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 October 1, 2026.
Angelina County, Texas, has about 88,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Angelina County is held at the county jail, run by the Angelina 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: Angelina County public records, Angelina County arrest records, Angelina County warrants, Angelina County criminal records, Angelina County court records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Angelina County
The county jail, run by the Angelina County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Angelina County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Angelina County Sheriff's Office at angelinacounty.net/injail (page title: Jail Roster | Angelina County), 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 Angelina County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 350 people on an average day, up from about 200 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 506 beds, and it is running at 69 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Angelina County has about 88,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 40 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Angelina County Jail
The Angelina County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Lufkin, Diboll, Huntington and Zavalla make the arrests that end in a booking in Angelina County.
The FBI's agency list also places one campus police department and six other agencies in Angelina County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Lufkin's 1,424 for 2025, the Angelina County Sheriff's Office's 422 for 2025 and Diboll's 66 for 2025.
Together, the five agencies in Angelina County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,932 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 Angelina County 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 Angelina 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 Angelina County?
Look on the custody page of the Angelina County Sheriff's Office at angelinacounty.net/injail. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Angelina County jail?
About 350 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 506 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Angelina 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 Angelina County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.