Texas Inmate Search

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is the agency responsible for keeping an updated database on offenders serving their time in a Texas state prison.

The database is located on the official Texas Department of Criminal Justice website. The database is for public use. It only consists of those individuals who are in a Texas state prison currently. You can search the database by the offenders first and last name, their TDCJ number, or their state identification number.

Unlike the state of Texas, Texas county and city jails keep their database separate. If you are needing information on an inmate in one of those jails, you will need to contact the proper authorities.

When an offender is housed in a state prison, they are property of the Department of Corrections Division. As stated above every state’s Department of Corrections Division has their own jail roster or database that the general public may use.

The Texas Department of Corrections offender search database can be found on the official Texas Department of Corrections website.

You can search the inmate list by using the following pieces of information:

• Last Name
• First Name     
• TDCJ Number
• SID Number
• Gender
• Race

The TDCJ number will take precedence during all searches. The TDCJ is an eight-digit number. All incoming inmates will be assigned their TDCJ number by the Texas Department of Corrections. This will be the easiest and quickest way to locate an inmate.

If you decide to enter their TDCJ number in the field provided, you will NOT need to enter their first and last name. However, the TDCJ field will only show results for the EXACT number you have entered, so you will want to double check, if no results pop up.

If you don’t know the inmate’s TDCJ number or there are no search results for the TDCJ number you plugged in, the next thing you can do is search by the inmate’s first and last name.

When you finally get some search results, you will see a list of all inmates that fit the criteria you plugged in. This is not a release search. All inmates are currently sitting behind bars.

You will see the following pieces of information in the Texas jails inmate search:

• Name
• TDCJ Number
• Race
• Gender
• Projected Release Date
• Unit of Assignment
• Date of Birth

You can click on the inmate’s name to bring up their own personal file. When you do this, you will see the following information:

• SID Number    
• TDCJ Number
• Name
• Race
• Gender
• DOB
• Maximum Sentence Date     
• Current Facility
• Projected Release Date
• Parole Eligibility Date
• Offender Visitation Eligible
• Scheduled Release Date
• Scheduled Release Type
• Scheduled Release Location
• Offense History