Known as the “Lone Star Republic,” Texas declared independence from Mexico on March 2, 1836. Minerals, chemicals, and oil have been reasons for Texas’s success and interest in their resources. These factors were balanced out with constant conflict to define Texas as a state. Many American settlers moved to the area after the Revolutionary War and War for Mexican Independence, during a time when the Mexican government allowed more settlers to claim land. Many of the immigrants disagreed with Mexican law, especially the ban against slavery, leading to a revolution. One of the most famous battles of the Texas Revolution took place at the Alamo, in present San Antonio, when Mexican troops overwhelmed Texan defenders after a 13-day siege.
The new nation was initially governed according to the 1836 Constitution of the Republic of Texas. Texas was strongly influenced by the Mexican and Spanish cultures surrounding the area. Texas became a state on December 29, 1845. The first state constitution in 1845 allowed for an underlying presence of slavery because it was part of the South in terms of regionalism and pride. The Constitution of 1876 helped rectify any legislative concerns that had been in the governing style and that could not be repaired by amendments around 1850.
The state has 254 counties, the largest number in the United States. Archer County is known for its ghost towns. The population varies widely, from little Loving County in the west with 82 residents in 2010, to Harris County in the southeast, which includes the city of Houston and boasts a population of 4,336,853.
At the bottom of the state court system, Texas has justice courts and municipal courts for original jurisdiction of minor cases, yet they can be appealed to one of the 510 county level courts that has a single judge per court. Next, the cases can be appealed to one of the 458 district courts, which also have one judge per court; then appeals can be advanced to the Courts of Appeals; and lastly, either the Court of Criminal Appeals (9 judges) or the Supreme Court of Texas (9 justices) may hear cases. The Supreme Court is the final resort for civil and juvenile cases, while the Court of Criminal Appeals is the final appellate court for criminal cases.
Offender Search Web Page
The purpose and specifics of the Offender Search Web Page in each state varies. Read the disclosures carefully. Updates to the database could be biweekly, monthly and daily depending on the states Corrections Department schedule. Some searches show offenders incarcerated in the entire prison system including county jails and some only state prisons. Sometimes historical offender data is available and sometimes only current inmate records are listed. Youth and adult offenders are sometimes located on separate search portals.
Jails
- Anderson County, TX Jail Records
- Angelina County, TX Jail Records
- Aransas County, TX Jail Records
- Archer County, TX Jail Records
- Armstrong County, TX Jail Records
- Atascosa County, TX Jail Records
- Austin County, TX Jail Records
- Bailey County Sheriffs Dept, TX Jail Records
- Bandera County Law Enforcement Center, TX Jail Records
- Bastrop County, TX Jail Records
- Bee County, TX Jail Records
- Bell County Law Enforcement Center, TX Jail Records
- Bexar County Adult Detention Center, TX Jail Records
- Blanco County, TX Jail Records
- Bosque County, TX Jail Records
- Bowie County, TX Jail Records
- Brazoria County Jail & Detention Center, TX Jail Records
- Brazos County, TX Jail Records
- Brewster County, TX Jail Records
- Brooks County, TX Jail Records
- Brown County, TX Jail Records
- Burleson County, TX Jail Records
- Burnet County, TX Jail Records
- Caldwell County, TX Jail Records
- Callahan County, TX Jail Records
- Cameron County, TX Jail Records
- Camp County, TX Jail Records
- Carson County, TX Jail Records
- Cass County, TX Jail Records
- Castro County, TX Jail Records
- Chambers County, TX Jail Records
- Cherokee County, TX Jail Records
- Childress County, TX Jail Records
- Clay County, TX Jail Records
- Cochran County, TX Jail Records
- Coleman County, TX Jail Records
- Collin County, TX Jail Records
- Collingsworth County, TX Jail Records
- Colorado County, TX Jail Records
- Comal County, TX Jail Records
- Comanche County Law Enforcement Center, TX Jail Records
- Cooke County, TX Jail Records
- Coryell County, TX Jail Records
- Crane County, TX Jail Records
- Crockett County, TX Jail Records
- Val Verde Co Jail & Corr Fac - Wackenhut, TX Jail Records
- Crosby County, TX Jail Records
- Newton Co Correctional Center - Csc, TX Jail Records
- Culberson County, TX Jail Records
- Limestone County Detention Center-Civigenics, TX Jail Records
- Hartley County Jail, TX Jail Records
- Dallas County, TX Jail Records
- Liberty County Jail - C.C.A., TX Jail Records
- Dawson County, TX Jail Records
- Jefferson Co Downtown Jail - Csc, TX Jail Records
- Deaf Smith County, TX Jail Records
- Frio County Jail - C.S.C., TX Jail Records
- Delta County, TX Jail Records
- Denton County Detention Center, TX Jail Records
- DeWitt County, TX Jail Records
- Falls County, TX Jail Records
- Dickens County Correctional Center,Geo, TX Jail Records
- Dickens County, TX Jail Records
- Dimmit County, TX Jail Records
- Donley County, TX Jail Records
- Duval County, TX Jail Records
- Eastland County, TX Jail Records
- Ector County, TX Jail Records
- Edwards County, TX Jail Records
- Ellis County, TX Jail Records
- Zavala County, TX Jail Records
- Zapata County, TX Jail Records
- El Paso County Detention Facility, TX Jail Records
- Young County, TX Jail Records
- Erath County, TX Jail Records
- Yoakum County, TX Jail Records
- Fannin County, TX Jail Records
- Wood County, TX Jail Records
- Fayette County, TX Jail Records
- Wise County, TX Jail Records
- Fisher County, TX Jail Records
- Winkler County, TX Jail Records
- Wilson County, TX Jail Records
- Williamson County, TX Jail Records
- Willacy County, TX Jail Records
- Wilbarger County, TX Jail Records
- Wichita County, TX Jail Records
- Wheeler County, TX Jail Records
- Wharton County, TX Jail Records
- Webb County, TX Jail Records
- Washington County, TX Jail Records
- Ward County, TX Jail Records
- Waller County, TX Jail Records
- Walker County, TX Jail Records
- Fort Bend County, TX Jail Records
- Victoria County, TX Jail Records
- Franklin County, TX Jail Records
- Van Zandt County, TX Jail Records
- Freestone County, TX Jail Records
- Uvalde County, TX Jail Records
- Upton County, TX Jail Records
- Gaines County Law Enforcement Center, TX Jail Records
- Upshur County, TX Jail Records
- Galveston County, TX Jail Records
- Tyler County, TX Jail Records
- Trinity County, TX Jail Records
- Garza County, TX Jail Records
- Travis County, TX Jail Records
- Gillespie County, TX Jail Records
- Tom Green County, TX Jail Records
- Titus County, TX Jail Records
- Terry County, TX Jail Records
- Terrell County, TX Jail Records
- Glasscock County, TX Jail Records
- Taylor County, TX Jail Records
- Goliad County, TX Jail Records
- Tarrant County, TX Jail Records
- Gonzales County, TX Jail Records
- Swisher County, TX Jail Records
- Sutton County, TX Jail Records
- Stonewall County, TX Jail Records
- Gray County, TX Jail Records
- Stephens County, TX Jail Records
- Starr County, TX Jail Records
- Grayson County, TX Jail Records
- Gregg County, TX Jail Records
- Grimes County, TX Jail Records
- Sommervell County, TX Jail Records
- Guadalupe County Detention Center, TX Jail Records
- Hale County Law Enforcement Center, TX Jail Records
- Hall County, TX Jail Records
- Hamilton County, TX Jail Records
- Smith County, TX Jail Records
- Hansford County, TX Jail Records
- Sherman County, TX Jail Records
- Hardeman County, TX Jail Records
- Shelby County, TX Jail Records
- Hardin County, TX Jail Records
- Shackelford County, TX Jail Records
- Scurry County, TX Jail Records
- Harris County, TX Jail Records
- Schleicher County, TX Jail Records
- Harrison County, TX Jail Records
- San Saba County, TX Jail Records
- Haskell County, TX Jail Records
- San Patricio County, TX Jail Records
- Hays County, TX Jail Records
- San Jacinto County, TX Jail Records
- Hemphill County, TX Jail Records
- San Augustine County, TX Jail Records
- Sabine County, TX Jail Records
- Henderson County, TX Jail Records
- Rusk County, TX Jail Records
- Runnels County, TX Jail Records
- Rockwall County, TX Jail Records
- Hidalgo County, TX Jail Records
- Robertson County, TX Jail Records
- Refugio County, TX Jail Records
- Hill County, TX Jail Records
- Hockley County, TX Jail Records
- Reeves County Correctional Center, TX Jail Records
- Hood County, TX Jail Records
- Red River County Law Enforcement Center, TX Jail Records
- Reagan County, TX Jail Records
- Randall County, TX Jail Records
- Rains County Law Enforcement Center, TX Jail Records
- Presidio County, TX Jail Records
- Potter County Detention Center, TX Jail Records
- Polk County, TX Jail Records
- Pecos County, TX Jail Records
- Hopkins County Law Enforcement Center, TX Jail Records
- Parmer County, TX Jail Records
- Houston County, TX Jail Records
- Parker County, TX Jail Records
- Panola County, TX Jail Records
- Howard County, TX Jail Records
- Palo Pinto County Law Enforcement Center, TX Jail Records
- Hudspeth County, TX Jail Records
- Orange County, TX Jail Records
- Hunt County, TX Jail Records
- Oldham County, TX Jail Records
- Hutchinson County, TX Jail Records
- Ochiltree County, TX Jail Records
- Jack County, TX Jail Records
- Nueces County, TX Jail Records
- Jackson County, TX Jail Records
- Nolan County, TX Jail Records
- Jasper County Law Enforcement Center, TX Jail Records
- Newton County, TX Jail Records
- Jim Hogg County, TX Jail Records
- Navarro County, TX Jail Records
- Jim Wells County, TX Jail Records
- Nacogdoches County, TX Jail Records
- Morris County, TX Jail Records
- Johnson County, TX Jail Records
- Moore County, TX Jail Records
- Montgomery County, TX Jail Records
- Jones County, TX Jail Records
- Karnes County, TX Jail Records
- Kaufman County, TX Jail Records
- Kendall County, TX Jail Records
- Kerr County, TX Jail Records
- Kimble County, TX Jail Records
- Kinney County, TX Jail Records
- Kleberg County, TX Jail Records
- Knox County, TX Jail Records
- Lamar County, TX Jail Records
- Lampasas County, TX Jail Records
- Lavaca County, TX Jail Records
- Lee County, TX Jail Records
- Leon County, TX Jail Records
- Limestone County, TX Jail Records
- Lipscomb County, TX Jail Records
- Live Oak County, TX Jail Records
- Llano County, TX Jail Records
- Lubbock County, TX Jail Records
- Lynn County, TX Jail Records
- Mcculloch County, TX Jail Records
- Mclennan County, TX Jail Records
- Madison County, TX Jail Records
- Marion County, TX Jail Records
- Martin County, TX Jail Records
- Mason County, TX Jail Records
- Matagorda County, TX Jail Records
- Maverick County, TX Jail Records
- Medina County, TX Jail Records
- Menard County, TX Jail Records
- Midland County, TX Jail Records
- Milam County, TX Jail Records
- Mills County, TX Jail Records
- Mitchell County, TX Jail Records
- Montague County, TX Jail Records
- T. L. Timmons Law Enfor Ctr, TX Jail Records
- Motley County, TX County Jail Roster
- Jeff Davis County, TX Jail Roster
- Kent County, TX Jail Records
- King County, TX Jail Roster
- La Salle County, TX Jail Information
- Dallam County, TX Jail Roster
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Correctional Facility
- Christina Melton Crain Unit (GV), TX Inmate Search
- Ramsey Unit (R1), TX Inmate Search
- Ruben M. Torres Unit (TE), TX Inmate Search
- Stringfellow Unit (R2), TX Inmate Search
- Terrell Unit (R3), TX Inmate Search
- Wayne Scott Unit (RV), TX Inmate Search
- William G. McConnell Unit (ML), TX Inmate Search
- William P. Clements Unit (BC), TX Inmate Search
- Daniel Webster Wallace Unit (WL), TX Inmate Search
- Nathaniel J. Neal Unit (KN), TX Inmate Search
- Preston E. Smith Unit (SM), TX Inmate Search
- Rufe Jordan Unit (JN), TX Inmate Search
- T.L. Roach, Jr. Unit (RH), TX Inmate Search
- Alfred D. Hughes Unit (AH), TX Inmate Search
- Price Daniel Unit (DL), TX Inmate Search
- Dr. Lane Murray Unit (LM), TX Inmate Search
- French M. Robertson Unit (RB), TX Inmate Search
- Hilltop Unit (HT), TX Inmate Search
- Mountain View Unit (MV), TX Inmate Search
- O.L. Luther Unit (P2), TX Inmate Search
- Wallace Pack Unit (P1), TX Inmate Search
- William P. Hobby Unit (HB), TX Inmate Search
- Dempsie Henley State Jail (DHSJ), TX Inmate Search
- Hutchins State Jail (HSJ), TX Inmate Search
- Linda Woodman State Jail (LWSJ), TX Inmate Search
- Lucile Plane State Jail (LPSJ), TX Inmate Search
- Pam Lychner State Jail (PLSJ), TX Inmate Search
- Rogelio Sanchez State Jail (RSSJ), TX Inmate Search
- Louie C. Powledge Unit (B2), TX Inmate Search
- Clemens Unit (CN), TX Inmate Search
- Eastham Unit (EA), TX Inmate Search
- Ellis Unit (E1), TX Inmate Search
- Estelle Unit (E2), TX Inmate Search
- Ferguson Unit (FE), TX Inmate Search
- Barry Telford Unit (TO), TX Inmate Search
- Coffield Unit (CO), TX Inmate Search
- Darrington Unit (CN), TX Inmate Search
- George Beto Unit (B), TX Inmate Search
- Gib Lewis Unit (GL), TX Inmate Search
- Huntsville Unit (HV), TX Inmate Search
- Jester III Unit (J3), TX Inmate Search
- L.V. Hightower Unit (HI), TX Inmate Search
- Allan B. Polunsky Unit (TL), TX Inmate Search
- Mark W. Michael Unit (MI), TX Inmate Search
- Thomas Goree Unit (GR), TX Inmate Search
- William R. Boyd Unit (BY), TX Inmate Search
- Wynne Unit (WY), TX Inmate Search
- Carol Vance Unit (J2), TX Inmate Search
- Clarence N. Stevenson Unit (SB), TX Inmate Search
- Dalhart Unit (DH), TX Inmate Search
- Dolph Briscoe Unit (DB), TX Inmate Search
- James Lynaugh Unit (LH), TX Inmate Search
- James V. Allred Unit (CN), TX Inmate Search
- John B. Connally Unit (CY), TX Inmate Search
- Mark W. Stiles Unit (ST), TX Inmate Search