Commission on Jail Standards reporting lists Hartley as a no-jail county.
The Prison Policy Initiative regional jail table identifies Dallam-Hartley County Jail at 201 East Fifth Street, Dalhart, TX 79022, serving both Dallam and Hartley counties. Because official Dallam pages also reference the sheriff office location on Denver Avenue, visitors should call jail-dispatch before driving and confirm which entrance handles reporting, visitation questions, bond questions, or property pickup.
The official Dallam-Hartley jail-dispatch source is sparse, which is itself useful for search planning. The page confirms the jail contact but does not publish a public roster, current booking report, inmate-profile page, visitation calendar, commissary vendor, mail format, or mugshot gallery. The practical result is that a Dallam-Hartley County Jail search starts with the jail phone and moves outward to Hartley sheriff records, public-information requests, VINELink, iDocket, TDCJ, BOP, or ICE depending on what happened to the person after arrest.
The official Dallam-Hartley County Jail page is shown below because it demonstrates the limited public web footprint for this jail-dispatch operation.
That source supports the jail phone and administrator contact, but it does not replace a roster. For a current custody check, use the jail contact details rather than expecting an online booking profile.
Dallam-Hartley County Jail Capacity and Population
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards current population workbook for June 1, 2026 reports the Dallam jail row with a capacity of 51 beds, a total population of 17, and 33.33 percent of capacity. The same current population workbook lists Hartley as "Hartley (no jail)," which is why Hartley County custody questions can point to the Dallam-Hartley regional jail without creating a separate Hartley jail row.
TCJS also publishes an incarceration-rate workbook. For June 1, 2026, that workbook lists Hartley (No Jail) with an estimated county population of 4,996, a jail population count of 6, and a rate value of 1.20. The Dallam row in that workbook lists an estimated county population of 7,526, a jail population count of 15, and a rate value of 1.99. These are report categories, not a public list of names.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Date |
|---|---|---|
| Dallam reporting jail capacity | 51 beds | TCJS Current Population Report, June 1, 2026 |
| Dallam total jail population | 17 | TCJS Current Population Report, June 1, 2026 |
| Hartley standalone jail row | No jail | TCJS Current Population Report, June 1, 2026 |
| Hartley no-jail count | 6 | TCJS Incarceration Rate Workbook, June 1, 2026 |
How to Look Up an Inmate at Dallam-Hartley County Jail
No official online Dallam-Hartley County Jail roster was located in the Dallam or Hartley official sources. The Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health SIM report for Dallam, Hartley, and Moore Counties says the jail does not have electronic records and manually gathers data. That finding explains why a Dallam-Hartley County Jail inmate lookup relies on direct contact and public-information channels instead of a search box.
- Call Dallam-Hartley jail-dispatch at (806) 244-2541 and ask whether the person is currently in custody.
- Have the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, arrest date, arresting agency, and whether the arrest happened in Hartley County, Dallam County, Dalhart, Channing, or another jurisdiction.
- For a Hartley arrest record, contact Hartley County Sheriff at (806) 235-3142 or send a written request to HCSO, PO Box 89, Channing, TX 79018.
- If custody status cannot be confirmed by phone, use VINELink Texas for notification coverage when available and use iDocket after a case is filed in court.
- If the person was sentenced and transferred, use the Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate search. TDCJ is not a fresh county-booking roster.
Lookup distinction: Dallam-Hartley is the county jail path for pretrial and local custody. Dalhart Unit is a TDCJ prison and uses the state locator for sentenced prisoners.
The Dallam sheriff page confirms the sheriff office address and jail phone that support the phone-first lookup process.
Use that source for the Dallam jail line, then use Hartley County Sheriff for Hartley arrest records and public-information routing.
Dallam-Hartley County Jail Address and Contact
The jail-dispatch contact is the most important current-custody channel. The regional-jail address from Prison Policy Initiative is 201 East Fifth Street in Dalhart, while the official Dallam sheriff page lists the sheriff office at 501 Denver Avenue. Treat both as relevant Dalhart contact points and confirm the visitor or reporting entrance before travel.
Dallam-Hartley County Jail
201 East Fifth Street
Dalhart, TX 79022
(806) 244-2541
Call jail-dispatch before visiting, sending mail, posting bond, or bringing property.
Hartley County Sheriff
PO Box 89
Channing, TX 79018
(806) 235-3142
Use for Hartley arrest reports, sheriff records, and written public-information requests.
Visiting Someone at Dallam-Hartley County Jail
No official Dallam-Hartley County Jail visitation schedule, video-visitation vendor, visitor-registration page, or local rule sheet was located in the official sources reviewed. Do not assume a statewide prison schedule applies to this county jail. Before traveling, call (806) 244-2541 and ask whether the person is eligible for visits, which entrance to use, what identification is required, and whether visits are in person, video, attorney-only, or temporarily restricted.
| Topic | Official Detail Located | Action |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visitation | No local schedule located | Call jail-dispatch before travel. |
| Video visitation | No vendor or scheduling URL located | Do not assume a provider without confirmation. |
| Visitor ID | No local rule sheet located | Ask what photo ID is accepted. |
| Attorney visits | No published rule located | Attorneys should coordinate directly with jail staff. |
| Property release | No official form located | Call before bringing or picking up property. |
Mail, Phone, and Money at Dallam-Hartley County Jail
Official local mail, phone, video, commissary, and money-deposit rules were not located for Dallam-Hartley County Jail. This is a documented gap, not a reason to fill in vendor names from other Texas jails. Ask jail-dispatch for the correct address format, whether a booking number is required, which items are allowed, whether money can be deposited in person or through a vendor, and what payment forms are accepted.
| Service | Provider / Detail | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Mail Address | No official inmate-mail format located | Call (806) 244-2541 before mailing. |
| Phone / Video | No provider or rate sheet located | Ask jail-dispatch. |
| Money Deposit | No vendor, kiosk, fee, or payment-method list located | Confirm before sending funds. |
| Commissary | No commissary schedule or vendor located | Do not infer from other counties. |
Booking and Intake at Dallam-Hartley County Jail
A Hartley County booking can involve multiple agencies. Hartley County Sheriff, Dallam County Sheriff, Dalhart Police, Texas DPS, or another agency may be involved before a person reaches the Dallam-Hartley jail-dispatch operation. The public should not expect a new booking to appear online, because no official roster was located. Call jail-dispatch for current custody and then check court records after charges are filed.
Common Texas jail intake steps include identity confirmation, safety and medical screening, property inventory, fingerprinting, booking photograph creation, charge and bond entry, magistrate review, and housing classification. These are normal booking-record concepts, not observed public roster fields for this jail. Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.17 requires an arrested person to be taken before a magistrate without unnecessary delay for warnings and bail-related decisions.
Other Record Paths After a Dallam-Hartley Booking
Jail custody is only one part of a Hartley County arrest record. If the person has a filed criminal case, Hartley County Clerk and District Clerk records may appear through iDocket. If the person was sentenced to state prison, TDCJ becomes the lookup system. If the person is in federal or immigration custody, the BOP inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System may be the correct separate source.
VINELink Texas can help with custody-status notifications when participating agency data is available, but it is not a complete Dallam-Hartley booking profile and should not be treated as a substitute for jail-dispatch confirmation. Bond, holds, court dates, case filings, and release details can change quickly, especially when another county, parole authority, federal agency, or immigration detainer is involved.
For notification research, the Texas VINELink page is a useful statewide custody-status resource.
Use VINELink as an added notification channel, then verify important Dallam-Hartley custody details with the jail or the agency that created the record.
About Dallam-Hartley County Jail
Dallam-Hartley County Jail sits in a small-county regional jail context. Hartley County's sheriff office is based in Channing and also has a Dalhart annex, while the jail-dispatch contact is tied to Dallam official pages in Dalhart. That geography explains why one custody question can involve Channing sheriff records, Dalhart jail-dispatch, Hartley court records, and possibly TDCJ after sentencing.
No official Dallam-Hartley County Jail program page was located for GED, work release, substance-abuse services, tablet services, religious programming, grievance forms, or local medical service details. The SIM report for Dallam, Hartley, and Moore Counties provides broader behavioral-health system context and notes local data limitations, including manual jail data collection. Use that as background for why direct confirmation remains important.
Note: Confirm custody, entrance location, visitation eligibility, and mail or money rules with jail-dispatch before relying on any secondary source.