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.
Henderson County, Texas, has about 87,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Henderson County is held at the county jail, run by the Henderson 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: Henderson County public records, Henderson County arrest records, Henderson County warrants, Henderson County criminal records, Henderson County court records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Henderson County
The county jail, run by the Henderson County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Henderson County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Henderson County Sheriff's Office at sheriffhendersoncounty.com/inmate-lookup (page title: Inmate Lookup | Henderson County Sheriff's Office), 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 Henderson County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 350 people on an average day, down from about 360 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 508 beds, and it is running at 69 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Henderson County has about 87,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 40 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Henderson County Jail
The Henderson County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Athens, Gun Barrel City, Chandler, Tool, Malakoff, Seven Points and seven more cities make the arrests that end in a booking in Henderson County.
The FBI's agency list also places six other agencies and one campus police department in Henderson County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The Frankston Police Department and the Mabank Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Henderson County, so their arrests are not broken out for Henderson County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Athens's 417 for 2025, the Henderson County Sheriff's Office's 410 for 2025 and Gun Barrel City's 308 for 2024.
Together, the 12 agencies in Henderson County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 882 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 Henderson 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 Henderson 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 Henderson County?
Look on the custody page of the Henderson County Sheriff's Office at sheriffhendersoncounty.com/inmate-lookup. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Henderson County jail?
About 350 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 508 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Henderson 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 Henderson 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.