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 26, 2026.
La Joya, Texas, in Hidalgo County, has about 5,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in La Joya is held at the county jail, run by the Hidalgo 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 La Joya
A person kept in custody after an arrest in La Joya is held at the county jail, run by the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office at hidalgocounty.us/3007/Detention (page title: Detention | Hidalgo County, TX), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Hidalgo County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 1,150 people on an average day, up from about 1,060 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 1,432 beds, and it is running at 80 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Hidalgo County has about 915,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 13 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Hidalgo County Jail
The Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for La Joya (filed by the FBI as La Joya Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around La Joya.
The FBI's agency list also places eight other agencies and two campus police departments in Hidalgo County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office's 7,026 for 2023, McAllen's 5,027 for 2025 and Edinburg's 2,851 for 2025.
Together, the 18 agencies in Hidalgo County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 15,072 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 La Joya 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 Hidalgo 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 La Joya?
Ask the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at hidalgocounty.us/3007/Detention.
How many people are in the Hidalgo County jail?
About 1,150 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 1,432 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Hidalgo 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 La Joya 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.