Search Webb County Jail Inmates

Webb County Jail Custody

Webb County Jail is operated by the Webb County Sheriff's Office. The facility is the primary Webb County jail for local criminal custody, not an immigration processing center and not a Texas state prison. It receives people after arrests by local police departments, sheriff's deputies, DPS troopers, and other agencies that book through Webb County. The research also shows that Webb County has several federal and immigration detention facilities in Laredo, which makes the first distinction important: a person arrested on a local charge belongs in the sheriff jail search, while an immigration detainee usually belongs in ICE ODLS.

The jail holds adults age 17 and older in minimum, medium, and maximum custody levels. Local pretrial detainees, county sentenced inmates, parole or probation violators, warrant arrests, and holds for other authorities may appear in the Webb County Jail population. People sentenced to Texas prison can remain in the Webb County jail for a short period while they are paper ready for TDCJ transfer. Once TDCJ receives them, the county jail roster is no longer the right tool. The TDCJ non-TDCJ custody note also points users back to the confinement facility when the person is not under state supervision.

Webb County Jail Population

Capacity and population figures for Webb County Jail are unusually well documented. The Webb County PREA final audit listed designed capacity as 570, current population as 365 at audit time, and a 12-month average daily population of 368. The Sheriff's Office 2023 Annual Survey of Jails form reported 571 rated beds, 376 confined people on June 30, 2023, and an average daily population of 398 for July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards current population workbook showed Webb County capacity as 570 and total jail population as 528 in the June 1, 2026 row.

The June 2026 TCJS count placed Webb County Jail at about 92.6 percent of capacity. That is a high occupancy level, but the research does not support calling the jail over capacity for that reporting row. The BJS form also breaks down the June 30, 2023 population: 343 adult males, 33 adult females, 212 convicted people, 164 unconvicted people, 75 felony charge or offense records, 254 misdemeanor records, and 49 holds for other agencies. Those figures help explain why a Webb County inmate lookup may point to several different custody systems.

Look Up Webb County Jail Records

The official local lookup channel is the sheriff link labeled Webb County Jail Inmate and Bond Search. It points to the public Webb County BondSearch portal at publicaccess.webbcountytx.gov/BondSearch. Static research confirmed the official entry path but could not inspect exact field labels because the portal redirected through ASP.NET login and session pages. For that reason, a careful Webb County Jail lookup should treat the portal as the start point, then use the jail phone if the search does not load, if a booking is too new, or if the person may be held under another system.

1. Open the Webb County Booking Jail Search entry page or the sheriff home page and choose the jail inmate and bond search link.
2. Search the BondSearch portal using the public controls that load in the live session. Do not assume a field exists unless it appears on the portal.
3. If the search fails, call Webb County Jail with the person's full name, date of birth if known, and arrest date or arresting agency.
4. Use Texas VINE/VINELink or 877-894-8463 for participating custody or release notifications.
5. Use TDCJ Inmate Search, ICE ODLS, or the BOP Inmate Locator when the person is no longer in Webb County sheriff custody.

The local jail profile fields were not visible during static research, so the page should not promise Webb County jail mugshots, housing units, complete charge text, or bond type fields online. The portal is best described as an official inmate and bond search tied to current local custody. For a broader roster explanation, the Webb County jail inmate records page covers the same access chain in more detail.

Webb County Jail Contact

Use the jail number for custody status, intake, bond, and facility-rule questions. The Sheriff's Office main number is separate and is useful for sheriff administration or site navigation, but the research identifies the jail phone as the direct facility contact. Official lobby hours were not located in the reviewed pages, so visitors should call before traveling for a records issue, bond question, or visit.

Webb County Jail Visits

The official Webb County jail visitation rules PDF gives visitor rules but did not publish a full regular day-by-day schedule in the research copy. It says inmates become eligible for visits within 72 hours unless they are medically uncleared. Visitors must be on the inmate's visitation list and must show government photo identification. The rules also say visitors may not have been in jail during the prior six months, children under five are not allowed, and only keys may be brought into the visitation area.

Dress rules are enforced, and inappropriate clothing can lead to denial. Personal items other than keys are barred in the visitation area. Attorney visits, emergency changes, holiday limits, and lockdown status can follow separate rules, so public visitors should not rely on an old schedule or a third-party page.

Webb County Jail Mail and Money

Official county pages reviewed did not expose a complete current mail-scanning policy, commissary vendor, phone vendor, video provider, money-deposit vendor, or fee schedule for Webb County Jail. Because those rules change and because mail can be rejected for format or vendor errors, the safe path is to call the jail before sending funds, personal mail, legal mail, books, photos, or packages. A past official social media lead reportedly referenced JailATM for non-legal mail, but the research file treats that as unconfirmed and not ready for final fact language.

Money and mail rules must be treated as facility rules, not county court rules. The District Clerk can provide court copies, but it cannot approve jail mail or commissary deposits. Jail staff can also explain whether a person is still in Webb County Jail or has moved to TDCJ, ICE, BOP, or another holding agency.

Webb County Jail Intake

After a Webb County arrest, intake normally includes booking, identity checks, fingerprints, photo processing where used by the jail, medical screening, classification, and entry into custody records. A new arrest may not appear in the public search until these steps are complete. The sheriff BondSearch portal is linked from official county pages, but phone confirmation remains important during the first hours after arrest, when the person may still be moving through intake or magistrate procedures.

Several terms matter in Webb County Jail records. A pretrial detainee is held while charges are pending or bond has not been posted. A county sentenced inmate is serving local jail time. A detainer is a request or hold from another agency. Paper-ready status means a state-sentenced person is ready for TDCJ transfer but may still be housed in the jail. These categories can affect where the name appears and which agency can answer a custody question.

Webb County Jail Oversight

Webb County Jail appears in state and federal reporting sources. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards publishes population and standards material for county jails, while Webb County posts PREA and BJS jail survey material through the Sheriff's Office. TCJS issued a May 12, 2025 Notice of Non-Compliance to Webb County Jail for recreation and exercise standard 285.1, stating that only 5 of 49 housing units had been offered one hour of supervised exercise or recreation at least three days per week during the reviewed period. The live non-compliant-jails list checked in the research did not list Webb County, so current status should be verified before relying on that notice alone.