Tarrant County jail inmate search

Use the Tarrant County Inmate Search portal to see who is currently held. This system is managed by the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office. Current charges and fines appear in the listing after the person's file goes up. You can also find Daily Booked in Reports posted online by the sheriff. Until staff finish intake, a person who was just arrested won't be on the roster.

Intake at the Tarrant County Corrections Center handles every person arrested in the county. About 35,000 bookings a year are handled at this central building, according to the Detention Bureau page. Officers write down the details, take a picture, and scan the person's iris. Call the jail about a recent arrest, since intake takes time.

Dial (817) 884-3000 to reach the Tarrant County Jail Inmate Information Line. For custody and bail questions, the sheriff's Bond Information page has this number listed. This line lets you ask whether a judge has set bond and what the exact amount is.

The Tarrant County Corrections Center is at 100 North Lamar St., Fort Worth, TX 76196, and central booking happens there. The Bond Desk is inside, and everyone arrested comes here first. The county operates 5 jail facilities, among them the maximum security Lon Evans Corrections Center, according to the Detention Bureau page.

The Tarrant County Sheriff's Office runs all 5 county detention facilities. Also maintained by the sheriff's office, the Inmate Search page links to daily booking reports and the online custody database.

All facilities use one in person visiting schedule based on last name. Look up the hours on the Visitation page before you go.

• Saturdays, Mondays, and set blocks on Friday are the visiting days for last names A to L.
• Sundays, Tuesdays, and set blocks on Friday are the visiting days for last names M to Z.
• Sign up begins 30 minutes early; after 8:30 p.m., visitors are no longer processed.
• You need a photo ID; inmates receive 1 daily visit of 30 minutes, up to 3 a week.

The Inmate Correspondence page lists the outside scanning address for personal letters, which reach the inmate's tablet. Up to 10 photos are allowed, unframed and no larger than 4x6 in size. Use 100 North Lamar Street, Fort Worth, TX 76196 for legal mail, magazines, and money orders. Via UPS or USPS, new softback books from the publisher also go there.

The commissary is the jail store, and that's where inmates buy items. Per the Money Deposits page, you can pay through Access Corrections online, by app, at 866-345-1884, or with cash at the lobby kiosk. Cash Pay Today accepts walk in cash; deposits sent by mail need a money order from US Postal or Western Union.

Free local calls are allowed for anyone held in the booking holding cells. After a transfer to regular housing, every outgoing call becomes a collect call. The Inmate Phone Service page says you can ask Smart Communications about fees and billing for collect calls.

Inmate names, photos, and arrest records never appear on County Jail Lookup directory pages. To view what the county publishes, go to the sheriff's Inmate Search page. Staff photograph each person at booking, but only current charges and fines appear on the online roster.

Bond means money, or a legal promise, handed to the court so someone can go home until trial. Call (817) 884-3000 to see if bond is set. The Bond Information page says the Corrections Center Bond Desk takes bond 24 hours a day. That desk is at 100 North Lamar, Fort Worth, TX 76196. If you pay the bond on your own, the full amount is required. Texas also permits commercial bail bonds from a bonding company, along with personal bonds.

After bond gets posted at the Corrections Center, the release paperwork must be finished by staff before the person can leave. For this step, the sheriff's office gives no set wait time. Call (817) 884-3000 for status updates, or see the Texas inmate search page.