The Rusk County Inmate Population
The Rusk County inmate population has two different meanings that should not be mixed. The local jail population is the group held at the Rusk County Jail under the Rusk County Sheriff's Office. That group includes recent arrests, pretrial defendants, people serving short county sentences, parole violators, bench-warrant arrests, municipal-police arrests transferred to county custody, and people waiting on transport or TDCJ transfer. The state-prison population is different. Bradshaw State Jail, East Texas Treatment Facility, and Billy Moore Correctional Center are TDCJ-linked facilities located in Rusk County, but they hold state inmates from across Texas.
Texas Commission on Jail Standards reports are the main source for county jail capacity and monthly population figures. The public jail roster is the main source for a live Rusk County inmate search. Those two sources will not always match. A TCJS workbook is a first-day-of-month snapshot, while the public roster changes as people are booked, released, moved to court, transported, or transferred. That is why a roster count seen at the end of June can differ from the June TCJS population line without either source being wrong.
Rusk County Inmate Population Statistics
The June 1, 2026 TCJS current population report listed the Rusk County Jail with 292 rated beds and 104 total jail inmates. The same research set recorded an average daily population, or ADP, of 116 in the TCJS incarceration-rate workbook for Rusk County. TCJS defines total jail population as local, contract, and federal inmates in the facility on the first day of the month, excluding people housed elsewhere. These figures describe the county jail only. The capacities of Bradshaw State Jail, East Texas Treatment Facility, and Billy Moore Correctional Center are TDCJ unit capacities and should not be added to the local jail count.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Rated capacity | 292 beds | TCJS current population report, June 1, 2026 |
| Total jail population | 104 | TCJS current population report, June 1, 2026 |
| Percent of capacity | 35.6% | TCJS current population report, June 1, 2026 |
| Average daily population | 116 | TCJS incarceration-rate workbook, June 1, 2026 |
| Countywide population used by TCJS | 53,391 | TCJS incarceration-rate workbook, June 1, 2026 |
| Federal inmates in county jail | 0 | TCJS current population report, June 1, 2026 |
| Contract inmates | 0 | TCJS current population report, June 1, 2026 |
Rusk County Jail Population Trends
Recent TCJS monthly data shows the Rusk County inmate population stayed below half of rated county jail capacity from December 2025 through June 2026. The highest listed total in this short trend table was 128 on December 1, 2025. The lowest listed total was 98 on April 1, 2026. The June 1, 2026 line showed 104 people in a jail rated for 292 beds. That pattern supports a cautious statement: no official overcrowding crisis was found in the official sources reviewed for this build.
| Date | Total / ADP | Capacity Note |
|---|---|---|
| December 1, 2025 | 128 total; ADP 117 | 292 beds; 43.8% of capacity |
| January 1, 2026 | 119 total; ADP 119 | 292 beds; 40.8% of capacity |
| February 1, 2026 | 119 total; ADP 120 | 292 beds; 40.8% of capacity |
| March 1, 2026 | 117 total; ADP 120 | 292 beds; 40.1% of capacity |
| April 1, 2026 | 98 total; ADP 119 | 292 beds; 33.6% of capacity |
| May 1, 2026 | 103 total; ADP 117 | 292 beds; 35.3% of capacity |
| June 1, 2026 | 104 total; ADP 116 | 292 beds; 35.6% of capacity |
Who Is in Rusk County Custody
The June 1, 2026 TCJS county line shows that pretrial felony custody was the largest local category. TCJS listed 52 male and 13 female local pretrial felons. The same line included Class A and B misdemeanor pretrial detainees, local convicted misdemeanants, bench-warrant holds, parole violators, state-jail-felony categories, and people sentenced to TDCJ ID, SAFP, or ISF who were still in county custody. In plain terms, a large part of the Rusk County inmate population is made up of people whose court cases or transfer status have not finished.
- Pretrial felons: TCJS listed 65 total local pretrial felons on June 1, 2026.
- Misdemeanor custody: TCJS listed pretrial Class A and B misdemeanor detainees and one local convicted misdemeanant.
- Bench warrants: Four male local bench-warrant holds were reported.
- TDCJ transfer status: Sixteen people were listed in convicted felon or parole-violator categories sentenced to TDCJ ID, SAFP, or ISF.
- Federal and contract housing: The county jail line showed zero federal inmates and zero contract inmates.
Note: TCJS categories are monthly reporting categories, while the public roster is a live custody tool for current jail records.
Laws Governing Rusk County Jail Data
Texas law sets the background for public jail records, jail standards, bond, warrants, expunction, juvenile confidentiality, and custodial reporting. For a Rusk County inmate population search, the most useful rule is practical: public information may be available unless an exception applies, but not every record is released in full. Active law-enforcement records, juvenile records, criminal-history data, sealed matters, and expunged matters can be restricted or redacted. That explains why a public roster can show a booking photo and bond field while still redacting race or omitting a court date.
Key Statutes:
Texas Government Code Chapter 552 is the Texas Public Information Act, the starting point for requests to government bodies.
Texas Government Code Chapter 511 creates the Texas Commission on Jail Standards and its county jail oversight role.
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 17 governs bail and bond procedures after arrest.
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 2A includes law-enforcement duties and custodial death reporting provisions.
Rusk County Jail and TDCJ
Rusk County is unusual because several state facilities are located in the county. Bradshaw State Jail, East Texas Treatment Facility, and Billy Moore Correctional Center are not annexes of the county jail. They are searched through the TDCJ inmate search, not the Rusk County jail roster. A person may move from the Rusk County Jail into TDCJ after sentencing, paperwork, classification, and transport. During that handoff, a county roster record may show a TDCJ-related status, but once the person is received by TDCJ, the statewide locator becomes the better search tool.
| System | Who It Covers | Lookup Tool |
|---|---|---|
| Rusk County Jail | Recent arrests, pretrial defendants, county sentences, holds, paper-ready transfers | Rusk County/Synergistic public roster |
| TDCJ | Sentenced state inmates and people assigned to state facilities | TDCJ statewide inmate search |
| Federal custody | Federal sentenced inmates and some released federal inmates since 1982 | BOP inmate locator |
| Immigration detention | ICE detainees searched by A-number or biographical data | ICE Online Detainee Locator System |
Search the Rusk County Jail Roster
The official Rusk County inmate search starts at the Rusk County public jail roster. The portal is hosted on the interopweb.com vendor domain and branded through Synergistic Software, Inc. It has tabs for Current Inmates, 24 Hours Arrests, and Inmates by Arrest Date. The name filter is optional, so a broad search can show a paginated custody list. On June 30, 2026, the inspected current roster source showed page 1 of 12 and 119 items.
The county roster is a current jail tool. It is the right starting point for a recent Henderson Police Department arrest, an Overton Police Department arrest, a Rusk County Sheriff's Office arrest, or another agency's arrest after the person is booked into the Rusk County Jail. It is not the right long-term locator for a state inmate moved to Bradshaw, East Texas Treatment Facility, Billy Moore, or another TDCJ unit.
- Open the Rusk County/Synergistic roster and start with the Current Inmates tab.
- Enter a last name, first name, or both if the name is known.
- Use 24 Hours Arrests when the arrest just happened.
- Use Inmates by Arrest Date when the booking date is known.
- Confirm the result by name, custody status, sex, physical descriptors, agency, date, charge count, bond text, and booking photo.
- Call the jail if the person is missing, recently released, in court, hospitalized, transported, or held under another agency's paperwork.
Rusk County Roster Search Fields
The roster search is simple compared with many court systems. It uses name fields rather than a booking-number field. The inspected portal labels the filter as optional and gives separate first-name and last-name inputs. For common names, the safer approach is to compare more than one field in the record row instead of relying only on a name match.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Name | Text | Optional | Placeholder text says "last name"; autocomplete off. |
| First Name | Text | Optional | Placeholder text says "first name"; autocomplete off. |
| Current Inmates | Tab | No | Shows people currently booked in county jail custody. |
| 24 Hours Arrests | Tab | No | Focuses on recent bookings and arrests. |
| Inmates by Arrest Date | Tab | No | Supports browsing by known arrest date. |
| Search Inmates | Button | n/a | Runs the first-name and last-name filter. |
The official roster page shows the current-inmate search controls and public custody rows.
The screenshot matches the research finding that the Rusk County roster includes first-name and last-name filters, pagination, booking photos, custody fields, and bond fields.
What Rusk County Inmate Records Show
A Rusk County jail roster row is a booking and custody record, not a final court judgment. Inspected rows showed a public front-face booking photo, name, custody status such as CURRENTLY BOOKED, sex, height, weight, race field with REDACTED in inspected rows, arrest or booking date with arresting agency, a charge or count field, and bond values or status text. Observed bond text included DENIED and NOT SET, along with numeric amounts. Housing, court date, and release date were not clearly visible in the extracted public row data.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Booking photo | Public front-face booking image for many current roster entries. |
| Name | Uppercase last-name-first format. |
| Custody status | Current status, such as CURRENTLY BOOKED. |
| Sex, height, and weight | Physical descriptors shown in compact roster fields. |
| Race | Field exists, but inspected rows showed REDACTED. |
| Arrest date and agency | Date and arresting agency, including municipal or outside agencies after county booking. |
| Bond | Bond amount or status text such as DENIED or NOT SET. |
Rusk County Custody Search Channels
The Rusk County inmate population is searched through several channels because no single portal covers every custody status. The county roster covers current county jail inmates and recent arrests. The jail phone line is the fallback for live confirmation. A sheriff records request is the route for booking records or images not online. TDCJ covers sentenced state inmates. Texas VINELink can provide custody and release notifications. BOP and ICE cover federal and immigration custody paths.
- Detainer
- A hold request from another agency that may affect release.
- Paper-ready
- A state-sentenced person ready for transfer from county jail to TDCJ.
- PR bond
- A personal bond that releases a person on a promise to appear, sometimes with conditions.
- VINELink
- A notification system used for custody and release alerts.
Note: No official Rusk County Sheriff's Office mobile inmate-search app was located in the research pass.
State and Federal Inmate Search
For state custody, use the TDCJ inmate information hub or the statewide TDCJ search. TDCJ search fields include last name, first name, TDCJ number, SID number, gender, and race. TDCJ warns that its public site is updated on working days only and that information is at least 24 hours old. A family member planning travel or pickup should call the unit before leaving.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator covers federal inmates and many released federal inmates since 1982. Immigration custody uses the ICE Online Detainee Locator System. Rusk County has no BOP-owned federal prison and no ICE-owned detention center in the research file, but federal warrants, U.S. Marshals holds, and immigration detainers can still affect a local arrest.
The TDCJ search form is the correct locator for state inmates assigned to Rusk County's state facilities.
That statewide locator matters because the county jail roster should not be used to search sentenced people already received by TDCJ.
Rusk County Detention Facilities
Rusk County has one sheriff-operated county jail and three TDCJ-linked state facilities. The primary jail handles local bookings and pretrial custody. The state facilities hold people in TDCJ custody, including people from outside Rusk County. Facility name alone does not prove where the court case was filed.
- Rusk County Jail - sheriff-operated county jail for local arrests, pretrial defendants, short county sentences, holds, and transfer status.
- Bradshaw State Jail - TDCJ state jail facility for adult male state-jail felons in sentenced state custody.
- East Texas Treatment Facility - TDCJ-linked treatment and sanction facility, not a county booking jail.
- Billy Moore Correctional Center - minimum-security TDCJ correctional center and transfer-style facility in Overton.
Rusk County Inmate Population FAQ
How large is the Rusk County inmate population?
The June 1, 2026 TCJS current population report listed 104 people in the Rusk County Jail against a rated capacity of 292 beds. The same research set recorded an ADP of 116. Those figures describe the county jail population, not the TDCJ units located in the county.
Where does a Rusk County inmate search start?
Start with the Rusk County/Synergistic jail roster for current county jail custody, 24-hour arrests, and arrest-date browsing. If the person is not listed, call the jail at 903-655-3000 or check TDCJ, VINELink, BOP, or ICE if the custody path has changed.
Are booking photos part of the roster?
Yes. The inspected Rusk County roster displayed public front-face booking photos beside many current roster rows. Older or removed booking photos should be requested through the sheriff records process rather than unofficial reposting sites.
Why can court charges differ from roster charges?
Roster charges are arrest or booking entries. Prosecutors may later file, amend, reduce, dismiss, or indict charges in court. The court record after arrest is maintained through the appropriate clerk, court docket, or iDocket channel.
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