The Sheriff's roster is free, with no sign-in. Steps:

1. Open the inmate roster and read the disclaimer page.
2. Pick Current Inmates to see people held right now, or 48 Hour Release to see anyone freed in the past two days.
3. Scroll the list by surname. If nothing matches, try another spelling.
4. Open the record. It shows the SO number, the booking number, the booking date, which agency made the arrest, each charge and its bond amount.
5. Copy down the SO number. Letters and deposits both use it.

The record leaves out a few things, such as the court, the type of bond and a release date. The Sheriff also warns that roster details come from public sources and should not be relied on alone. For anything important, confirm with the jail at 325-659-6597.

No match? Usually one of these explains it:

• Booking takes time. Someone arrested a few hours ago may still be in intake. Check back in a few hours.
• They already left. Switch to the roster's release view for the past 48 hours. Someone can walk out the same day after posting bond quickly or being released by the magistrate.
• A different spelling. Search a second last name, an older married name or a hyphenated form.
• Another county has them. When the arrest was on another county's warrant, the jail's Transportation Division handles moving the person.
• A state or federal hold. Some people are moved to state prison or federal custody once a case ends.

Still no luck? Phone the jail at 325-659-6597 or the Sheriff's Office at 325-655-8111, which answers around the clock.

For an adult, the answer is almost always the one county jail. The Sheriff's jail page names no annex, separate women's jail or work release center.

• Tom Green County Detention Center, also called the Detention Facility, 4382 N US Highway 277, San Angelo, TX 76905, 325-659-6597. Every adult booking in the county happens here. Trusties who work in the kitchen or outside have their own visiting days. The state rated it for 552 beds in 2022.
• Juvenile Justice Center, 1253 West 19th Street, San Angelo, TX 76903, 325-655-2323. This is where youths 10 through 16 are detained. Juvenile probation works from the same building.
• Probation's community corrections facilities. The Concho Valley CSCD, 3036 N Bryant Blvd., San Angelo, TX 76903, 325-659-6544, runs residential programs for people on probation. Call its Male Corrections Facility at 325-486-1868 or its Female Corrections Facility at 325-655-7585. These are not jails.

Four nearby counties, Coke, Concho, Irion and Sterling, have closed their own jails, according to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. If your person was arrested in one of those counties, call that county's Sheriff to learn where they were sent.

Families often search for mugshots first. The roster record lists booking facts and charges. To see if it also shows a photo, open your person's record. To get a booking photo officially, write to the Sheriff's Office under the Public Information Act at 222 W. Harris, San Angelo, TX 76903, 325-655-8111. State law makes basic arrest information public (Government Code 552.108).

• Texas regulates mugshot sites whose removal fee is $150 or higher. Errors or missing details must be corrected or the record removed, without charge. Under Business and Commerce Code chapter 109, those sites may not publish records a court expunged or sealed.
• Immigration booking photos are requested from the agency itself, using the ICE FOIA request page.
• Federal agencies normally withhold booking photos. The Marshals Service may put out a picture when it seeks a fugitive.
• The Texas 10 Most Wanted pages from DPS include photos of the fugitives listed there.

Yes. Texas uses Texas IVSS-Counties, which replaced the old VINE system. It is free and confidential. Type all or part of a name to find people held in a county jail or under supervision. Alerts can be set up with or without creating an account. A 24-hour helpline takes calls in English and Spanish: 866-268-8959.

For a quick check without alerts, look at the roster's 48 Hour Release list. It shows people who left the jail in the last two days.

A justice of the peace serves as the jail magistrate each day, starting hearings by 1:00 p.m. That magistrate reads each person their rights, takes requests for a free lawyer and sets bail. State law requires this within 48 hours of the arrest.

• Bonds are posted at the bonding window in the jail lobby.
• A kiosk in the lobby takes cash, credit and debit cards.
• A cash bond must be the full, exact amount. Over $5,000, it must be a cashier's check.
• Surety bonds come through companies approved by the county's Bail Bond Board.

Our bail page explains each bond type, the holds that can block release and how to ask for lower bail. For laws that apply across Texas, our Texas bail laws page goes further.

The roster record lists every charge with its own bond. That is the fastest place to look.

For court papers, use the county's court records portal, which both clerks link as "Search Judicial Records." Or call a clerk:

• Felonies: District Clerk, Tom Green County Courthouse, 112 W. Beauregard, San Angelo, TX 76903, 325-659-6579
• Jailable misdemeanors: the County Clerk's criminal office, 124 West Beauregard, San Angelo, TX 76903, 325-659-6555

A charge at booking may change later. The District Attorney decides which felony charges go to the grand jury.

The jail magistrate takes requests for free counsel. In this county, the request goes in through an online Application Questionnaire. The court should appoint someone within three working days of getting it.

The public defender for the Concho Valley gets most appointments. Its office is at 113 W. Beauregard Street, 1st Floor, San Angelo, TX 76903, 325-229-4671, open weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Private lawyers on court lists take the rest.

Family members with questions can call that office. It warns that jail calls are recorded. Ask your person not to discuss the case on the phone.

In-person visits run 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., and each lasts 20 minutes. Your visiting day is set by the first letter of your person's surname:

• Monday: A to E
• Tuesday: F to J
• Wednesday: K through O
• Thursday: P to R
• Friday: S to Z
• Saturday: kitchen trusties. Sunday at 1:00 p.m.: outside trusties.

Sign-up slips come out at 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Officers sign visitors up from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. and 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Morning visits allow up to four adults. Evening visits allow four adults plus children, and anyone under 17 must come in the evening with an adult. Bring a driver's license, state ID or military ID.

Leave strollers, carriers, diaper bags, purses, food, drinks, cameras and phones behind. One diaper and one bottle are allowed. No shorts, sleeveless tops, see-through or tight clothes, skirts above the knee, or clothes showing gangs, alcohol or drugs. Breaking the rules brings a 30-day ban, then 60 days, then a permanent one.

Visitors from out of town who have never visited this person may come 8:00 to 11:00 a.m., 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. or 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Video visits from home cost $0.35 a minute. They run daily from 6:00 to 11:00 a.m., 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 to 11:59 p.m. Tech help: 844-724-2076. More on our visitation page.

Deposits land in the jail's trust account for your person. Pick one of four methods:

• Online through the jail's deposit service. Choose Tom Green and facility number 276903.
• By phone at 866-204-1603, with Visa or MasterCard.
• At the lobby kiosk in the jail at 4382 N US Highway 277, San Angelo, TX 76905.
• By mail with a money order made out to "Inmate Trust Fund." Call 325-659-6597 for the right mailing address.

Commissary runs on a weekly cycle. Money in by 10:00 p.m. Sunday can be spent that week. Orders are processed Monday and delivered Tuesday through Friday. Our money deposit page and commissary guide say more.

During booking, people can make free calls within the local calling area. Phones in the holding cells only place collect calls.

After booking, calls go through the jail's phone and video provider. To block calls from the jail, call 844-724-2076. The same provider runs the video visits from home.

Assume every call is recorded, and avoid case details. The jail scans paper mail so people can read it on a kiosk in their cell. To ask about messages or email, call the jail at 325-659-6597. We also explain phone accounts on our jail calls page and electronic notes on our messaging page.

Ordinary letters skip San Angelo entirely and travel to a scanning center's box in Longview:

Line one holds your person's full name and SO number, then "Tom Green County Jail," then this box: PO Box 591, Longview, TX 75606.

• Standard letter-size sheets only, 5 pages at most, writing on the front side.
• Send one photo per envelope. More than one gets the whole mailing returned.
• Put your return address on the envelope.
• Letters are scanned and read on the in-cell kiosk. The paper copy is destroyed after 30 days.

Newspapers go to the jail itself: Inmate Name - SO#, Tom Green County Detention Center, 4382 N. US Highway 277, San Angelo, TX 76905. Magazines, bulk mail and books are refused at both addresses. Legal and medical mail must go to the facility where the person is housed. Our jail mail page has general tips.

Property and money stay with the jail until release, unless the person signs them over. For a family pickup while your person is still held:

1. Your person signs a release form that names you.
2. Call the jail at 325-659-6597 and ask for the Bookkeeper.
3. Bring a state photo ID to the jail lobby.

Money from an inmate account can be released to a member of the public once every 30 days.

The jail has a medical department at 325-659-6434. Staff will not release medical information, but you can call with a concern.

• Medication: call medical first. Bring only current prescriptions, still in the pharmacy bottle. Drop them off at the lobby information window.
• Glasses: untinted prescription glasses only, without a case.
• Faith support: chaplains hold weekly services that are open to all faiths, and Bibles and other religious materials are free.

If care seems unsafe and the jail does not fix it, the state jail oversight agency, TCJS, takes complaints at its complaints page or 512-463-5505.

Deputies and the four constables serve warrants throughout the county. The Sheriff's Warrants Division sits at 222 W. Harris, San Angelo, TX 76903. Phone 325-655-8111 and ask for a Warrants Deputy between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. Online, the Sheriff posts a warrant list and a Most Wanted page. Also check the state's DPS 10 Most Wanted. Traffic and Class C warrants are handled by the JP precinct on the ticket. City of San Angelo warrants go through its Municipal Court, 325-657-4371. With a lawyer's help, your person can turn in or get a fresh court date. Felony files: District Clerk, 112 W. Beauregard, San Angelo, TX 76903, 325-659-6579.

The roster does not list court dates, so ask the clerk who has the case. The District Clerk handles felonies at 325-659-6579. The County Clerk's Criminal Department handles Class A and B misdemeanors at 325-659-6555.

Jailed misdemeanor defendants are usually set in the County Courts at Law on Tuesdays at 9:00 a.m., except in jury weeks. You can also try the county's court records portal. For courthouse addresses and how a case unfolds, open our court page.

Federal charges here go to the San Angelo Division of the Northern District of Texas, O.C. Fisher Federal Building, 33 E. Twohig Avenue, Room 202, San Angelo, TX 76903. Clerk: 325-655-4506.

• Release before a federal trial is decided by a magistrate judge after a detention hearing (18 U.S.C. 3142).
• Housing for federal defendants before trial is picked by the U.S. Marshals. Their San Angelo office in the same building is staffed only when court is in session, 325-658-4056. The district office in Dallas answers at 214-767-0836.
• A person held for the Marshals may not show up in the BOP system before sentencing. Ask the Marshals where they are.
• After sentencing, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

Expect these steps:

1. ICE lodges Form I-247A at the Highway 277 jail.
2. The jail may hold them up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released, so ICE can pick them up (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. Texas jails have to comply (CCP art. 2A.060). The hold ends if your person documents citizenship or lawful presence. A 2017 statute also forbids local rules restricting immigration enforcement (Government Code 752.053).
4. Sheriffs who operate jails in Texas face a 2025 mandate: be in ICE's 287(g) program by the first of December, 2026. The Sheriff's Office, 325-655-8111, can say where this county stands.
5. Once ICE has the person, search the ICE Online Detainee Locator. It works from the alien registration number, or from a full name and the nation where your person was born. If the locator shows nothing, ICE suggests calling the regional field office.

Once sentenced to prison or state jail, your person stays at Highway 277 until TDCJ transport arrives. TDCJ first runs tests at an intake unit. A long-term unit is chosen after that.

• The TDCJ inmate search needs an exact surname plus first initial, or an ID number. It refreshes only on working days, and entries trail real events by 24 hours or longer.
• For descriptions of the prisons, browse our Texas state prisons page.

In Texas, kids 10 through 16 go through juvenile court, not the adult jail. Detained kids from this county wait at the Juvenile Justice Center, 1253 West 19th Street, San Angelo, TX 76903, 325-655-2323. The center is staffed 24 hours a day. Its office is open weekdays 8:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.

• Visits: Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., except county holidays. Each visit lasts 15 minutes. Only people on the approved list from the child's juvenile probation officer may come. Bring photo ID and check in at the front desk before 4:45 p.m.
• Calls: youths make 5-minute calls to approved numbers on Sunday, Monday and Thursday from 7:30 to 8:00 a.m.
• Court: Family Code 54.01 calls for a judge's detention review within two working days, and an appointed lawyer attends.
• Safety: the center has a zero-tolerance abuse policy. Report suspected abuse to 877-786-7263.

Each roster record names the arresting agency. Census figures show 120,602 residents in mid-2025. Local arrests come from these agencies:

• Sheriff's Office, 222 W. Harris, San Angelo, TX 76903, 325-655-8111 (24-hour non-emergency line). Deputies patrol the areas outside city limits.
• San Angelo Police Department, 401 E. Beauregard Ave., San Angelo, TX 76903, 325-657-4498. Desk duty officer, weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.: 325-481-2696.
• Constable, Precinct 1, 122 West Harris, San Angelo, TX 76903, 325-659-6442
• Constable, Precinct 2, 5006 Knickerbocker Road, San Angelo, TX 76904, 325-949-2416
• Constable, Precinct 3, 3052 N. Bryant Blvd, San Angelo, TX 76903, 325-653-5232
• Constable, Precinct 4, 124 W. Beauregard, San Angelo, TX 76903, 325-659-6408
• Angelo State University Police, on the university campus in San Angelo, 325-942-2071
• DPS troopers patrol state and federal highways through the county. If DPS made the arrest, the jail at 325-659-6597 can confirm the booking.