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.
Mesquite, Texas, in Dallas County, has about 150,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Mesquite is held at the county jail, run by the Dallas 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 Mesquite
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Mesquite is held at the county jail, run by the Dallas County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Dallas County Sheriff's Office at dallascounty.org/departments/sheriff/inmate-information (page title: Inmate Information | Sheriff Department), phone (214) 749-8641, 133 N. Riverfront Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75207, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Dallas County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 7,110 people on an average day, up from about 5,240 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 7,364 beds, and it is running at 97 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Dallas County has about 2.7 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 27 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Dallas County Jail
The Dallas County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Mesquite (filed by the FBI as Mesquite Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Mesquite.
The FBI's agency list also places seven campus police departments and 13 other agencies in Dallas County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The Ovilla Police Department, the Ferris Police Department, the Lewisville Police Department and two more are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Dallas County, so their arrests are not broken out for Dallas County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Dallas's 22,576 for 2025, Garland's 7,648 for 2025 and Mesquite's 5,843 for 2025.
Together, the 24 agencies in Dallas County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 56,729 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 Mesquite 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 Dallas 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 Mesquite?
Look on the custody page of the Dallas County Sheriff's Office at dallascounty.org, or call (214) 749-8641. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Dallas County jail?
About 7,110 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 7,364 beds.
What is the phone number for the Dallas County jail?
(214) 749-8641, the number on the page of the Dallas County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Dallas 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 Mesquite 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.