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Tyler County Jail Overview

Tyler County Jail is operated by the Tyler County Sheriff's Office Corrections Division, led by Sheriff Bryan Weatherford in the official county contact block. The sheriff's jail page describes the facility as a short-term incarceration facility and says the division is responsible for the care, custody, and control of incarcerated people. It is the local jail for people held after Tyler County arrests, including people who did not post bail and are waiting for trial, people convicted of misdemeanor offenses, and people convicted but waiting for transfer to a state or federal facility.

That custody role is narrow but important. Tyler County Jail is not the TDCJ prison located east of Woodville, and it is not a federal or immigration detention center. A new arrest by the sheriff's office, Woodville Police, Ivanhoe Police, DPS, or another local agency is the type of case most likely to start with Tyler County Jail custody. A sentenced state prisoner assigned to Gib Lewis Unit should be searched through TDCJ, not through the county jail.

Tyler County Jail Capacity

The official Tyler County jail page lists capacity as 43 inmates, plus cells used for temporary housing. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards population materials also list Tyler County Jail capacity as 43 in the Tyler row of the linked abbreviated population report. The same TCJS report dated 08/01/2019 listed 8 total inmates, all local, and 31 available beds on that report date. The incarceration-rate report gave Tyler County an average daily population of 11 for the 09/01/2018 to 08/01/2019 reporting period.

Those figures should not be read as a current live roster count. Research did not locate a real-time Tyler County daily population dashboard or county-hosted public jail roster. TCJS materials and the sheriff's jail page give capacity and past population context, while current custody status must be checked through the VINE path, the corrections line, or a public-information request. Local reporting also described a 2023 overcrowding and non-compliance episode, followed by a December 2023 report that the jail was removed from the state non-compliance list.

Look Up Tyler County Jail Inmates

No official county-hosted public Tyler County Jail roster was located in the researched county materials. Instead, the sheriff's jail page points users to VINELink for custody status and notifications. VINE is the online starting point for custody checks, including status changes such as transfer or bonding out. When VINE does not return a clear result, the local fallback is Tyler County Corrections by phone, followed by the sheriff's open-records form for existing booking, arrest, jail-log, release, or transfer records.

The search path should match the type of custody. Use Tyler County Jail channels for pretrial detainees, misdemeanor inmates, and people awaiting transfer from county custody. Use TDCJ Inmate Search for sentenced state prisoners. Use the BOP locator or ICE ODLS only when federal or immigration custody is a real possibility.

1. Open the sheriff's jail page and confirm the Tyler County Jail custody rules and contact details.
2. Search VINELink for custody status and notification options tied to Texas custody records.
3. Call Corrections with the person's full name, date of birth or age, arrest date, agency, and case number if known.
4. Use the sheriff's public-information request form for existing booking records that are not available online.

Tyler County Jail Contact

The jail and sheriff contact block is the practical source for current custody questions because Tyler County does not publish a county roster profile with a clickable inmate detail page in the researched materials. For urgent police assistance, use emergency channels. For custody status, visitation, mail, commissary, and inmate phone questions, start with the corrections number listed by the sheriff.

The sheriff's office also publishes a fax number, (409) 283-8656. For records, the sheriff's form is addressed to the Custodian of Records under the Texas Public Information Act. The form asks for a case number, dates, names and addresses tied to the call or incident, the specific type of information requested, and requester contact details.

Tyler County Jail Visitation

Tyler County Jail visitation is published for the Tyler County Justice Center. Visitors must sign in before the deadline even though the visiting window continues later in the afternoon. The jail page also limits visits to one visit per day per inmate. Visitors need a valid ID or driver's license, must follow the clothing rules, and may not bring cell phones into the visitation room.

Dress rules published by the jail require a non-revealing T-shirt or blouse and shorts or pants that are not above mid-thigh. If an inmate is under a restriction, has moved, or has a medical or court conflict, the public schedule may not be enough. Call Corrections before traveling when status is uncertain.

Tyler County Jail Mail and Money

Tyler County Jail allows letters, photographs, drawings, and other mail content if the content does not appeal to prurient interest and does not break jail rules. Books are handled differently. The sheriff's jail page says books are accepted only as donations to the Tyler County Jail Library. Clothing, food, liquids, contraband, and many other items are not accepted in person or by mail.

Inmate phone service is outgoing only. Incoming calls to inmates are not allowed. The county names Infinity Networks and NCIC for collect calls, prepaid or call-card use, and account calling to a specific number. The listed NCIC contact number is 888-459-4521.

Tyler County Jail Records Access

For records not shown through VINE, use the Tyler County Sheriff's Office open-records request form. The form says requests must be detailed and specific enough for the custodian to identify the documents. It also warns that records may not be available at request time if the case is active, pending, or still under investigation. For court filings after release or transfer, the District Clerk is the local felony and district case route.

The Texas Public Information Act, Government Code Chapter 552, is the state access law behind that process. The request should ask for existing records rather than broad explanations. Useful terms include booking sheet, arrest report, jail log, incident or call number, booking photograph if releasable, and release or transfer record.

Tyler County Jail Source View

The Tyler County Sheriff's jail page is the matching official source for capacity, visitation, inmate calls, mail, and commissary rules.

The screenshot matters because it shows why Tyler County Jail custody searches rely on the sheriff's jail information, VINE lookup, direct corrections contact, and records requests instead of a county-hosted roster profile.

When Tyler County Jail Is Wrong

Tyler County Jail is the wrong search path for a person already received into the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. A sentenced state prisoner at Gib Lewis Unit is searched through TDCJ Inmate Search or IVSS, not through the county jail. The jail can still appear in the person's history if they were held locally before transfer, but current state-prison location, offenses, and projected release data belong to TDCJ.

Federal and immigration custody are also separate. BOP covers federal sentenced prisoners, and ICE ODLS covers qualifying adults in immigration custody. A Tyler County arrest may create holds or detainers, but a county jail custody check will not replace those separate locator systems.