Where San Augustine County Jail Departures Go
The San Augustine County Sheriff's Office operates this county jail in the El Camino Justice Center. Sheriff Robert Cartwright is named on the official sheriff page, and Jail Administrator Cheryl Procell is the listed jail administrator. It is the only detention facility positively identified in official county material.
Leaving this jail does not always mean freedom in the community. Bond, completion of a county sentence, and a release authorized by the court can produce a community departure. A transfer to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, another county, a federal authority, ICE, a medical setting, or another custodial agency ends the local booking but continues custody elsewhere.
| Jail departure | Likely next step | Record to check |
|---|---|---|
| Bond | Community while the case proceeds | Release sheet, bond record, and court docket |
| Time served or sentence complete | Community unless another hold controls | Release timestamp, judgment, and jail credit |
| Dismissal or release order | Community if no separate authority holds the person | Signed court order and jail release record |
| TDCJ transfer | State intake and placement | County transfer field followed by TDCJ search |
| Other agency pickup | Custody under the receiving authority | Destination field and receiving-agency record |
Note: A death or escape may end the recorded jail stay, but neither event is a community release.
Confirm a San Augustine County Jail Release
No official current roster, booking archive, recent-release tab, 24-hour list, or 72-hour list was found on the sheriff's website. A blank web search is therefore not the starting evidence. Use a direct, booking-specific process.
- Call 936-275-2424 and provide the person's full name plus date of birth, booking number, arrest date, or another available identifier.
- Ask whether the person is currently housed and identify the booking episode to which the answer applies.
- If local custody ended, request the release sheet with the exact date, time, release type, disposition, and receiving agency or destination.
- Use the District Clerk for felony records or the County Clerk for applicable county-level misdemeanor records to find the order or judgment behind the departure.
- If another authority received the person, confirm admission or status in that authority's system rather than calling the transfer a release.
The county sheriff record is the best source for the moment San Augustine County Jail processing ended. The court file explains the legal action. Neither record fully substitutes for the other when exact timing and legal reason both matter. The site's San Augustine County released-inmate guide gives the broader state, federal, and court lookup sequence.
San Augustine County Jail Records Contact
The official county page supplies direct jail contact information but does not publish a separate records-unit number, online release form, local fee schedule, or office hours for release requests. Call the main office to ask which submission channel the sheriff currently accepts.
San Augustine County Sheriff's Office
San Augustine County Jail
El Camino Justice Center
219 N. Harrison
San Augustine, TX 75972
Phone: 936-275-2424
Fax: 936-275-5133
Ask for existing documents and fields under the Texas Public Information Act. A focused request can name the booking sheet, release sheet, booking and release timestamps, booking or SO number, arresting agency, charges, bond, release reason, disposition, transfer destination, and booking photo where public. Request electronic delivery and ask for an estimate before work if charges may apply.
San Augustine County Jail Release Fields
A complete response should let a reader answer who, when, why, and where. The county publishes none of these fields online, so the requested record should be specific enough to locate without asking staff to create a new report.
| Requested field | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Name and identifiers | Separates people with similar names. |
| Booking or SO number | Links the request to one jail episode. |
| Booking date and time | Sets the start of the custody period. |
| Charges and bond | Provides recorded case and bond context. |
| Release date and time | Shows when jail processing ended. |
| Release type or reason | Distinguishes bond, sentence completion, order, and other dispositions. |
| Receiving agency or destination | Reveals whether another authority continued custody. |
If the office says the person is “not housed,” ask for the release or transfer record. That short answer does not distinguish community release, TDCJ pickup, another county, federal custody, ICE, a medical transfer, death, or an error in identity.
Court Proof for San Augustine Jail Releases
The San Augustine County District Clerk keeps felony district-court records for cases heard by the 1st and 273rd District Courts. Regional coordination with Jasper and Shelby Counties does not move local record custody away from the San Augustine clerk. The District Clerk is the proper first local contact for a felony judgment, sentence, bond or release order, dismissal, revocation, or transfer-related order.
The District Clerk page references eFileTexas, but that is a filing tool, not a verified public criminal name-search service. Contact the clerk with a name and cause number when available. For an applicable county-level misdemeanor case, contact the County Clerk. Its linked land-record portal was not established as a criminal-case search.
A judgment can show the sentence and credit ordered by the court. It cannot by itself prove when jail staff completed physical release. A signed bond or dismissal order can authorize release, yet another warrant or detainer may still control. Pair the court file with the sheriff's completed release sheet.
TDCJ Transfers from San Augustine County Jail
County records document costs for holding people already sentenced to TDCJ. This provides a concrete local example of why a sentence does not mean immediate movement to a state unit. A person can remain in San Augustine County Jail while awaiting TDCJ pickup. When pickup occurs, the county record should show a transfer, and the TDCJ system should later show state admission or location.
Use the TDCJ online offender search by TDCJ or SID number when possible. A name search should be checked against county of conviction, offense, age, and other available facts. TDCJ location, projected release information, parole review, and scheduled release fields belong to the state case. They do not retroactively turn the county-to-state handoff into a community release.
If the online record is unavailable, TDCJ accepts a free inmate-information email. The requester may provide full name and seven-digit TDCJ number or, if that number is unknown, date of birth or approximate age plus county of conviction. A TDCJ Public Information Act request can seek incarceration history or a release certificate for a completed state event.
Other Holds at San Augustine County Jail
The research found no federal prison or ICE detention center inside San Augustine County. That does not prevent a federal or immigration authority from taking custody after local charges end. The receiving-agency field in the jail record is crucial.
For a federal transfer, use the BOP locator when the person enters the Bureau of Prisons system. A result such as Not in BOP Custody does not exclude local, state, immigration, pretrial, or supervision status. U.S. Marshals operations can also precede final BOP placement.
For an ICE transfer, use the official Online Detainee Locator System with a nine-digit A-number and country of birth, or with name, date of birth, and country of birth. ICE guidance says the locator may return people released from ICE custody during the prior 60 days. That short history is not a substitute for the permanent county release record, and an ICE handoff remains a transfer from the jail rather than community release.
San Augustine Jail Custody Alerts
Texas replaced county VINE with IVSS-Counties on September 1, 2025. Where a county participates, the portal can provide public person or case search and account-based notices for events such as booking, release, transfer to TDCJ, escape, death, and court activity. San Augustine County participation could not be proved from a static official list, so check the live portal or support before relying on it.
IVSS-Counties can supplement a direct agency check, but it is not a county-authenticated daily release list or certified release document. Data may lag the jail system. Search without registration when available, verify the person's identifiers, save the status date and access time, and request the sheriff's release sheet if the portal shows a release or an unclear event.
TDCJ IVSS is separate. If the jail record shows a state transfer, a county alert registration does not replace the state prison and parole notification account.
About San Augustine County Jail
The jail is a county facility operated by the San Augustine County Sheriff's Office at the El Camino Justice Center. Official material identifies it as the sole local detention facility found in the county sweep. The San Augustine Police Department at 810 Highway 96 North may arrest a person, but its county page does not establish a separate municipal jail. Call the police department at 936-275-2384 for arresting-agency confirmation, then use the sheriff to identify the booking facility.
No TDCJ unit appears in the current San Augustine County unit-directory sweep. A person convicted in the county can be assigned to a TDCJ unit elsewhere in Texas. Likewise, federal and immigration cases can place a person outside the county. These systems serve county cases without becoming branches of San Augustine County Jail.
The sheriff page also identifies NCIC for inmate communications and mail. NCIC is not an official jail roster, release archive, or booking-photo gallery. Communication access while a person is housed should never be presented as proof of current custody or later release.