Search the Coryell County Inmate Population

Coryell County Inmate Population Overview

The Coryell County inmate population has two distinct parts. The local jail side is the Coryell County Sheriff's Office and Coryell County Jail, run by Sheriff Scott Williams at 510 Leon Street in Gatesville. That system covers new arrests, pretrial detainees, people serving short county sentences, warrant holds, parole or blue warrant holds, and people waiting for transfer while still counted by the county. The state-prison side is the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, which runs six Gatesville-area units inside Coryell County. Those TDCJ units are not county jail annexes, and their prisoners do not appear through the county roster once they are in sentenced state custody.

The county jail count is reported to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. The June 1, 2026 TCJS current population workbook listed Coryell County Jail with 139 beds, 115 total jail population, and 56 people housed elsewhere. The same date's TCJS incarceration-rate workbook listed countywide population at 86,370, average daily population at 165, and an incarceration rate of 1.91. Those figures matter because the public roster shows current people in the jail system, while TCJS reports the operational count used for standards and capacity review.

Coryell County Inmate Population Statistics

TCJS is the strongest official source for Coryell County inmate population figures. Its current workbooks use county-submitted data, and TCJS notes that local departments remain responsible for data quality and that figures can be modified over time. The figures below separate bed capacity, people physically or administratively counted by the county jail, and the broader average daily population. They should not be mixed with TDCJ prison capacity, which belongs to the state correctional system.

Coryell County Inmate Population Trends

The monthly TCJS trend found in research shows a slight decline in Coryell County average daily population from February through June 2026. The rate moved down with it, while the countywide population estimate stayed the same in the workbook. This is not proof that arrests, bond decisions, or court processing all moved in one direction. It is a custody-count trend for the period TCJS published, and it should be read with the sheriff roster, court filings, and housed-elsewhere count.

The TCJS population reports page is the source to check when a later monthly workbook replaces these figures. The sheriff's roster answers who is currently listed. TCJS answers the larger capacity and population question.

Coryell County Custody Breakdown

The June 1, 2026 TCJS breakdown shows why the Coryell County inmate population cannot be described as one simple group. The largest local category in the research was local male pretrial felons. The county also reported local female pretrial felons, Class A and Class B misdemeanor detainees, convicted misdemeanants, state-jail-felony categories, parole violators, blue warrant holds, TDCJ-sentenced or transfer-ready people, and people housed elsewhere. Many of those labels are operational jail-reporting categories, not final court outcomes.

Pretrial

A person held after arrest while the charge is pending and before final case disposition.

Blue warrant

A Texas parole warrant or hold that can block release even when a local bond appears.

TDCJ-ready

A sentenced or transfer-ready person waiting for movement into the state prison system.

Housed elsewhere

A person counted by Coryell County but held outside the local jail under reporting rules.

Laws Governing Coryell County Inmates

Texas law sets the public-record framework around the Coryell County inmate population. The Texas Public Information Act is the general access law. Law-enforcement exceptions can apply, but Government Code 552.108(c) preserves access to basic information about an arrested person, an arrest, or a crime. For population data, Government Code Chapter 511 creates the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, while Local Government Code Chapter 351 covers county jail and sheriff custody duties.

Coryell County State Prison Population

Coryell County is unusual because the Gatesville area hosts six TDCJ units with a combined listed capacity of 7,785. Crain, Hilltop, Murray, O'Daniel, and Woodman hold female sentenced prisoners or state-jail populations, while Hughes holds male sentenced prisoners. Woodman is a diagnostic intake facility for female offenders. Crain has intake, receiving, and regional release functions. O'Daniel lists female death row and security detention custody levels. Those details make the local inmate population much larger than the county jail count alone.

Search Coryell County Jail Inmates

The sheriff's current roster is the first stop for county-jail custody. It is linked from the sheriff jail roster page and opens the edoc Technologies current-inmates interface at currentinmates.aspx. The sheriff FAQ says the jail roster updates in real time. The visible result grid shows Detail, Name, Book Date, Charge, Bail, Release, and Agency. Agencies observed in research included the Coryell County Sheriff's Office, Copperas Cove Police Department, Gatesville Police Department, and DPS.

1. Open the sheriff roster directly or through the sheriff jail roster page.
2. Use Last Name, First Name, Middle Name, or SO Number to narrow the grid.
3. Select Search to filter, or Clear Fields to reset the roster.
4. Sort by Name, Book Date, Charge, Bail, Release, or Agency when the table is long.
5. Use the Detail link if the public interface opens a person-specific profile.
6. Call 254-865-7201 if the person is newly booked, not listed, or has a confusing release field.

The roster sometimes displays 1/1/1900 in the Release column. Research indicates that should be treated as a placeholder or unknown value, not as a literal release date. A jail phone check is the safer path when the Release field is blank, old, or inconsistent with other custody facts.

The official current inmates roster at Coryell County currentinmates.aspx shows the public search fields and summary result columns used for county custody lookup.

The screenshot reflects the roster's search form and grid layout, including the charge, bail, release, and agency columns that help confirm whether the person is in county custody.

Coryell County Roster Fields

The Coryell County roster interface uses unusual internal field names because the edoc Technologies page appears to reuse older form labels. Public users should rely on the visible labels. The search button's image alt text says "Land Records Search," but the sheriff-linked page is the current inmate roster.

Coryell County Inmate Records Requests

When a person is not on the live roster, the official fallback is the sheriff's written records process. The Coryell County Sheriff's Office records request page says public-records requests must be in writing and should include enough descriptors to identify the record. Useful descriptors include full name, date of birth if known, booking date, arresting agency, case or report number, charge wording, and whether the request is for a booking record, arrest report, or booking photo.

Coryell County Custody Lookup Paths

A Coryell County inmate population search should follow the custody system. The county roster covers the sheriff-operated jail. The TDCJ inmate locator covers people currently incarcerated in state prison. The BOP inmate locator covers federal sentenced inmates, generally from 1982 forward. The ICE Online Detainee Locator System covers immigration detention. VINELink can help with custody notifications, but it is not a substitute for the jail, TDCJ, or federal locator.

Coryell County Detention Facilities

The Coryell County facility map has one sheriff-operated jail and six TDCJ units. The primary jail should be searched through the sheriff roster. The state-prison units should be searched through TDCJ. No BOP or ICE detention facility was found inside Coryell County in the official locator paths reviewed.

• Coryell County Jail - sheriff-operated county jail for pretrial detainees, misdemeanants, holds, and transfer-ready categories.
• Christina Melton Crain Unit - TDCJ female sentenced custody with intake, receiving, release, and treatment functions.
• Hilltop Unit - TDCJ female custody including youthful-offender and treatment populations.
• Alfred D. Hughes Unit - TDCJ male sentenced custody, higher custody levels, and mental-health services.
• Dr. Lane Murray Unit - TDCJ female custody with therapeutic diversion and assisted-disability services.
• Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit - TDCJ female custody, death row, security detention, and STRIVE programming.
• Linda Woodman Unit - TDCJ female state-jail and diagnostic intake facility.

Coryell County Inmate Population FAQ

How large is the Coryell County inmate population?

For June 1, 2026, TCJS listed 115 total jail population, 139 capacity, 56 housed-elsewhere inmates, and an average daily population of 165. TDCJ unit capacity is separate and much larger, with six state prison units in Coryell County totaling 7,785 listed beds.

How do I search Coryell County inmates?

Use the sheriff's current inmates roster for county jail custody. If the person was sentenced to prison, use the TDCJ locator instead. If neither system lists the person, check BOP for federal custody, ICE ODLS for immigration detention, VINELink for notifications, and the sheriff's records process for older booking records.

Does Sheriff Scott Williams run the state prison units?

No. Sheriff Scott Williams and the Coryell County Sheriff's Office run the county jail and county roster. Crain, Hilltop, Hughes, Murray, O'Daniel, and Woodman are Texas Department of Criminal Justice units, so their custody records, visitation rules, mail rules, and trust-fund channels are statewide TDCJ matters.

Can a released inmate still be found?

The research did not find an official roster retention period. If the live roster no longer lists the person, use a written public-information request to the sheriff's records clerk and include identifiers such as name, booking date, arresting agency, and charge or report number.