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 30, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Bowie County, Texas, has about 92,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Bowie County is held at the county jail, run by the Bowie 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: Bowie County public records, Bowie County arrest records, Bowie County warrants, Bowie County criminal records, Bowie County court records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Bowie County
The county jail, run by the Bowie County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Bowie County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Bowie County Sheriff's Office at co.bowie.tx.us/page/bowie.Sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Bowie County, Texas), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 429), so open it in a browser.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Bowie County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 520 people on an average day, down from about 1,600 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 921 beds, and it is running at 56 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Bowie County has about 92,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 56 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Bowie County Jail
The Bowie County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Texarkana, Wake Village, New Boston, Nash, Hooks and De Kalb make the arrests that end in a booking in Bowie County.
The FBI's agency list also places 14 other agencies and two campus police departments in Bowie County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Texarkana's 2,016 for 2025, the Bowie County Sheriff's Office's 287 for 2025 and New Boston's 247 for 2025.
Together, the seven agencies in Bowie County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,796 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 Bowie 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 Bowie 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 Bowie County?
Ask the Bowie County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.bowie.tx.us/page/bowie.Sheriff.
How many people are in the Bowie County jail?
About 520 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 921 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Bowie 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 Bowie 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.