Reagan County Inmate Population Snapshot
The Reagan County inmate population is centered on one local facility, the Reagan County Jail in Big Lake. The jail is run by the Reagan County Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff Jeff Garner, and it serves as the county jail for pretrial detainees, short county sentences, local warrants, holds, and people waiting for transfer after sentencing. Official sheriff material describes the jail as a 96-bed facility inside the Reagan County Law Enforcement Center at 320 N. Plaza Ave. The same 96-bed capacity appears in the Texas Commission on Jail Standards population data, which makes the local count easy to compare with the rated bed count.
On June 1, 2026, the TCJS monthly population spreadsheet listed 16 people in the Reagan County Jail. The separate TCJS incarceration-rate spreadsheet listed an average daily population of 9 for Reagan County on the same date. Those figures show a small jail population that can change fast when only a few people are booked, released, sentenced, or transferred. They also show that the jail was well below rated capacity at the latest TCJS point reviewed.
Reagan County Inmate Population Statistics
Population numbers for Reagan County are most useful when the source and date stay attached to the figure. The TCJS population report gives a headcount for a specific report date. The TCJS rate file gives ADP and the incarceration-rate field. The sheriff's site gives the local facility capacity and describes the jail staffing structure: 15 full-time peace officers, seven communications officers, a Jail Administrator, and eight corrections officers. None of the located official sources published annual bookings or average length of stay, so those fields should not be guessed.
The June 2026 TCJS row shows a jail that was using about one-sixth of its rated capacity. That matters for search work because a low current headcount does not mean no records exist. A person may have been released, moved to TDCJ, held by another agency, or listed only in a recent booking mode that is not exposed the same way for every user. The count is a custody snapshot. It is not a full arrest archive.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Date |
|---|---|---|
| Jail rated capacity | 96 beds | Reagan County Sheriff's Office and TCJS, 2026-06-01 |
| Total jail population | 16 | TCJS population report, 2026-06-01 |
| Percent of capacity | 16.67% | TCJS population report, 2026-06-01 |
| Average daily population | 9 | TCJS incarceration-rate report, 2026-06-01 |
| Countywide population used by TCJS | 3,139 | TCJS incarceration-rate report, 2026-06-01 |
| Incarceration rate | 2.87 | TCJS incarceration-rate report, 2026-06-01 |
Reagan County Jail Population Trends
Recent TCJS data shows a low but rising local count from late 2025 into June 2026. Reagan County had 7 people in jail on several monthly report dates, then moved to 13 in March, 11 in April, 13 in May, and 16 in June. In a rural county, that kind of movement can come from only a handful of arrests, warrant holds, or releases. It should not be read the same way as a large urban jail trend, where hundreds of people can move through the system each week.
The ADP trend moved more slowly. TCJS listed ADP at 7 from November 2025 through March 2026, then 8 in April and May, and 9 in June. That makes the Reagan County inmate population a small-sample data set. Each monthly report is still valuable, but the local story is scale: one or two added bookings can change the rate field and the capacity percentage more visibly than it would in a larger county jail.
| Month | Total Jail Population | Capacity | Capacity Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-01 | 7 | 96 | 7.29% |
| 2025-12-01 | 9 | 96 | 9.38% |
| 2026-01-01 | 7 | 96 | 7.29% |
| 2026-02-01 | 7 | 96 | 7.29% |
| 2026-03-01 | 13 | 96 | 13.54% |
| 2026-04-01 | 11 | 96 | 11.46% |
| 2026-05-01 | 13 | 96 | 13.54% |
| 2026-06-01 | 16 | 96 | 16.67% |
Who Is in Reagan County Jail
The TCJS population row for June 2026 is category-heavy rather than a simple public dashboard by race, age, or length of stay. The final total was 16. The visible categories include local male pretrial felons, local male pretrial Class A and Class B misdemeanants, local female pretrial Class A and Class B misdemeanants, convicted or hold categories, and several low-count state jail felony, parole, or other categories. That means the Reagan County inmate population includes more than one legal status, even when everyone is housed in the same county jail.
For lookup purposes, the most important split is current county jail custody versus sentenced state prison custody. A pretrial detainee may show on the Reagan County Kologik roster while the case is pending. A person with a county jail sentence may also remain local. Once a felony sentence leads to transfer, the record path changes to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. A federal or immigration hold can add another layer, because the local roster may show a hold while the long-term locator may be BOP or ICE.
- Pretrial detainee
- A person held before final case disposition, often because bond has not been posted or a hold remains active.
- Sentenced inmate
- A person serving jail time locally or waiting for transfer to the state prison system after a felony sentence.
- Detainer or hold
- A notice that another agency may want custody, such as another county, TDCJ, a federal agency, or ICE.
- ADP
- Average daily population, a count that smooths daily jail headcount into a reporting figure.
Reagan County Jail Capacity Rules
Reagan County's researched figures do not support an overcrowding claim. The latest TCJS count in the research file was 16 people in a 96-bed jail, and the monthly trend was well under capacity. The jail is still governed by statewide jail standards. Texas county jails report population and capacity data through the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, and the Reagan County Jail appears in those reports as the county's local jail facility.
Texas law also shapes what the public can ask for, how jail custody begins, and how custody outcomes are reported. The roster gives immediate access to many booking details, but it does not replace the public information process or court records. Formal case charges, bond orders, releases, transfers, expunctions, and death-in-custody reports sit in different legal channels.
Key Texas rules:
Texas Government Code chapter 552 is the Texas Public Information Act, the public-records law used when a roster or report page does not answer the request.
Code of Criminal Procedure article 15.17 requires prompt magistrate warnings after arrest and connects booking to bond and court process.
Local Government Code chapter 351 addresses county jail and prisoner responsibilities.
Government Code chapter 511 creates and empowers the Texas Commission on Jail Standards.
Code of Criminal Procedure article 49.18 covers death-in-custody reporting.
Search Reagan County Inmate Roster
The official web roster for the Reagan County inmate population is the Kologik Public Jail Roster linked from the sheriff's Jail Services page. It is a public card-based roster, not a paid case-management login. During research, the default current or recent search returned no records, but the same public system returned past-five-day entries through the roster endpoint. The cautious way to use it is to search the web roster first, then call the jail or use the public-records route when the current panel is empty or incomplete.
The Kologik Public Jail Roster for Reagan County shows how the local custody search begins.
The roster image matters because Reagan County uses a real public roster interface with filters, buttons, and roster-card fields, even when a current search has no visible entries.
- Open the sheriff's Jail Services page or go directly to the Kologik roster for agency ORI TX1920000.
- Use RECENT BOOKINGS if the name is unknown, or use ALL when the recent panel does not return a clear match.
- Type a last, first, or middle name in the Name Filter. The filter works on loaded roster cards, so spelling matters.
- Use an A-Z button to narrow by initial when the roster list is long.
- Open the roster card details for booking date, days jailed, arresting agency, charges, warrant number, and bond.
- If the person has been sentenced and transferred, search TDCJ instead of the county roster.
Reagan County Custody Search Fields
Kologik gives Reagan County users a small set of roster controls. The research file found that Reagan's history-mode flag was not visibly exposing a current, past five days, or past ten days dropdown, even though the vendor app supports those controls for some Texas agencies. That is why an empty current panel should not be treated as final proof that no booking happened. The phone and records-request fallback still matter.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name Filter | Text | No | Filters loaded roster entries by last, first, or middle name. |
| Order By | Dropdown | No | Options include shortest in jail and longest in jail. |
| History | Dropdown | Hidden at inspection | The app supports history choices, but Reagan's flag did not expose them in the inspected public view. |
| RECENT BOOKINGS | Button | No | Loads the recent booking view when available. |
| ALL | Button | No | Loads the broad selected result set. |
| A-Z buttons | Button row | No | Filters by initial letter. |
Note: If the roster is blank, call 325-884-2424 before assuming the person was never booked.
Reagan County Inmate Record Fields
A Reagan County roster card is a jail booking record. It can show intake details that are useful for family, attorneys, and people tracking a case, but it is not the same thing as a court disposition. The inspected Kologik fields included photo support, name, arrest or booking date, days jailed, race and sex codes, year of birth with age, height, weight, eye and hair abbreviations, arresting agency, charge rows, warrant number, and bond. Released people may have charge details hidden or reduced by the public display.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Photo / mugshot | Booking photo component when available; Reagan's inspected setting did not hide public jail roster photos. |
| Name | Last, first, middle, and suffix in roster display format. |
| Arrested / booked | Date and time tied to the jail intake or arrest record. |
| Days jailed | Roster display of time in jail. |
| Demographics | Race, sex, age, DOB year, height, weight, eyes, and hair. |
| Arresting agency | The agency that brought or booked the person into custody. |
| Charges and bond | Charge wording, warrant number when present, and bond amount or No Bond display. |
| Release status | Release date/time field when released; blank release can indicate current custody. |
Past Reagan County Inmate Records
Current jail roster searches are not the same as historical booking searches. The Reagan County Kologik system is designed around current and recent roster cards, and the public page did not publish a retention rule during inspection. If a person was released, transferred, or booked outside the visible window, the next channel is the Reagan County Sheriff's Office report request process. The sheriff's request-a-report form covers crash, incident, and offense reports and says to allow up to 10 days for a request.
For jail booking details that are not posted, use the sheriff phone number, email, report request form, or a Texas Public Information Act request. Formal case records after arrest may require the County & District Clerk or the Justice of the Peace, depending on the type of case. A jail record can show that a person was booked. It does not prove a conviction, and it may not show the final court charge after prosecutor review.
Reagan County Jail vs TDCJ
Many failed inmate searches happen because the wrong system is being used. The Reagan County Jail roster covers local jail custody. TDCJ covers Texas state prison custody after a sentence and transfer. BOP covers federal prison custody. ICE ODLS covers immigration detention. VINELink is for custody notification and alerts, not a full jail booking record. A person can move from one channel to another as the case changes.
| Reagan County Jail | Texas State Prison | Federal / ICE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who is held | Pretrial detainees, county sentences, warrants, holds, and transfer waits | Sentenced state prisoners after TDCJ transfer | Federal prisoners, federal holds, or immigration detainees |
| Run by | Reagan County Sheriff's Office | Texas Department of Criminal Justice | BOP, ICE, or federal court agencies |
| Where to search | Kologik Public Jail Roster | TDCJ inmate locator | BOP locator or ICE ODLS |
| Record type | Booking, charges, bond, release status, and photo when available | Unit, offense, sentence, and projected release information | Federal custody status or immigration detention status |
State and Federal Inmate Search
Texas state prison custody is searched through the TDCJ inmate locator. The TDCJ search form accepts last name, first name, TDCJ number, SID number, gender, and race. The broader TDCJ inmate information page says inmate location, offenses, and projected release date can be obtained online, by email, or by telephone. No TDCJ unit was found in Reagan County, so TDCJ is a transfer and statewide search channel, not a local facility page.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator is the correct tool for sentenced federal custody from 1982 to the present. The ICE Online Detainee Locator System is the fallback when immigration detention is the issue. For notification, VINELink Texas can be used for custody-status alerts when coverage applies. These tools do not replace the Reagan County roster for local jail custody.
The state search screen is separate from the county jail roster. The TDCJ locator should be used when a Reagan County case has moved into state prison custody.
That separation prevents a common error: a person may disappear from the Reagan County inmate population because the person is no longer held in the county jail.
Reagan County Booking and Bond
A local arrest usually moves through transport to the Reagan County Jail, intake search, property collection, identity entry, booking photo, fingerprinting when required, charge or warrant entry, medical or mental-health screening, classification, and placement. Texas Code of Criminal Procedure article 15.17 then brings the person before a magistrate without unnecessary delay for warnings, rights, accusation, and bail issues. Early local matters may involve the Justice of the Peace, while felony prosecution later moves through the 112th District Attorney and district court path.
Bond is not always a simple one-charge issue. A Kologik card can show multiple charge rows, warrant numbers, and separate bond amounts. One no-bond hold, outside warrant, parole hold, federal detainer, ICE detainer, or TDCJ transfer hold can block release even when money is available on another charge. The Reagan County inmate funds page says money may be used for bond, commissary, and phone time, and that the Law Enforcement Center lobby kiosk accepts cash or credit-card deposits 24 hours a day. Call the jail before traveling with payment.
Reagan County Mugshots and Services
The Reagan County Kologik roster is configured to allow public booking photos. The inspected setting for hiding public jail roster photos returned N, and the card template loads a photo component from the vendor roster system. That does not mean every photo will appear. A photo may be missing, still loading, withheld in a specific entry, or replaced by a no-photo image. Reagan County did not publish a separate mugshot gallery, daily booking-photo archive, or exact public retention rule for photos after release.
Jail services are documented on separate sheriff pages for visitation, inmate mail, inmate funds, and inmate phones. Mail must use the inmate's full name and Reagan County Jail address, and non-privileged mail is opened and screened. The phone page says inmates cannot receive incoming calls and calls are monitored and recorded. The funds page names both JailATM for web deposits and NCIC prepaid phone account options, while the phone page references Crown Correctional Telephone and CIDNET, so users should treat the vendor wording as published and verify the current route before paying.
The Reagan County Jail Services page is the official local menu for the roster and inmate service pages.
The service page is useful because the roster is only one part of custody work. Mail, phones, money, visits, and report requests are handled through linked sheriff resources.
Reagan County Detention Facility
The facility map for Reagan County has one local detention facility. No official source located a separate Reagan County work-release annex, city jail, regional jail, state prison, BOP prison, or ICE detention center. Big Lake is the county seat, and the jail sits in the same North Plaza Avenue courthouse area as the sheriff, courthouse, County & District Clerk, Justice of the Peace, and County Attorney. The 112th District Attorney's listed office is in Ozona.
- Reagan County Jail - the county jail for Reagan County pretrial detainees, county jail sentences, local warrants, holds, and people awaiting transfer after sentencing.
That simple facility map helps searchers choose a path. Local custody starts with the Reagan County Jail. Sentenced state custody moves to TDCJ. Federal and immigration custody move to their own locators.
Reagan County Inmate Population FAQ
How many people are in the Reagan County inmate population? TCJS listed 16 people in the Reagan County Jail on June 1, 2026. The ADP figure from the TCJS rate file was 9 on the same date. Those figures are snapshots, so use the roster or jail phone for a person-specific custody check.
What is the Reagan County Jail capacity? The researched capacity is 96 beds. That number appears on the sheriff's official site and in TCJS jail population data. The June 2026 TCJS count placed the jail at 16.67% of capacity.
How do I search the Reagan County inmate population? Start with the Kologik Public Jail Roster linked from the sheriff's Jail Services page. Search recent bookings, all visible entries, the name filter, or the A-Z buttons. If the roster is empty, call 325-884-2424 or use the sheriff's report-request channel.
Can I find a released Reagan County inmate? Sometimes. The public roster may show recent entries, but Reagan County did not publish a fixed release-retention rule. For older booking records, use the sheriff's report request form, email the office, or make a Texas Public Information Act request.
Does Reagan County publish jail mugshots? The Kologik roster supports public booking photos for Reagan County, and the inspected setting did not hide roster photos. A missing image is still possible. No separate local mugshot gallery was located.
Where do sentenced inmates go after Reagan County Jail? A felony sentence can move a person from the county jail to TDCJ. Search the TDCJ inmate locator after transfer. The Reagan County roster is not the statewide prison locator.
Is VINELink available in Texas? Yes. VINELink Texas is available for custody-status notification where coverage applies. It is best used for alerts, not as a replacement for the jail roster, TDCJ, BOP, or ICE searches.