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Culberson County Release Meanings

A Culberson County release is the end of one agency's custody event. It is not always the end of all custody. Bond, dismissal, time served, and a direct court order may place someone back in the community. A commitment to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, another county, the U.S. Marshals Service, or Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a transfer. The person leaves the local jail in both situations, but only the first group normally describes community release.

The Culberson County Jail record should identify the physical event. The court file supplies the bond order, judgment, dismissal, sentence, or commitment behind it. When a destination agency is listed, its own locator or records office becomes the next source. Use all three records when certainty matters. Dates may differ because a court can enter an order before jail staff finish the physical release or transfer.

Culberson County Release Types

The disposition matters more than the bare word “released.” Staff codes should be requested with their plain-language meaning because different systems may use different abbreviations.

Discharge

Completion of a sentence and applicable supervision as the issuing agency defines it.

Detainer

A request or legal basis for another authority to take or keep custody.

Probation

Court-ordered community supervision, rather than release from a prison sentence on parole.

Culberson Release Record Fields

Culberson County publishes no sample form, so these fields are a focused request list rather than a statement about its database. Ask for the full name and aliases, booking number, arresting and confining agencies, booking and release times, charges, court or cause number, bond information, release reason, authorizing court, destination agency, and any releasable booking-photo reference.

The county has not published a public-display retention period, release-feed cadence, or photo-retention policy. Ask the records custodian for the record and the schedule that controls it. Do not borrow a 24-hour or 72-hour display rule from another Texas sheriff.

Obtain Culberson County Release Records

The official sheriff page is the local request starting point. It lists Sheriff Oscar E. Carrillo and Jail Administrator Valerie Flores. No release portal or special request form was located.

1. Call 432-283-2060 with the full name and a date of birth or booking number. Ask whether the person left county custody and where the person went.
2. Send a narrow written request to Culberson County Sheriff's Office, P.O. Box 159, Van Horn, TX 79855, or valerie.flores@co.culberson.tx.us.
3. Request the booking sheet, release event, date and time, disposition, authority, destination, and releasable photo reference.
4. Ask for a cost estimate before copies are produced when volume is uncertain. No fixed local fee was found.
5. Use the cause number to request the legal order from the county or district clerk.

Texas agencies may redact confidential information or seek an attorney-general ruling. A prompt acknowledgement is not the same as immediate production. Describe the record, not a broad question, and ask the custodian to explain any code used in the response.

A written request triggers the Texas Public Information Act. Ask for electronic delivery and an itemized estimate before work begins. Under section 552.221, an office that cannot produce records within ten business days must give written certification and a reasonable availability date. Section 552.2615 calls for a written estimate when expected charges exceed $40. Those are state rules, not a promise that Culberson County charges a set fee or will disclose every field. The county has published neither a local fee sheet nor public records-unit hours.

Texas Law on Culberson Releases

Texas Government Code chapter 552 provides the Public Information Act framework. It does not make every detail open. Juvenile, confidential, sealed, and otherwise protected information can be withheld or redacted. An expunction under Code of Criminal Procedure chapter 55A can require qualifying records to be destroyed or removed. A nondisclosure order under Government Code chapter 411 restricts disclosure in a different way.

A missing web result does not prove either form of relief. Culberson has no official roster to begin with, while other systems remove older events for ordinary display reasons. Confirm an order through the issuing court and its effect through each record-holding agency.

Section 552.108 may protect law-enforcement material when disclosure would interfere with a case, yet subsection 552.108(c) preserves access to basic arrest information. Section 552.101 also incorporates confidentiality found in other law. A records custodian may therefore release part of a booking record while withholding protected identifiers, juvenile material, medical data, or victim information. Ask for reasonably separable public portions and the precise exception applied to anything withheld.

Culberson Release Records and Courts

Culberson County's combined County and District Clerk is the practical first stop for a judgment, dismissal, bond order, sentence, or release authority. Begin with the person's full name and cause number. The clerk's official contact is Tina Urias, P.O. Box 158, Van Horn, TX 79855, 432-283-2058, and tina.urias@co.culberson.tx.us. The Office of Court Administration identifies iDocket as the office's case-management system, but no official county-branded public criminal search was found. A web search should not replace a direct clerk request.

Local court geography can cause confusion. The 394th Judicial District covers five counties, and its judge's office is in Alpine. A separate county page lists the 205th District Court office in El Paso. Neither location changes the best starting point for a Culberson case. Use the Culberson clerk and the cause number to identify which court owns the file. A court order can show why release was authorized, but the sheriff event is still needed for the exact time and any destination.

Find Culberson County Released Inmates

Begin with custody type and exact identifiers. A common name is not identity proof. Compare the middle name, birth date, age, booking date, cause number, offense, conviction county, and agency number before treating a result as a match.

1. For a local booking, call the Culberson County Jail and ask for release time, disposition, and destination.
2. Get the jail event in writing when a durable record is needed.
3. Check the County Clerk or District Clerk file for the legal basis.
4. After a state transfer, search TDCJ. After a federal or immigration transfer, use the correct federal channel.
5. Use VINELink release alerts when the participating agency exposes the booking and event.

For last-24-hour and last-72-hour questions, use the same telephone and record-request alternatives because Culberson publishes neither window. Negative results must be read narrowly. “Not found” means only that the chosen channel returned no match.

TDCJ Culberson Offender Search Limits

The TDCJ Inmate Information Search covers people currently incarcerated in Texas prisons. It expressly excludes released people and does not cover an ordinary county-jail bond release. Search by TDCJ or SID number when possible. A name search needs at least a last name and first initial, with race and sex available to narrow results.

The exact inputs and result fields make the search useful after a documented transfer from Culberson County Jail.

The official TDCJ form shows the current-custody search fields.

The screen is useful while a transferred person remains in state prison. For a former state prisoner, email pia@tdcj.texas.gov with the full name, TDCJ number, or exact date of birth and ask for public release or discharge history. TDCJ also lists 936-295-6371 and 800-535-0283 for weekday inmate information. A projected date can change and is not a release warrant.

Culberson Post-Release Supervision

The TDCJ Parole Division supervises parole and mandatory-supervision cases, while the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles makes parole decisions. Probation comes from the sentencing court and the relevant community-supervision office. A jail release alone does not show either status. Obtain the judgment or state release record, then confirm with the named office.

Culberson County did not publish a clearly county-specific parole office in the research. Official TDCJ material routes western counties through regional and district offices, so the correct office should be confirmed from the person's record. See the Culberson parole and probation lookup for the verification chain.

Culberson Alerts and Federal Releases

Texas VINELink is a notification system, not a certified release record. Agency participation, refresh timing, and event labels vary. Register against a specific person when controls are offered, keep the confirmation, and verify an alert with the originating agency.

For federal custody, the BOP locator can display a former federal inmate's release date and “Released” location or status. That result does not describe a county case or rule out every later detainer. The BOP screen is the correct destination after a documented federal transfer.

The pictured locator supports federal searches from 1982 forward. For immigration custody, search ICE ODLS by A-number and country of birth, or by full name, birth date, and country of birth. Absence is not conclusive proof of release.

Culberson Release Help in Van Horn

The official TDCJ reentry guide names Van Horn Community Christian Shelter at 210 W. Broadway and 432-283-1631. It describes a small, short-stay resource that accepts calls and walk-ins. Listed help includes meals, showers, clothing, and laundry, subject to house rules. It is not presented as a long-term facility. Space, services, and access can change, so a person leaving custody or someone helping with the trip should call before relying on a bed or service.

This is a local reentry resource, not a release-confirmation office. Shelter staff do not replace the Culberson sheriff, the court clerk, TDCJ, or a receiving agency. Confirm the custody event first. Then verify current shelter availability through the number in the TDCJ reentry guide. Keeping those tasks separate avoids turning a practical travel lead into unsupported proof of release.

Culberson Release ID Replacement

The same TDCJ guide identifies the Van Horn DPS office at 1300 North Frontage Road IH-10, Van Horn, 432-283-2039, as a local identification-resource point. The publication lists Thursday hours, but that schedule is only a snapshot. Call the office before travel to confirm the day, required documents, and service availability. Replacing identity documents may be a practical next step after release, especially when possessions did not follow a transfer.

The DPS office does not certify a Culberson County jail release. The release event still comes from the sheriff or the appropriate state or federal custodian. When personal property or identification is missing, ask the jail which property record applies and what pickup process is current. No county-specific property hours or release-window rules were found, so they should not be inferred from another jail.

Culberson Release or ICE Transfer

An ICE audit shows that Culberson County Jail operated under an intergovernmental service agreement in 2007. That dated document is historical. It cannot prove a current ICE contract, a present detainee count, or the status of a named person. Current aggregate context comes from a dated Texas Commission on Jail Standards detainer report, but an aggregate workbook cannot identify who moved.

For a named adult, start with the sheriff release sheet. If it records an immigration handoff, check ODLS promptly and preserve the exact wording, date, and time. ICE guidance describes a limited recent-release window, and minors do not appear. A missing result has several possible causes. The sheriff transfer event plus an ICE or court record is stronger than either source alone. “Released to ICE” means local custody ended and federal civil custody began, not that the person entered the community.

Historic Culberson Jail Is Not Active

The Texas Historical Commission records a red-brick Culberson County jail built from plans accepted in 1912. It served until a courthouse with a jail opened in 1964. Its marker stands at Third and Culberson. The site is local history, not an active jail, records desk, release office, or place to look for someone in custody.

Use the active Culberson County Sheriff's Office contact for a current or past local booking. The official page gives P.O. Box 159 for written requests but no physical jail street address. Outside sources conflict on La Caverna street numbers, so call before visiting. The historical marker record should never be allowed to create a second, false release-search route.

Culberson Custody and Release Sources

Each system answers a limited question. Choose the row that matches the last confirmed custodian.

Culberson County Jail Release Route

The Culberson County Jail is the only confirmed active local detention facility. No TDCJ unit, BOP prison, dedicated ICE center, or separate Van Horn municipal jail was identified inside the county. Those systems still matter as possible destinations.

The original 1912 Culberson jail is a historical site, not a second inmate locator. The Texas Historical Commission says it served until a courthouse containing a jail was completed in 1964. Keep that building separate from the active sheriff-operated jail.

Verify Culberson Release Visits First

The official sheriff page publishes a mailing address but not the jail's physical street address, and outside sources conflict on La Caverna street numbers. Call before traveling. This rural access gap is one of the most important local facts: direct confirmation and a focused written request are more reliable than an unverified map listing or outside roster.

Ask staff to distinguish release to the community from delivery to another custodian. If the answer is a transfer, request the destination agency and time. Then allow for intake delay before searching the receiving system. That two-part question prevents a local “release” entry from being mistaken for the end of custody.