Lubbock County Inmate Roster and Jail Records

Lubbock County Jail Roster Overview

The primary local custody source is the Lubbock County Detention Center, operated by the Lubbock County Sheriff's Office under Sheriff Kelly S. Rowe. The jail is at 3502 N. Holly Avenue, Lubbock, TX 79403, and the sheriff publishes jail phone routes at (806) 775-7009 and (806) 775-7048. Records questions go to (806) 775-7015, visitation questions to (806) 775-7018, and the sergeant desk to (806) 775-7036. The active roster is designed for people who are in the county jail system now, including pretrial detainees, local sentenced inmates, weekenders, holds, parole warrant cases, and people awaiting transfer.

Lubbock County gives several official roster routes: the sheriff's active jail roster page, the county roster page at lubbockcounty.gov, and the interactive portal at publicrecords.lubbockcounty.gov/JailRoster. The county page says the roster information is real-time and also provides PDF read-only and Excel downloadable formats. The sheriff page says the roster can be searched by name, booking number, or SO number. The sheriff mobile app also includes Jail Search, and the FAQ says the app updates every half hour.

The county roster is not the controlling source for every person connected to a Lubbock arrest. Sentenced state prisoners are searched through the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, federal sentenced inmates through the Federal Bureau of Prisons, immigration detainees through ICE ODLS, and victim notification or release alerts through VINELink when coverage is available. Court filings after an arrest are handled through the District Clerk and re:SearchTX, not through the custody roster.

The official county roster page shows the PDF and Excel routes for current jail data.

View the Lubbock County jail roster page source.

That county page is useful when the interactive search is inconvenient because the same roster is also offered in report-style formats.

How to Use the Lubbock County Inmate Roster

Start with the interactive roster when the question is how do I find someone in the Lubbock County jail. If the spelling is uncertain, search broadly by last name first, then narrow the result with the booking number or SO number if those identifiers are available from mail, bond paperwork, a prior booking, or a family contact. If the online result is missing or unclear, call the jail or submit a written LSO Records request rather than assuming the person is not in custody.

1. Open the official Lubbock County Jail Roster at publicrecords.lubbockcounty.gov/JailRoster or use the roster link from the sheriff or county page.
2. Search by the person's name. Confirm spelling, suffixes, hyphenated surnames, and any common alternate name before ruling out a match.
3. If the name search returns several people, narrow by booking number or SO number. These are official identifiers named by the sheriff.
4. Open the matching record and compare custody status, charges, bond settings, booking identifiers, visitation eligibility, and mail information.
5. If bond is blank, check again after initial appearance. The sheriff FAQ says bond settings update on the online roster once set.
6. If the person is not listed, check timing and custody type. New arrestees may still be in intake, and sentenced prisoners may have moved to TDCJ.

The sheriff's active jail search page also links the initial appearance livestream. The stream is not an archive of court records. The page says detention center hearings happen up to three times a day as needed, are deleted after completion, and recording livestreamed hearings is prohibited.

Lubbock County Roster Search Fields

The text-accessible official sources confirm three search identifiers. Exact field layout inside the interactive portal can change, so treat the table as the confirmed access inventory rather than a promise that every field appears in the same position on every device.

What a Lubbock County Inmate Profile Shows

Roster records answer the current custody question first. They should not be read as a complete criminal-history report or a final court outcome. What does a roster record show depends on the timing of booking, magistrate review, release, and any later transfer.

Finding County, State, Federal, and Immigration Inmates

A Lubbock County arrest can move through several custody systems. The county jail roster is the best route for active local jail custody. TDCJ is the Texas prison route for current sentenced state inmates, including people housed at John Montford Unit. The TDCJ search is updated on working days only, is at least 24 hours old, and searches by last name plus first initial, TDCJ number, or SID number with optional gender and race filters. BOP and ICE locators serve federal and immigration custody and generally do not publish mugshots.

Lubbock County Jail Facilities and Related Custody Locations

Lubbock County's local roster centers on the detention center. The Work Release Office matters for weekend and work-release reporting but is not a separate public jail roster. John Montford Unit is a state prison in Lubbock County, so county jail searches do not cover its sentenced TDCJ population.

Booking Process in Lubbock County

A typical local arrest path runs from the arresting agency to the Lubbock County Detention Center for intake. People may be brought in by the sheriff, Lubbock Police Department, Texas DPS, campus police, municipal agencies, or other agencies. Booking includes administrative intake, photo and fingerprint steps, property handling, medical and mental-health screening, classification review, housing assignment, and the first magistrate appearance.

The sheriff FAQ says inmates can typically bond out once they have seen a magistrate, and that magistrates conduct Initial Appearance at least twice daily and sometimes more often. The active jail search page says the detention center livestream can occur up to three times daily as needed. Bond details may not appear on the roster until after that review. Texas Code of Criminal Procedure article 15.17 governs the magistrate warning process, and Chapter 17 governs bail and bond mechanics.

Property release has its own jail procedure. A person picking up current inmate property goes to the bond window, completes a form, and presents photo ID. The inmate reviews the ID copy and must authorize the release. The FAQ says valuable property is normally released as an all-or-nothing bag, with different handling for people transferred to TDCJ.

Visitation Hours and Rules

Lubbock County uses SmartInmate for visit scheduling and electronic inmate messaging. Visitors register through SmartInmate, receive facility approval, and schedule in advance. All visitors over 17 need valid government photo ID. One adult visitor may attend each visit, and up to two children may accompany that adult if controlled. A visitor can visit an inmate only once per day.

No food, gum, candy, drinks, cell phones, purses, backpacks, pens, pencils, or bags may go into visitation rooms. Lockers require a solid quarter, returned with the key. Clothing rules also matter: see-through clothing, open midriffs, offensive language or images, sagging clothing, revealing shorts or skirts, and gang-affiliation clothing can end a visit or suspend privileges.

Mail, Phone, and Records Contact for a Lubbock County Inmate

Regular inmate postal mail goes to Lubbock County Detention Center, Inmate's Name and SO#, PO Box 9136, Seminole, FL 33775. Legal mail, court documents, bank statements, and publications go to Lubbock County Detention Center, Inmate's Name and SO#, PO Box 10535, Lubbock, TX 79408, and the envelope must have a return address. After release, inmates can log into SmartInmate with inmate number and password to download photos, messages, and scanned mail.

For records that are not visible on the roster, LSO open records requests must be in writing. The sheriff accepts requests by email at LCDCRecords@LubbockCounty.gov, fax at (806) 775-7991, mail to PO Box 10536, Lubbock, TX 79408, or in person at 712 Broadway, Lubbock, TX 79401. The Request of Information form is optional, but a request should include a response method, the person's full name, approximate booking date, and any booking or SO number available.

The sheriff contact page shows the written request routes and the detention phone tree.

View the Lubbock County Sheriff's Office contact source.

Use those official records channels for jail cards, booking details, or older custody information that the real-time roster no longer answers.

Commissary, Phone Funds, and Care Packages

Lubbock County lists several money routes. Commissary, tablet, and phone funds can be deposited through a lobby kiosk, a downtown sheriff property room kiosk, or Access Corrections online. Access Corrections uses facility number 20172 for Lubbock. Phone-only money goes through ICSolutions and cannot be used for other purposes. Care packages are handled through Access Securepak.