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.
Delta County, Texas, has about 5,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Delta County is held at the county jail, run by the Delta 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: Delta County public records, Delta County arrest records, Delta County warrants, Delta County criminal records, Delta County court records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Delta County
The county jail, run by the Delta County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Delta County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Delta County Sheriff's Office at deltacountytx.com/sheriffs-office/page/jail (page title: Jail | Delta County, TX), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Delta County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 15 people, down from about 16 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 20 beds, and it ran at 74 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Delta County has about 5,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 26 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Delta County Jail
The Delta County Sheriff's Office makes the arrests that end in a booking in Delta County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Delta County: the Delta County Constable's Precinct 5, the Delta County Fire Marshal's Office and the Cooper Independent School District (other agency).
The Delta County Sheriff's Office reported 96 arrests to the FBI for 2025. 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 Delta 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 Delta 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 Delta County?
Ask the Delta County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at deltacountytx.com/sheriffs-office/page/jail.
How many people are in the Delta County jail?
About 15 on an average day in 2025, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 20 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Delta 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 Delta 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.