Castro County Jail Roster Status
No official Castro County online jail roster, inmate search portal, daily booking report, or current-inmate PDF was located on the county site. The Castro County Sheriff page lists the sheriff and jail contact details and points users to VINELink Texas for offender custody status. That makes the local workflow different from larger Texas counties that publish searchable jail dashboards.
The absence of a roster does not mean there are no public records. It means a user must separate current custody, booking documents, court filings, and post-sentence prison records. The sheriff or jail can confirm the local custody path. The clerk handles filed criminal case records after charges are opened in court. TDCJ, BOP, and ICE handle state-prison, federal, and immigration custody records outside the county jail system.
Search Castro County Inmates
The most reliable Castro County inmate records workflow begins with the local jail phone line because the county has not published a roster form. Call the sheriff or jail with enough identifying detail to avoid matching the wrong person. If the arrest occurred in Dimmitt city limits, the Dimmitt Police Department may help identify whether city police made the arrest before jail transfer.
- Call Castro County Sheriff/Jail at 806-647-3311 and ask whether the person is in custody, in booking, released, or transferred.
- Search VINELink Texas for custody status or notification if the person appears in a participating custody feed.
- Ask whether bond has been set, whether a hold prevents release, and which court or magistrate is handling the case.
- For filed charges, call the County Clerk or District Clerk at 806-647-3338 rather than relying on a booking charge alone.
- If the person was sentenced or moved, check TDCJ, BOP, or ICE based on the custody type.
Castro County Roster Fields
Castro County did not expose a searchable roster form in the official county sources reviewed. The field table is therefore a gap table. It documents what was found and what was not found, which is more useful than pretending a search screen exists. For TDCJ searches, use last name and at least a first initial, TDCJ number, or SID number. For ICE, use either A-number with country of birth or biographical data.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| No official Castro County roster fields located | Not available | Not applicable | The county sheriff page does not publish a roster search form. |
| VINELink Texas | Web portal | Varies | Use for custody status and notifications, not full booking-sheet fields. |
| Sheriff phone inquiry | Phone | Identifying facts | Provide full name, DOB if known, arresting agency, and approximate booking date. |
Castro County Inmate Profile Fields
A Castro County public inmate profile was not available for sample inspection because no official roster profile was located. A typical county booking record may contain a booking number, booking date, charge, bond, release status, arresting agency, and photo, but those fields were not visible on the official Castro County website. The table below should be read as public-access status, not as a promise that each field is posted online.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Custody status | Use sheriff phone inquiry and VINELink; no county roster profile was found. |
| Name | Must be provided to the jail or searched through a custody-status channel. |
| Booking number | Not visible on the county website in the reviewed sources. |
| Booking date/time | Not visible on a county roster or booking report. |
| Charges | Booking charges are not posted on a county roster; formal charges should be checked with the clerk. |
| Bond | Call the jail or court because no online bond field was located. |
| Housing unit | Not visible on the county website. |
| Mugshot | No official Castro County booking-photo gallery was located. |
Castro County Custody Systems
Many inmate-record mistakes come from searching the right name in the wrong system. Castro County Jail covers local jail custody before trial, short local sentences, some transfer holds, parole or blue-warrant holds, and limited in-state contract custody when reported. TDCJ covers sentenced state prisoners after transfer. BOP covers federal custody after federal designation. ICE ODLS covers immigration detainees who meet its search rules.
| Custody | Where to Look | What It Means |
|---|---|---|
| Local pretrial or short sentence | Castro County Sheriff/Jail and VINELink | The person may be held at Castro County Jail. |
| Sentenced state prisoner | TDCJ Inmate Information Search | The person is in a state-prison system, not county jail custody. |
| Federal prisoner | BOP inmate locator | The person is in federal custody after BOP intake or designation. |
| Immigration detainee | ICE Online Detainee Locator System | Search by A-number and country of birth or biographical fields. |
Castro County Jail Facility
The local detention facility is Castro County Jail, operated by the Castro County Sheriff's Office. TCJS reports a 67-bed rated capacity. The research found no official city jail, county annex, work-release center, state prison unit, BOP institution, or ICE detention facility physically in Castro County.
Castro County Jail
900 E. Bedford Street
Dimmitt, TX 79027
806-647-3311
Call for custody, visit, mail, money, bond, and records instructions.
Castro County Booking Process
A Castro County arrest may begin with the sheriff's office, Dimmitt Police, or another law-enforcement agency. Dimmitt Police reports 24-hour on-duty police coverage, and the County Attorney page routes non-emergency reports to the sheriff or Dimmitt Police. After arrest, a person is transported to jail or another lawful holding point and processed for identity, property, charges, fingerprints, medical screening, and classification.
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.17 governs the early magistrate-warning step after arrest. The public sources reviewed do not publish a Castro County booking timeline or state how fast a new booking appears in VINELink. Allow time for transport and intake before calling. Ask whether the person is in active booking, in a housing unit, released, transferred, or held for another agency.
Castro County Bond and Holds
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 17 governs bail, including cash bonds, surety bonds, and personal bonds. Castro County's sheriff page does not publish a bond schedule, online payment portal, cashier hours, or accepted payment methods. Call the jail before arriving to post bond, and ask whether another hold prevents release.
- Cash bond
- Money posted directly under jail or court instructions.
- Surety bond
- A licensed bail bond company posts as surety.
- Personal bond
- Release based on a written promise and court conditions.
- Detainer
- A hold requested by another agency, court, or custody system.
A person can have bond on one charge and still remain in custody because of a warrant, parole or blue warrant, federal hold, immigration detainer, TDCJ transfer status, or another court order.
Castro County Visitation Records
No Castro County Jail visitation schedule, mail policy, video vendor, phone vendor, commissary vendor, or money-deposit vendor was located on the sheriff page. The safe records instruction is to call the jail before visiting, mailing anything, or sending money. TDCJ visitation rules apply to state-prison custody after transfer, not to county jail detainees.
| Topic | Official Local Detail Located | Action |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visitation | Not located | Call 806-647-3311 before travel. |
| Video visitation | Not located | Ask whether video visits exist and which vendor is used. |
| Visitor ID | Not located | Bring government-issued photo ID unless told otherwise. |
| Mailing format | Not published | Ask for exact format before sending mail. |
| Money deposit | Not located | Do not use a vendor unless confirmed by the jail. |
Request Castro County Booking Records
No sheriff-specific public-information webform or PDF was located. A written Texas Public Information Act request can still be sent to the governmental body that holds the record. For jail booking records, booking photos, or arrest reports, the likely custodian is the Castro County Sheriff's Office at 900 E. Bedford Street, Dimmitt, TX 79027. For filed court charges, contact the County Clerk or District Clerk at 100 E. Bedford Street, Room 101, Dimmitt, TX 79027.
The County Clerk also links an official public-records portal, but the research confirms it is a real-property records portal, not a criminal case-search portal. The Castro County Clerk public records portal offers real-property index and image access and lists print or download fees for land records. It should not be used as proof that a criminal charge has or has not been filed.
The official clerk screenshot is useful because it shows the local contact route for records work. The Castro County Clerk page gives the Room 101 address, phone, fax, and hours for clerk contact.
That contact path matters when a jail booking turns into a filed case, because court records and jail records are maintained through separate offices.
Note: Confirm custody with the jail before sending money, scheduling a visit, or relying on any non-county search result.