Find Culberson County Jail Releases

Culberson County Jail Release Paths

Culberson County Jail is the only confirmed active local detention facility. The Culberson County Sheriff's Office operates it in Van Horn. Leaving the jail can mean community release after bond, dismissal, time served, or another court order. It can also mean commitment to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, transfer on an outside-county hold, a federal handoff, or movement into immigration custody. A transfer closes the local booking but does not free the person.

The booking/release record should be the first source. Ask it to identify the person, booking, exact event time, release disposition, legal authority, and destination. The court file supplies the bond instrument, dismissal, judgment, sentence, commitment, or other order behind the event. If another agency received the person, its system provides the next custody status. This three-record chain is stronger than a name disappearing from an unofficial roster.

Confirm Culberson County Jail Release

No official Culberson jail roster, recent-release feed, or sheriff app was located. Confirmation is phone-led and records-led. Prepare a full legal name and date of birth or booking number. An approximate booking date and cause number can further narrow the custody episode.

1. Call Culberson County Jail at 432-283-2060 and identify the person with exact public details.
2. Ask whether the booking closed and request the recorded release date and time.
3. Ask whether the outcome was community release or transfer to another custodian.
4. Request the disposition, legal authority, cause number, and receiving agency in writing.
5. Obtain the matching court order or judgment, then check any named destination system.

A phone answer provides a quick lead. Durable proof comes from the source documents. If one record conflicts with another, retain both dates and ask the agencies to clarify rather than guessing. For a search that follows a person across several custody systems, use the broader Culberson County released inmate search.

Culberson County Jail Records Contact

The official sheriff page identifies Sheriff Oscar E. Carrillo and Jail Administrator Valerie Flores. It publishes a reliable mailing address, telephone, fax, and email contacts. It does not publish the jail's physical street address or public records hours. Secondary sources conflict about La Caverna street numbers, so call before any visit and do not treat a guessed street address as official.

Direct a written request to Sheriff Oscar Carrillo as officer for public information or to Jail Administrator Valerie Flores. No dedicated sheriff request portal, local form, fee sheet, or records-unit schedule was found. Ask about charges and delivery method before sending payment. State cost rules may apply, but no Culberson-specific fee should be invented.

Culberson County Jail Record Fields

Culberson County publishes no sample booking/release sheet. The fields below are therefore a request specification, not a claim about the jail's database or a promise that each item is public in every case. Request what is needed to connect the person, booking, legal authority, and destination.

Release type matters more than the single word "released." Bond ends the immediate jail hold while a case may continue. Time served means credited custodial time ended in the identified matter, subject to other cases or holds. Dismissal ends the named charge, not necessarily every case. A TDCJ, federal, immigration, or another-county transfer continues custody.

Culberson Jail Court Authority

The jail event and court file answer different questions. The jail record states what physically happened and when. The court order or judgment explains the authority. Culberson County uses a combined County and District Clerk, which makes that office the practical local start for bond orders, dismissals, judgments, sentences, and commitments linked to a cause number.

Contact Clerk Tina Urias at 432-283-2058 or tina.urias@co.culberson.tx.us. The mailing address is P.O. Box 158, Van Horn, TX 79855. Give the cause number whenever possible. A court entry may precede the physical release because the jail must clear every case and outside hold. Do not report "released on bond" until the sheriff disposition supports that result.

Texas Government Code Chapter 552 governs public-information requests. Records may still be redacted or withheld under applicable law. Expunction, nondisclosure, juvenile restrictions, confidentiality, and protected personal information can affect access. A lawful no-record or no-access response should not be treated as evidence of a hidden case.

Culberson Jail Transfer Searches

When the sheriff names TDCJ, treat the local booking as closed by transfer. Search the TDCJ Inmate Information Search after intake using a TDCJ or SID number when available. That system includes only people currently incarcerated in TDCJ. It does not cover a routine Culberson bond release and deliberately omits former TDCJ inmates. A fresh transfer can also take time to appear.

For a federal movement, use the federal docket and the U.S. Marshals or BOP locator as applicable. A pretrial USMS movement may never produce a useful BOP historical record. A BOP "Released" result means outside BOP custody, not necessarily free from local, state, immigration, or supervised-release authority.

Always preserve the county transfer sheet. It supplies the bridge between Culberson County Jail and the destination search. A no-result in the next system can reflect intake delay, incorrect identifiers, limited coverage, or a different receiving authority.

Was Culberson Jail Used by ICE?

ICE audited Culberson County Jail in 2007 under an intergovernmental service agreement. That dated review is evidence of historical federal use only. It cannot prove that the jail has a current ICE contract, that any present detainee is held there, or that a named person was transferred to immigration custody.

For current aggregate context, consult the dated Texas Commission on Jail Standards Immigration Detainer Report. Aggregate counts do not identify a person. For a named adult, check ICE's Online Detainee Locator System with a nine-digit A-number and country of birth when known. ODLS has coverage and time limits, and a missing result is not conclusive proof of release.

The sheriff's release or transfer field remains the key link. If it records an immigration handoff, pair it with the current ICE result or agency record. Never infer a federal transfer solely from the old agreement.

Is the 1912 Culberson Jail Active?

The Texas Historical Commission records a red-brick Culberson County jail whose plans were accepted in 1912. It served until the courthouse-with-jail opened in 1964. The historical marker is at Third and Culberson. That site is part of local history, not a present detention or records office.

The official sheriff mailing address remains P.O. Box 159. Since the active jail's physical street number is not published by the current county page and secondary sources conflict, call 432-283-2060 before traveling. Keeping the old structure separate from the active facility prevents a false second search path.

Culberson Jail Release Evidence

Evidence strength matters when sources seem to disagree. For a county release, the strongest practical combination is the sheriff's dated event plus the court's authorizing document. Add a receiving-agency record when the event was a transfer. Telephone statements and alerts can guide a fast check but should be followed by durable records. A dynamic screenshot proves only what a system displayed on the date captured.

Release

Departure from jail that may place the person in the community, depending on the disposition and any other holds.

Transfer

Movement into another authority's custody, not community release.

Detainer

A hold or request from another authority that can change the destination.

Discharge

Completion of a sentence and applicable supervision under the responsible agency's definition.

A name-only match and disappearance from an unofficial roster are weak indicators. Compare booking number, birth date, cause number, and agency identifiers. Record when each source was checked, and describe any unresolved conflict instead of forcing a conclusion.