San Augustine County Jail Records
The official jail contact for San Augustine County inmate records is the San Augustine County Sheriff's Office at the El Camino Justice Center. The sheriff page identifies Sheriff Robert Cartwright, Chief Deputy Tammy Fountain, Captain Mike Price, and Jail Administrator Cheryl Procell. It gives the jail phone number, fax number, and NCIC communications information, but it does not provide a county-hosted inmate roster, booking report, recent-arrests feed, or mugshot gallery.
That changes the search order. Instead of opening a web roster and typing a name, a custody check should begin by calling 936-275-2424. If the person is not in the county jail, move through Texas VINE, the TDCJ locator for sentenced state prisoners, the BOP locator for federal custody, and ICE ODLS for immigration custody. For older booking records or copies of jail records, use a written Texas Public Information Act request to the sheriff's office.
Search San Augustine County Inmates
Because no official San Augustine County inmate roster was located, the most reliable lookup is a structured phone and records request workflow. Have the person's full name ready. Date of birth, arrest date, arresting agency, and any known case or warrant number can reduce mistaken matches, especially when a person was arrested by city police, DPS, or another agency before being taken to the county jail.
- Open the San Augustine County Sheriff's Office page to verify the current jail contact details.
- Call 936-275-2424 and ask whether the person is currently in custody at the San Augustine County Jail / El Camino Justice Center.
- Ask for bond status, listed charges or warrant basis, arresting agency, release status, and whether a hold from another agency affects release.
- If the person is not in local custody, search Texas VINE and TDCJ, then use BOP or ICE when federal or immigration custody is possible.
- For copies of booking records, jail logs, or mugshots, send a written Texas Public Information Act request to the sheriff by mail, in person, or fax.
For a broader countywide view of counts and capacity, the San Augustine County inmate population page summarizes TCJS population data and custody categories.
San Augustine County Roster Fields
The roster search-field table is intentionally narrow because the county did not publish a roster search form in the sources inspected. This is not a minor template gap. It is the core local fact for San Augustine County inmate records. Do not assume that booking number, housing unit, bond amount, photo, charge list, or court date fields are visible online when the county has not published a public profile page.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| No official county roster located | N/A | N/A | San Augustine County does not appear to publish an official web roster on inspected pages. |
| Full name | Phone/request detail | Helpful | Use full legal name when calling the jail or writing a PIA request. |
| Date of birth | Phone/request detail | Helpful | Helps the jail distinguish same-name matches. |
| Arrest date or agency | Phone/request detail | Helpful | Useful for city-police arrests, warrants, and older booking searches. |
San Augustine County Inmate Profile
No San Augustine County public inmate profile was available for inspection, so the field inventory below describes what to ask for rather than what appears on a county website. Texas Government Code Section 552.108(c) preserves access to basic information about an arrested person, an arrest, or a crime even when some law-enforcement records may be excepted. A request should be specific and should seek existing records, not answers to broad questions.
| Requested Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Arrestee name | The name used in the jail booking record. |
| Arrest and booking date | When the person was arrested and when jail intake was recorded. |
| Arresting agency | The agency that made or delivered the arrest, such as sheriff, city police, or DPS. |
| Charge or warrant description | The intake allegation or warrant basis, which may later change in court. |
| Bond amount and type | Cash, surety, personal bond, no-bond status, or hold information if available. |
| Release or transfer status | Whether the person remains in county custody, bonded out, or moved to another authority. |
| Booking photograph | A mugshot request item, not a confirmed online field for this county. |
San Augustine County Custody Lookup
San Augustine County inmate records are not all stored in one place. The county jail covers local custody before trial, short local sentences, warrants, holds, and transfer waits. TDCJ covers sentenced Texas prisoners after conviction and transfer. BOP covers federal prisoners and some federal custody history. ICE ODLS covers immigration detention. Texas VINE provides custody notification where data is available, but it should not be treated as a complete jail file or court docket.
The Texas VINE statewide portal is a useful fallback when a local roster is not available.
VINE can help with custody status and notification, while the sheriff remains the local source for San Augustine County jail records.
| Custody | Where to Look | Best Use |
|---|---|---|
| Pretrial or local jail custody | San Augustine County Jail, 936-275-2424 | Current custody, bond, holds, and booking confirmation. |
| State prison sentence | TDCJ locator | Sentenced Texas prison location and offender profile fields. |
| Custody notification | Texas VINE | Release alerts and status updates where participating data is available. |
| Federal custody | BOP Inmate Locator | Federal sentenced inmates and custody history. |
| Immigration detention | ICE ODLS | ICE detainee lookup by A-number or biographical search. |
San Augustine County Jail Facility
The research identifies one local detention facility: the San Augustine County Jail / El Camino Justice Center. It is operated by the San Augustine County Sheriff's Office and is the local custody path for arrests, local holds, misdemeanor and felony pretrial defendants, bench warrants, blue warrants, and people awaiting transfer. No separate county jail annex, municipal jail, state prison, BOP prison, or ICE detention facility was found in the county.
San Augustine County Jail / El Camino Justice Center
219 N Harrison
San Augustine, TX 75972
936-275-2424
Fax: 936-275-5133. Call before visiting because a public visitation schedule was not published online.
Booking in San Augustine County
San Augustine County does not publish a step-by-step booking manual. The official sources still support a practical outline. A person arrested by the sheriff's office, City of San Augustine Police Department, DPS, a constable, a game warden, or another agency may be taken to the county jail if the person is to be held locally. Booking generally creates the jail custody record through identity confirmation, search, property handling, fingerprints, booking photograph, entry of the listed charges or warrants, screening, and classification.
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.17 requires an arrested person to be taken before a magistrate without unnecessary delay for warnings and related proceedings. The Justice of the Peace page lists the nearby El Camino Justice Center address at 221 N Harrison and the after-hours sheriff contact as 936-275-2424. Bond may be addressed at or after this stage, but a local bond does not always mean release if another hold remains.
San Augustine County Visitation Rules
The sheriff page does not publish a visitation calendar, visitor application, visit length, dress code, ID rule, child visitor rule, locker rule, attorney-visit procedure, or video-visit schedule. The accurate instruction is to call the jail before travel. Do not rely on a generic visiting day or a third-party schedule. Small jails can change visit access for lockdowns, staffing, court transport, medical needs, or classification reasons.
| Visit Type | Published Schedule | Source / Notes |
|---|---|---|
| In-person public visits | Not published online | Call San Augustine County Jail at 936-275-2424. |
| Attorney visits | Not published online | Confirm professional-visit procedures directly with the jail. |
| Video visits | No schedule published | NCIC is the communications provider, but the county does not state video rules. |
| Holiday or lockdown visits | Not published online | Confirm before travel. |
Contact San Augustine County Inmates
San Augustine County Jail uses NCIC Inmate Communications for inmate communications. The sheriff page lists domestic inmate calls at $0.31 per minute with no connection fee and international inmate calls at $0.50 per minute. It directs users to account.ncic.com, cuenta.ncic.com, or NCIC at 1-800-943-2189 to create or fund accounts. The county page says all credit and debit cards are accepted.
The sheriff page also links an NCIC mail procedures PDF hosted on the county site. Because the extracted text was limited, use it as the official mail-procedure source but call the jail before sending mail, property, medications, cash, or commissary items. Address format, photo rules, third-party mail vendor rules, and rejection rules should be confirmed before mailing.
San Augustine County Inmate Funds
The county-published funding detail is tied to NCIC communications accounts. It does not separately publish a commissary deposit method, tablet program, commissary fee schedule, or money-order rule in the inspected sources. That means families should not assume that the NCIC phone account is the same as commissary money. Call the jail before sending money for any purpose other than the published communications funding path.
| Service | Provider or Method | Published Price or Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Domestic inmate calls | NCIC Inmate Communications | $0.31 per minute, no connection fee. |
| International calls | NCIC Inmate Communications | $0.50 per minute. |
| Communication account funding | NCIC web portal or 1-800-943-2189 | Credit and debit cards accepted per county page. |
| Commissary deposits | Not published online | Call the jail before sending funds. |
Note: Confirm custody with the jail before funding an account, requesting a visit, or sending mail.