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San Augustine County Jail Overview

San Augustine County Jail / El Camino Justice Center is operated by the San Augustine County Sheriff's Office. The official sheriff page identifies Sheriff Robert Cartwright as the sheriff, Captain Mike Price in the command path, and Jail Administrator Cheryl Procell for jail administration. The facility is a county jail, not a state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention center. It is used for local custody tied to arrests, warrants, court holds, short county sentences, and transfer status.

For lookup purposes, that facility type matters. A county jail record usually starts at arrest and booking. It may show that a person is waiting on a magistrate, bond, court filing, a bench warrant, a parole hold, or transfer to another system. A state prison record starts later, after conviction and transfer to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. A federal or immigration record uses a separate federal locator. San Augustine County does not list a jail annex, city jail, TDCJ unit, BOP prison, or ICE facility within the county in the official sources reviewed.

The official sheriff page is also the main local jail information source. It gives the jail phone and fax, names the jail administrator, and posts NCIC Inmate Communications details. It does not publish a stand-alone jail roster, booking report, mugshot gallery, visitor schedule, housing-unit map, or jail lobby hours. That absence is a key part of the San Augustine County jail lookup process because the search has to begin with a phone call or records request rather than a web form.

The official sheriff page shown in the county source screenshot is the subject-matched local reference for the San Augustine County Jail / El Camino Justice Center address and NCIC information.

Use that county page as the official contact starting point, then confirm current custody, bond, mail, and visit questions with the jail before acting on older or third-party information.

San Augustine Jail Population

The Texas Commission on Jail Standards is the official state source for county jail population and capacity reporting. The TCJS population reports source reviewed for San Augustine County lists a rated capacity of 34 beds for the county jail. The current population row dated June 1, 2026 lists a total jail population of 18, which equals 52.94 percent of capacity. TCJS notes that jail data is submitted by the county jail or facility and that the submitting department is responsible for accuracy and quality.

Those numbers describe jail population, not case outcomes. A total jail population can include pretrial felony defendants, pretrial Class A and B misdemeanor defendants, bench-warrant prisoners, parole violators or blue-warrant holds, state-jail-felony categories, people ready for transfer, and other TCJS reporting categories. It does not mean that every person counted has been convicted. It also does not provide a public name-by-name San Augustine County jail roster.

The inspected TCJS rows showed recent San Augustine County totals below capacity, with selected current-report snapshots ranging from 18 to 28. Because the county does not publish an annual jail report or public inmate dashboard, TCJS is the best official source for capacity and population trend data. For a named person's status, the jail phone line remains the local custody source.

San Augustine Jail Lookup

No official county-hosted online jail roster was located for San Augustine County Jail / El Camino Justice Center. The sheriff page is official, but it does not expose an inmate search form or booking list. That means a current San Augustine County jail lookup should use a fallback chain: call the jail, ask for custody status and bond or hold status, then make a written public-information request if the record is not released informally.

The phone lookup should use the person's full name, date of birth if known, arrest date, and arresting agency if known. If the person was arrested by the City of San Augustine Police Department, the city police non-emergency number can help confirm the arresting agency, but the official city page does not describe a separate municipal jail. County custody questions then return to the sheriff and jail.

1. Check the official sheriff page for the current jail contact path and call 936-275-2424.
2. Ask whether the person is in San Augustine County Jail / El Camino Justice Center, released, transferred, or held on another agency's warrant.
3. Ask for bond status, listed charges or warrants, arresting agency, and whether a magistrate appearance has occurred.
4. If the record is not available by phone, request the booking sheet, charge list, bond entry, release status, and booking photograph if releasable.
5. When the person is no longer in county custody, search Texas VINE, TDCJ, BOP, or ICE depending on the custody system involved.

Texas public-record law still matters even without an online roster. Texas Government Code Section 552.021 makes public information available during normal business hours unless an exception applies. Section 552.108(c) also preserves basic information about an arrested person, an arrest, or a crime even when some law-enforcement records may be withheld. Ask for existing records, not explanations or new lists the office does not maintain.

San Augustine Jail Contact

San Augustine County Jail / El Camino Justice Center uses the sheriff's office contact path. Call before visiting, mailing property, trying to post bond, or asking for a booking record. The research did not locate public jail lobby hours, property-release hours, or a records counter schedule, so the phone line is the practical first step for any time-sensitive custody question.

The nearby Justice of the Peace office is listed at 221 N Harrison, and the county courthouse reference point is 100 W Columbia. Those addresses are useful because a family member may need more than one office after an arrest. The jail confirms custody and holds. The Justice of the Peace may be involved in early magistrate or citation matters. The clerk offices handle court records after a case is filed.

San Augustine Jail Visits

San Augustine County does not publish a public visitation calendar for San Augustine County Jail / El Camino Justice Center in the official online material reviewed. No visitor application, visit length, dress code, child visitor rule, locker rule, attorney-visit rule, or video-visit schedule was located on the sheriff page. Visitors should not assume that a standard county-jail visit window applies. Call the jail before travel, especially for weekend, holiday, lockdown, attorney, or special-needs visit questions.

Expect jail security screening and government photo identification requirements, but the local prohibited-item list was not found in the online sheriff material. Do not bring cash, medications, clothing, documents, or electronic devices for an inmate unless the jail approves the item first. Accessible entry and mobility needs should also be discussed by phone before arrival because a specific ADA visitor entrance was not listed for the jail page.

Note: Published court-office hours near the justice center are not the same thing as jail visitation hours.

San Augustine Jail NCIC

San Augustine County's sheriff page identifies NCIC Inmate Communications as the jail communications provider. This is one of the most specific service details the county publishes. The county page states that domestic inmate calls are billed at $0.31 per minute with no connection fees and that international calls are billed at $0.50 per minute. It also directs users to the English and Spanish NCIC account funding paths or the NCIC call center.

The NCIC account funding page is a subject-matched screenshot because the sheriff page points families there for account creation and funding.

NCIC funding is for communication accounts. It should not be treated as proof that commissary, bond, property release, or jail fees are handled through the same path unless the jail confirms it.

San Augustine Jail Booking

San Augustine County does not publish a step-by-step booking policy, but the official custody and Texas law path is clear enough to avoid guesswork. A person arrested by the sheriff's office, city police, DPS, a game warden, constable, or another agency may be brought to San Augustine County Jail / El Camino Justice Center if the person is to be held locally. Booking is the intake process that creates the jail custody record.

Booking can include identity checks, search, property inventory, fingerprints, a booking photograph, medical or mental-health screening, listed charges or warrants, and classification. Classification means jail staff assess risk, needs, and housing placement. San Augustine County does not publish housing-unit information online, so do not expect a public web field that shows where a person is housed.

After arrest, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.17 requires an arrested person to be taken before a magistrate without unnecessary delay. That early appearance is where warnings are given and bail may be addressed. A bond amount is not the same as release. A person may remain in San Augustine County jail on a no-bond hold, bench warrant, blue warrant, federal hold, ICE detainer, or transfer status even after one local bond issue has been handled.

Booking

The jail intake process that creates the custody record after arrest.

Bench warrant

A court warrant, often issued after a missed hearing or failure to follow a court order.

Detainer

A hold or request from another agency that may delay release from county jail.

PR bond

A personal-recognizance bond that releases a defendant on a promise to appear and follow conditions.

County Jail or TDCJ

San Augustine County Jail / El Camino Justice Center handles local county custody. It is the place to check first for a recent arrest, local warrant, early bond status, or short county sentence. It is not the statewide prison system. Once a defendant is sentenced to state prison and transferred, the search moves to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate search. TDCJ profiles may show a TDCJ number, SID number, current facility, offense, sentence, and projected release information, but they do not replace a county booking record.

Federal and immigration lookups are fallback paths, not proof that San Augustine County runs those detention systems. The research did not identify a BOP prison or ICE detention facility in San Augustine County. A federal pretrial defendant may be held under U.S. Marshals authority, and an ICE detainer can affect release from a county jail, but each system has its own locator and rules.

San Augustine Jail Records

Because the county does not publish an inmate-profile page, no official online county fields can be confirmed for San Augustine County Jail / El Camino Justice Center. Do not assume that mugshots, booking numbers, bond, charges, housing, court dates, or release status are visible online. Request those items as existing records when making a public-information request, and allow for redactions where Texas law permits or requires them.

A good request gives the full legal name, date of birth if known, arrest date, arresting agency, and the specific record sought. Useful phrases include "booking sheet," "jail log entry," "charge list," "bond entry," "release date if released," and "booking photograph if subject to release." Send the request to the sheriff's office at the jail address or by fax, then use the phone line for follow-up. The San Augustine County jail records page gives the broader records path when a custody search turns into a formal record request.

Booking and court records should not be blended. The jail record is about custody and intake. The court record is about prosecution after charges are filed. A booking charge may change when the district attorney files a complaint, information, indictment, dismissal, amendment, reduction, or enhancement. For court filings, search re:SearchTX or contact the District Clerk or County Clerk based on the case type.

Note: A charge or booking record is not a conviction unless a court disposition says so.