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.
El Paso County, Texas, has about 876,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in El Paso County is held at the county jail, run by the El Paso 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: El Paso County public records, El Paso County arrest records, El Paso County warrants, El Paso County police reports, El Paso County property records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in El Paso County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in El Paso County is held at the county jail, run by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the El Paso County Sheriff's Office at apps.epcountytx.gov/odysseyCrsPublic/JailRecords (page title: Jail Search | Public Access), 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 El Paso County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 2,240 people on an average day, up from about 2,220 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 2,976 beds, and it is running at 75 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
El Paso County has about 876,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 26 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the El Paso County Jail
The El Paso County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for El Paso, Socorro, Horizon City, San Elizario, Anthony and Clint make the arrests that end in a booking in El Paso County.
The FBI's agency list also places two campus police departments and two other agencies in El Paso County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were El Paso's 11,789 for 2025, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office's 2,665 for 2025 and Socorro's 250 for 2025.
Together, the five agencies in El Paso County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 14,953 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 El Paso 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 El Paso 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 El Paso County?
Look on the custody page of the El Paso County Sheriff's Office at apps.epcountytx.gov. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the El Paso County jail?
About 2,240 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 2,976 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in El Paso 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 El Paso 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.