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That is kind of the weird parts of our laws. If it is a police station, it is not usually a correctional facility even if it has a detention cell or two. Sheriff's offices get some unusual treatment in the law because the jail is a correctional facility while the rest of the office is just a law enforcement facility. The Penal Code reference on carrying may be interpreted either way in some cases (like Caldwell County where all of the offices and Jail are one building).

As for the prison system, I am unaware of any laws on it, though in general no weapons are allowed inside, even for law enforcement. I don't know about the guards themselves here. While I was in the Army and stationed at Ft. Leavenworth, we allowed no weapons inside the walls at all. The guards in the towers lowered the weapons outside the walls on ropes if they needed to exchange them for any reason.

mojo84 wrote:Actually, you can't carry in a secure area of a jail whether there is a locker or not. The police department is required to provide a locker to secure one's handgun. If they don't, they are in violation. However, you still cannot enter with a handgun.

Minor technical correction but there is no requirement for a jail to provide a locker for your weapon. Jails are correctional facilities and the entire premises is off limits, not just the secure area. The section requiring lockers for weapons deals with law enforcement facilities, which would mean police stations.

As an aside, I find it kind of funny to note that the ban on carrying in jails only applies to CHLs.