Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Kilgore, Texas, in Gregg County, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Kilgore is held at the county jail, run by the Gregg County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Kilgore
The county jail, run by the Gregg County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Kilgore, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Gregg County Sheriff's Office at greggcountytxsheriff.org/divisions/jail-division (page title: Jail Division | Gregg County Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Gregg County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 620 people on an average day, down from about 770 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 916 beds, and it is running at 68 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Gregg County has about 127,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 49 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Gregg County Jail
The Gregg County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Kilgore (filed by the FBI as Kilgore Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Kilgore.
The FBI's agency list also places four other agencies and one campus police department in Gregg County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Longview's 2,657 for 2025, Kilgore's 612 for 2025 and the Gregg County Sheriff's Office's 241 for 2025.
Together, the six agencies in Gregg County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,762 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Kilgore arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Gregg County serves the sentence in a facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, whose inmate locator is at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Kilgore?
Ask the Gregg County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at greggcountytxsheriff.org.
How many people are in the Gregg County jail?
About 620 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 916 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Gregg County go?
To a facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; its inmate locator is at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
Is this the official Kilgore website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.