Uvalde County Inmate Population Overview
The Uvalde County inmate population centers on the Uvalde County Sheriff's Department and the Uvalde County Jail. The official sheriff page identifies Sheriff Ruben Nolasco and gives the sheriff and jail contact at 339 King Fisher Lane, Box 1, Uvalde, Texas 78801. The jail is a Texas county jail regulated by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, not a state prison and not a federal detention center.
That distinction matters because the Uvalde County inmate population does not sit in one search system. County jail custody covers people booked after local arrests, people awaiting court, short county sentences, bench warrants, some state jail felony categories, and holds when they appear in TCJS reporting. A person sentenced to state prison moves into the Texas Department of Criminal Justice system. Federal and immigration cases use different locator paths.
The TCJS population reports page is the official source used for current Uvalde jail counts. The county's own web pages reviewed for this build did not publish a live jail roster, daily booking sheet, recent release list, or public mugshot gallery. That makes the Uvalde County inmate population a data and contact problem first: use the official population report for size, then use the sheriff, written public information request, IVSS, TDCJ, BOP, or ICE depending on custody type.
Uvalde County Inmate Population Statistics
The June 1, 2026 TCJS current population workbook reported Uvalde County Jail with 218 rated beds and 185 people in total jail population. The workbook ratio is 0.8486, about 84.9 percent of capacity. TCJS notes that counties submit the source data, so precise figures should be read as official reported counts, not a guarantee that every later booking or release is reflected in real time.
The TCJS population reports screenshot shows the official report source used for jail capacity and population workbooks.
Those reports are useful for Uvalde County inmate population totals, but they are not inmate-by-inmate lookup records.
| Measure | Figure | Source and Date |
|---|---|---|
| Rated capacity | 218 beds | TCJS current population workbook, Uvalde row, June 1, 2026 |
| Total jail population | 185 | TCJS current population workbook, Uvalde row, June 1, 2026 |
| Percent of capacity | About 84.9% | TCJS workbook ratio, June 1, 2026 |
| Housed elsewhere | 4 | TCJS workbook, June 1, 2026 |
| Federal inmates reported in row | 0 | TCJS workbook, June 1, 2026 |
| Contract inmates reported in row | 0 | TCJS workbook, June 1, 2026 |
Uvalde County Inmate Population Trends
The recent Uvalde County inmate population trend is narrow rather than volatile in the extracted TCJS rows. From January through June 2026, the reported jail count ranged from 184 to 192 while capacity stayed at 218 beds. The June count was lower than January and April, but still close enough that booking, bond, sentencing, and transfer decisions could change the daily count quickly.
| Date | Total Jail Population | Capacity | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 1, 2026 | 192 | 218 | TCJS monthly row |
| Feb. 1, 2026 | 185 | 218 | TCJS monthly row |
| Mar. 1, 2026 | 184 | 218 | TCJS monthly row |
| Apr. 1, 2026 | 191 | 218 | TCJS monthly row |
| May 1, 2026 | 189 | 218 | TCJS monthly row |
| Jun. 1, 2026 | 185 | 218 | TCJS monthly row |
These figures show the jail as under its rated capacity on the dates listed. They do not describe the jail's day-to-day booking line, housing unit status, or the number of people waiting for court on a specific hour. For that level of custody detail, the sheriff's office remains the local point of contact.
Who Makes Up Uvalde County Custody
The Uvalde County inmate population is best described by custody category, not by race or age, because official race and age jail demographics were not located in the reviewed county materials. TCJS tracks many legal-status categories, including pretrial misdemeanants, pretrial felons, convicted misdemeanants, parole violators, state jail felons, TDCJ-sentenced people, federal inmates, contract inmates, and people housed elsewhere.
- Pretrial detainees are people held after arrest while charges, bond, or court settings are pending.
- County-sentence inmates serve local jail time after a misdemeanor or other local sentence.
- State jail and TDCJ categories can appear in county jail reporting when transfer or sentence status is still local.
- Holds and detainers may keep a person in custody even when local bond is posted.
- Federal or immigration custody uses BOP, USMS, or ICE channels when county custody no longer controls the search.
Note: TCJS category names are useful for population reports, but current custody confirmation should come from the jail or locator that holds the person.
Uvalde County Jail Capacity
Using the June 1, 2026 TCJS count, Uvalde County Jail was not over its 218-bed rated capacity. The reported 185-person population was about 84.9 percent of capacity. That figure does not mean every housing area had open space, and it does not prove conditions on a specific day. It only shows the total count against rated capacity in the official monthly workbook.
The recent official jail-conditions item in the research is not an overcrowding finding. TCJS issued a January 14, 2026 notice of non-compliance to Uvalde County Jail for a grievance-response standard under 37 TAC section 283.3(3). The cited issue concerned maximum written reply timelines for grievance boards, including interim response timing, not jail population size.
Texas Laws for Uvalde Inmate Data
Uvalde County inmate population and booking information sits at the intersection of public records, jail standards, and criminal procedure. Texas does not treat every jail detail as automatically online, but government records are presumed public unless an exception or confidentiality rule applies. That is why a written request can matter when a county does not publish a roster.
Key Texas authorities:
Texas Government Code Chapter 552 is the Texas Public Information Act, the main law for requesting existing government records.
Texas Local Government Code Chapter 201 connects local government records to public-information rules.
Texas Government Code Chapter 511 creates and empowers TCJS to regulate county jails.
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 15 includes Article 15.17, the first-appearance rule after arrest.
Texas Family Code Chapter 58 gives juvenile records separate confidentiality rules.
How to Search Uvalde County Inmates
No official public Uvalde County Jail online roster, booking report, or inmate-search portal was located on the county, sheriff, DA, or court pages reviewed. The practical search starts with the sheriff's office and then branches based on what staff can confirm. If the person is newly arrested, booking, fingerprinting, medical screening, and magistration can delay public confirmation.
- Call the Uvalde County Sheriff's Department at (830) 278-4111, or ask through the DA law-enforcement listing number, 830-591-9000.
- Give the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, approximate arrest date, and arresting agency if known.
- Ask whether the person is in Uvalde County Jail, still in booking, released, transferred, or held on another agency's detainer.
- If staff cannot disclose the detail by phone, send a written Texas PIA request to the sheriff for existing booking records.
- Check Texas IVSS-Counties for county custody or court-event notifications if Uvalde participation appears in the portal.
- Use TDCJ, BOP, or ICE only when the person's custody type has moved beyond local county jail custody.
Uvalde County Roster Search Fields
Because no Uvalde County public jail roster form was found, there are no county search fields to document. A caller or written requester should use the identifiers that help staff distinguish one person from another. The statewide notification and prison locators do have search paths, but those systems cover different custody groups.
| Channel | Fields or Identifiers | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Uvalde sheriff or jail | Full name, date of birth, arrest date, arresting agency | Current county jail custody and booking status |
| Texas IVSS-Counties | County/state controls and offender search where county participates | County custody and court notification |
| TDCJ search | Name, SID number, current TDCJ number, previous TDCJ number | Sentenced state prison custody |
| BOP locator | Register number or biographical name fields | Federal prison custody and history |
| ICE ODLS | A-number and country of birth, or biographical fields | Immigration detention |
What Uvalde Inmate Records Show
A Uvalde County inmate record obtained by phone, notification portal, clerk file, or written request may show different fields based on source and release rules. The sheriff's office is the likely custodian for jail booking records. Court records come from the clerk of the court handling the case, and TDCJ profiles are sentence records, not booking sheets.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Full name and aliases | Helps confirm the person is the correct detainee. |
| Booking date and time | Shows when jail custody began and whether processing may still be recent. |
| Arresting agency | Routes follow-up records to sheriff, Uvalde Police Department, Sabinal Police Department, DPS, or another agency. |
| Charges at booking | Initial allegations or warrant entries, which may change after prosecutor review. |
| Bond and holds | Explains release terms or why a detainer may block release. |
| Release or transfer status | Shows whether the person remains local, was released, or moved to another custody system. |
Uvalde Jail vs State Prison
Uvalde County Jail and TDCJ answer different inmate lookup questions. The jail is the local county facility for adult pretrial custody, short local sentences, and certain holds. TDCJ is the state prison system for sentenced state prisoners and parole or mandatory-supervision notifications. A person can move from one system to the other after conviction and sentence.
| County Jail | State Prison | |
|---|---|---|
| Who is held | Pretrial detainees, county sentences, local holds | Sentenced state prisoners |
| Run by | Uvalde County Sheriff's Department | Texas Department of Criminal Justice |
| Where to look | Sheriff phone, written PIA request, IVSS-Counties if participating | TDCJ inmate search and TDCJ IVSS |
| Record type | Booking and custody status | Sentence, unit, release, and parole information |
Uvalde State and Federal Search
No TDCJ unit, BOP facility, or ICE detention facility was located in Uvalde County through official directories. That does not rule out a Uvalde arrest becoming a state, federal, or immigration custody matter. It means the search path changes after transfer or when another agency controls custody.
The Texas IVSS-Counties portal is the county custody and court notification path where participating counties are set up. The TDCJ IVSS portal covers state custody and parole or mandatory supervision. The BOP inmate locator covers federal prison custody and history, while the ICE Online Detainee Locator System covers immigration detention searches.
- Detainer
- A hold or request from another agency that may affect release from county jail.
- Magistration
- The first appearance after arrest, where rights, probable cause, and bond issues are addressed.
- PR bond
- A personal bond based on a promise to appear, sometimes with court conditions.
- TDCJ
- The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the state prison system.
Uvalde County Detention Facility
The resolved facility map contains one confirmed detention facility page. City agencies, including Uvalde Police Department and Sabinal Police Department, may make arrests, but no separate long-term municipal jail page was found in the official sources. Local adult detainees are treated as Uvalde County Jail custody unless an agency confirms release, transfer, hospital custody, federal custody, or another placement.
- Uvalde County Jail is the TCJS-regulated county jail operated by the Uvalde County Sheriff's Department for adult county custody.
Uvalde County Inmate Population FAQ
How large is the Uvalde County inmate population?
The TCJS current population workbook reported 185 people in Uvalde County Jail on June 1, 2026, against a rated capacity of 218 beds. That figure is a monthly official report, not a live roster.
Can Uvalde County inmates be searched online?
No official Uvalde County Jail online roster was located in the reviewed county, sheriff, DA, or court pages. Start with the sheriff's phone line, then use written PIA requests and the appropriate state or federal locator when custody type changes.
Where are booking photos listed?
No official Uvalde County booking-photo gallery or mugshot roster was found. A booking photo, if it exists and is releasable, should be requested from the sheriff through a written Texas Public Information Act request.
Does TDCJ show Uvalde County Jail inmates?
TDCJ is for sentenced state custody, parole, and prison-location information. It is not the normal locator for a person newly booked into Uvalde County Jail.