Search the Webb County Inmate Population

Webb County Inmate Population Overview

The Webb County inmate population is centered on Webb County Jail, the local jail operated by the Webb County Sheriff's Office in Laredo. That jail is the proper starting point for most local arrests by sheriff's deputies, Laredo police, constables, DPS troopers, and other local law-enforcement agencies. The jail count is not the same as the number of people held in separate ICE or federal detention facilities in Webb County. Those facilities use different public locators and different rules.

County jail counts move as people are booked, released on bond, transferred to court, sent to TDCJ after sentencing, or held for another agency. Webb County has a border detention landscape, so the same search may involve the sheriff's jail and bond search, Texas VINE, the TDCJ Inmate Search, ICE ODLS, or the BOP inmate locator. The key first step is to identify the custody system, not just the county name.

Webb County Inmate Population Statistics

Official reporting gives Webb County strong jail-population data. The Webb County Sheriff's Office 2023 Annual Survey of Jails reported 376 confined people on June 30, 2023, and 398 average daily population for July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards current population workbook showed 528 people in the Webb County Jail row on June 1, 2026, against current TCJS capacity of 570 beds.

The TCJS current population reports page is the main state source for current county jail reporting. It is separate from TDCJ prison data and separate from ICE facility counts.

Webb County Inmate Population Trends

The Webb County inmate population has tightened since the lower counts reported in 2023 and early 2024. TCJS monthly rows show a rise from the mid-300s to low-400s range into the high-400s and then 528 by June 2026. That June 2026 row equals about 92.63 percent of the 570-bed TCJS capacity. The research does not support calling the jail over capacity for that row, but it does show far less open bed margin than the 2023 snapshot.

The May 12, 2025 TCJS notice cited Webb County Jail for a recreation and exercise standard during a past review period. The live non-compliant-jails list checked in the research did not list Webb County, so current compliance should be verified through TCJS before drawing a present-tense conclusion.

Who Is in Webb County Jail

The 2023 Annual Survey of Jails gives a point-in-time profile of the Webb County inmate population. On June 30, 2023, the county reported 343 adult males and 33 adult females, with no confined people age 17 or younger. Offense status included 212 convicted and 164 unconvicted people. The same survey grouped charges as 75 felony, 254 misdemeanor, and 47 other charges or offenses, including out-of-state, out-of-county, and bench-warrant matters.

• Age groups: the largest reported age band was 25 to 34, with 125 people on June 30, 2023.
• Race and ethnicity: 352 people were reported as Hispanic or Latino in the 2023 survey.
• Citizenship: the jail reported 294 U.S. citizens and 82 people who were not U.S. citizens.
• Outside holds: reported holds included USMS, BOP, Texas state prison authorities, and other jail jurisdictions.

This mix explains why Webb County custody searches often require more than one system. A person booked locally may be in the county jail. A sentenced prisoner may move to TDCJ. An immigration detainee may be in CoreCivic or GEO custody and searched through ICE ODLS.

Webb County Inmate Data Laws

Texas law shapes both access and limits. The Texas Public Information Act is the general public-records law for government bodies, subject to exceptions. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards statute creates state oversight for county jail standards and reporting. Criminal procedure laws control the early arrest, bond, and charging path that changes a jail record into a court record.

These laws do not mean every jail detail is online. Juvenile records, active investigations, protected personal data, sealed records, and expunction orders can limit what appears in public tools.

Search Webb County Inmate Population

The official local search path begins with the sheriff's Booking Jail Search page and the Webb County Jail Inmate and Bond Search. The portal is official because it is linked from the sheriff's site. Static research could not inspect the full field labels because the portal redirected through ASP.NET session paths, so exact roster fields should not be assumed.

1. Open the sheriff's jail inmate and bond search from the official Webb County Sheriff's Office page.
2. Search the public portal if it loads, using the person's name and any other search controls shown by the live system.
3. If the person is not found, call Webb County Jail at 956-523-4400 with the full name, date of birth if known, and arrest date.
4. If the person was sentenced to prison, search TDCJ instead of the county jail roster.
5. If the person may be in immigration or federal custody, use ICE ODLS, BOP, or the relevant detention facility phone line.

Webb County Jail Record Fields

The Webb County public portal is named as an inmate and bond search, so it is designed around custody and bond lookup. The research did not verify a live sample profile. Do not assume that every profile shows a mugshot, housing unit, arresting agency, or full charge history. Formal charges and final dispositions belong in court records, not just the jail roster.

For formal case filings after booking, use the Webb County court records after jail arrest path through Odyssey Public Access and the District Clerk.

Webb County Detention Facilities

Webb County has one primary county jail and three separate federal or immigration detention facilities in Laredo. The facility name matters because the lookup system changes with custody type. A local arrestee normally starts with the sheriff's county jail search. An ICE detainee normally starts with ICE ODLS. A federal sentenced inmate normally starts with BOP.

No TDCJ state prison or state jail unit was identified in Webb County through the official unit directory. People sentenced from Webb County to state prison are searched through TDCJ after transfer.

State Federal ICE Lookup

State, federal, and immigration custody are not interchangeable. TDCJ is for sentenced Texas state prisoners and people under state supervision. ICE ODLS is for immigration detainees and is the correct public locator for CoreCivic ICE facilities and ICE detainees at Rio Grande Processing Center. BOP is for federal inmates from 1982 forward, but many USMS pretrial detainees do not appear there.

Pretrial

A person held before conviction on the pending charge.

Paper ready

A Texas jail term for people ready for TDCJ transfer after paperwork is complete.

Detainer

A hold or notice from another agency that may affect release.

PR bond

A personal-recognizance bond based on written promises and release conditions.

Booking Bond and Court

After a Webb County arrest, jail staff handle intake, property inventory, fingerprints, photographs when required, health screening, and classification. Texas law requires prompt magistrate presentation, usually within 48 hours, for warnings and bond-related review. Bond information may appear through the sheriff's inmate and bond search, but court orders and formal charges should be verified through court records.

The District Attorney for the 49th Judicial District, covering Webb and Zapata Counties, reviews law-enforcement reports and decides whether felony or misdemeanor charges should proceed. Odyssey Public Access then becomes the main public search route for filed criminal court records. A booking charge is not a conviction, and it may not match the final charge filed by the prosecutor.

Webb County Mugshots and VINE

Webb County jail mugshots were not verified in the online BondSearch portal during research. Use the official jail search first, but do not rely on commercial mugshot sites or pay-to-remove pages. If a current profile does not show a booking photo, the records path is a Texas Public Information Act request to the responsible county office. Expunction under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 55 is a separate court process.

For custody notification, Webb County links Texas VINE/SAVNS through county resources, and the statewide phone number is 877-894-8463. VINE is useful for release notifications, but it does not replace the sheriff's roster, the court record, TDCJ, ICE ODLS, or BOP.

Webb County Inmate FAQ