The Grand Prairie police department detention facility is part of the Support Services division which is under the direction of Deputy Chief Mike Taylor. It is a podular remote facility with the capacity to house 120 inmates. The jail consists of four cell blocks which include five holding tanks and forty-eight beds. There are also three separate cells for short term housing of juvenile offenders.

The detention facility is equipped with state of the art video surveillance equipment. This equipment enables the tower control officer on duty to monitor the facility on three monitors which provide him with thirty-eight different camera views. The tower officer can also open and close cell doors from his station.

There is currently one detention manager, four detention supervisors and seventeen detention officers assigned to the facility.

Concealed handgun fingerprinting
Saturdays, 1 - 3 p.m. $10.00 fee

Public fingerprinting
Tuesdays & Thursdays 12 - 2 p.m.

Sundays 2 - 4 p.m.
Valid identification is required for visitation privileges

For bonding information call 972-237-8951.