Reviewed and updated October 11, 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 October 11, 2026.
The Colony, Texas, in Denton County, has about 46,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in The Colony is held at the county jail, run by the Denton 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.
Related guides: The Colony public records, Denton County inmate search, The Colony arrest records, The Colony warrants, The Colony criminal records, The Colony court records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in The Colony
A person kept in custody after an arrest in The Colony is held at the county jail, run by the Denton County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Denton County Sheriff's Office at dentoncounty.gov/1403/Detention-Bureau (page title: Detention Bureau | Denton County, TX), phone 940-349-1630, 127 N Woodrow Lane Denton TX 76205-6397, Thursday 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 11, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 940-349-1630.
The Denton County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 1,220 people on an average day, up from about 1,180 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 1,788 beds, and it is running at 68 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Denton County has about 1.0 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 12 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Denton County Jail
The Denton County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for The Colony (filed by the FBI as The Colony Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around The Colony.
The FBI's agency list also places 12 other agencies and two campus police departments in Denton County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The Celina Police Department, the Prosper Police Department, the Plano Police Department and five more are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Denton County, so their arrests are not broken out for Denton County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Denton's 3,554 for 2025, Carrollton's 2,418 for 2025 and Lewisville's 2,413 for 2025.
Together, the 25 agencies in Denton County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 12,466 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 The Colony 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 Denton 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 The Colony?
Ask the Denton County Sheriff's Office at 940-349-1630; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at dentoncounty.gov/1403/Detention-Bureau.
How many people are in the Denton County jail?
About 1,220 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 1,788 beds.
What is the phone number for the Denton County jail?
940-349-1630, the number on the page of the Denton County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Denton 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 The Colony 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.