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 September 30, 2026.
Morris County, Texas, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Morris County is held at the county jail, run by the Morris 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: Morris County public records, Morris County arrest records, Morris County warrants, Morris County criminal records, Morris County court records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Morris County
The county jail, run by the Morris County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Morris County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Morris County Sheriff's Office at co.morris.tx.us/page/morris.Sheriff (page title: Morris County, Texas), phone 903-645-2232, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 903-645-2232.
The Morris County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 32 people on an average day, up from about 26 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 48 beds, and it is running at 67 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Morris County has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 26 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Morris County Jail
The Morris County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Daingerfield, Naples, Lone Star and Omaha make the arrests that end in a booking in Morris County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Morris County: the Daingerfield-Lone Star Independent School District and the Pewitt Consolidated Independent School District (other agency).
The Hughes Springs Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Morris County, so its arrests are not broken out for Morris County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Daingerfield's 101 for 2025, the Morris County Sheriff's Office's 79 for 2025 and Naples's 60 for 2025.
Together, the five agencies in Morris County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 270 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 Morris 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 Morris 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 Morris County?
Ask the Morris County Sheriff's Office at 903-645-2232; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.morris.tx.us/page/morris.Sheriff.
How many people are in the Morris County jail?
About 32 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 48 beds.
What is the phone number for the Morris County jail?
903-645-2232, the number on the page of the Morris County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Morris 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 Morris 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.