Culberson Transfers Into TDCJ
No TDCJ-operated prison was identified inside Culberson County. The state system belongs in the local release map because a court commitment can move a person from Culberson County Jail to a prison elsewhere in Texas. The county booking then closes as a transfer. It is not community release. The sheriff's booking and release sheet should identify the event time, disposition, commitment authority, and destination agency.
After intake, TDCJ becomes the source for state custody, calculated release dates, parole review, and eventual release or discharge. Keep the county transfer record because it bridges the local booking to the statewide identifier. A missing TDCJ result soon after transport may reflect intake lag, an identifier error, or a different destination. It does not turn the transfer into freedom.
| Stage | Best source |
|---|---|
| Culberson departure | Sheriff release or transfer sheet and court commitment |
| TDCJ intake and current custody | TDCJ Inmate Information Search |
| Parole decision and planned release | Board status, TDCJ detail fields, Release Processing |
| Completed release or discharge | TDCJ public-information and Classification and Records channels |
Search TDCJ Culberson Offenders
The TDCJ Inmate Information Search includes only people currently incarcerated in a TDCJ facility. It is useful after a documented Culberson transfer. It is not a county bond-release search, and it deliberately excludes people who have already left TDCJ. Search exact identifiers before relying on a name.
- Obtain the person's TDCJ or SID number from the county or state record when possible.
- Enter the eight-digit number with leading zeros, or use the exact last name and at least a first initial.
- Compare name, age, race, gender, unit, and identifiers before opening the detail.
- Review each release-related field by its exact label and record the date checked.
- After the person disappears from the current-only search, use TDCJ records contacts.
The search form accepts Last Name, First Name, TDCJ Number, SID Number, Gender, and Race. Last-name matching is exact. A result row can show Name, TDCJ Number, Race, Gender, Projected Release Date, Unit of Assignment, and Age. Detail data can add the SID number, maximum sentence, parole eligibility, visitation status, scheduled release date, type and location, plus offense date, offense, sentence date, county, cause number, and sentence length.
View the official TDCJ search form before entering the Culberson identifiers.
The manifest capture shows the statewide entry point. It does not show a released person because TDCJ's public interface omits former inmates.
TDCJ Culberson Release Fields
The date labels are not synonyms. Projected Release Date is a calculation based on the law and agency records then applied. Parole Eligibility Date means the case may become eligible for consideration. Maximum Sentence Date is the calculated endpoint. Scheduled Release Date, Type, and Location describe a more concrete planned event when present, but processing or new information can still alter it.
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Projected Release Date | A changeable agency calculation, not a promise. |
| Parole Eligibility Date | The point when statutory consideration may begin. |
| Maximum Sentence Date | The calculated sentence endpoint under current records. |
| Scheduled Release fields | A planned date, type, and location subject to final processing. |
| Offense and cause fields | The conviction data needed to match the Culberson case. |
A favorable Board decision can carry program or investigation conditions and can be reconsidered. After a favorable vote, call Review and Release Processing at 512-406-5202. Inspect the scheduled fields, then obtain the actual release record after the date passes.
Texas Release Date Calculations
Texas Government Code Chapter 498 governs good-conduct time. Good time can affect parole or mandatory-supervision eligibility as statutes allow. It does not generally reduce the sentence imposed by the court. Credits may be earned, forfeited, or restored. Discipline, classification, program status, jail-credit corrections, consecutive cases, and changes to the judgment can move a displayed projection.
Texas has no blanket rule that every state prisoner serves 85 percent. Under the general framework in Government Code Chapter 508, Section 508.145 contains different eligibility formulas. Section 42A.054 offenses and affirmative deadly-weapon findings generally use actual calendar time equal to one-half of the sentence or 30 years, whichever is less, subject to statutory minimums and special rules. Other eligible cases generally use calendar time plus good time equal to one-fourth of the sentence or 15 years, whichever is less.
Those formulas open consideration. They do not compel release. Section 508.149 lists mandatory-supervision exclusions and discretionary review standards. Offense date controls which version of law applies. Report the displayed label with a check date instead of performing an unsourced case calculation.
Find Released TDCJ Culberson Records
Once a person leaves TDCJ, the current-inmate search is the wrong channel. Send the full name and seven-digit TDCJ number to pia@tdcj.texas.gov. If the number is unknown, provide the exact date of birth, or approximate age and county of conviction when necessary. Put the person's name in the subject and request public incarceration and release or discharge history, including the date, type, and completion or transfer record.
TDCJ lists 936-295-6371 and 800-535-0283 for inmate locator and general information, with telephone service from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Classification and Records handles time, transfer, and release questions at 936-437-6231 and classify@tdcj.texas.gov. The basic email-information route does not supply photographs or Social Security numbers and does not promise every requested discharge document.
TDCJ Classification and RecordsPhone: 936-437-6231
Email: classify@tdcj.texas.gov
Public information: pia@tdcj.texas.gov
General information: 936-295-6371 or 800-535-0283
Ask for existing records, not a legal conclusion. Identify the Culberson cause number, county of conviction, TDCJ number, sentence, and approximate release period. A narrow request helps distinguish parole release, mandatory supervision, discharge, transfer, and a corrected date.
TDCJ Culberson Parole Routing
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles makes parole-related decisions. The TDCJ Parole Division investigates release plans and supervises people after release. Culberson County maps to the El Paso District Parole Office in Region V, but the directory does not decide whether El Paso I or El Paso II handles a particular person. Call before travel.
El Paso I DPO is listed at 13 Founders Boulevard, El Paso, TX 79906, 915-778-4233. El Paso II DPO is at 15581 Horizon Boulevard, Horizon City, TX 79928, 915-852-7219. The Parole Division central office is at 8610 Shoal Creek Boulevard, Austin, TX 78757, 512-406-5250. Ask which office owns the record and whether public information confirms active supervision or discharge.
Parole differs from Culberson probation. Probation is ordered by the sentencing court and routed through the local CSCD arrangement. A parole office cannot supply the county jail-door timestamp, while the sheriff cannot replace the TDCJ discharge record. The Culberson parole and probation page separates these supervision paths.
Request TDCJ Culberson Release Proof
For strong proof, reconcile three records. First, preserve the Culberson sheriff transfer event. Second, obtain the court judgment or commitment showing the legal basis. Third, request TDCJ's release or discharge record. If parole follows, add Parole Division information. This chain distinguishes a local transfer from a later state-prison release.
Texas Government Code Chapter 552 governs public-information requests. Only a written request triggers the Act. Section 552.221 requires prompt production and a written availability date when production cannot occur within ten business days. Section 552.2615 requires an estimate above $40. Confidential data, expunction, nondisclosure, and other statutory limits may affect production.
A no-result in the live TDCJ search can mean release, an intake lag, a bad identifier, or no TDCJ custody. It is not proof by itself. State release evidence is strongest when the completed TDCJ record is paired with supervision information if the sentence continues in the community.
If the Culberson and TDCJ records disagree, preserve both event dates and identifiers. County departure can occur before state intake appears. TDCJ may later correct sentence credit or a release calculation. Ask each office to address its own record rather than guessing which date controls. A clear timeline should state when Culberson custody ended, when TDCJ custody began, which planned dates appeared, and when final release or discharge occurred.
Photographs require a separate request. TDCJ basic email information does not provide them, and a state offender image is not the Culberson booking photo. Use the TDCJ number to avoid a same-name mismatch and request only an existing public photograph subject to lawful limits.
- Commitment
- A court-authorized transfer into state prison custody.
- Parole
- Conditional release from prison under state supervision.
- Mandatory supervision
- A separate statutory supervised-release mechanism.
- Discharge
- Completion of the sentence and applicable supervision as TDCJ records it.