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.
Rusk County, Texas, has about 53,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Rusk County is held at the county jail, run by the Rusk 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: Rusk County public records, Rusk County arrest records, Rusk County warrants, Rusk County criminal records, Rusk County court records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Rusk County
The county jail, run by the Rusk County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Rusk County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Rusk County Sheriff's Office at cjtexas.org/CORRECTIONS/COUNTY/RUSK-COUNTY-CORRECTIONS (page title: Rusk County Corrections), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 1, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Rusk County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 120 people on an average day, up from about 110 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 292 beds, and it is running at 40 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Rusk County has about 53,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 22 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Rusk County Jail
The Rusk County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Henderson, Overton, Tatum, New London and Mount Enterprise make the arrests that end in a booking in Rusk County.
The FBI's agency list also places six other agencies in Rusk County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The Kilgore Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Rusk County, so its arrests are not broken out for Rusk County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Henderson's 412 for 2025, the Rusk County Sheriff's Office's 224 for 2025 and Overton's 58 for 2025.
Together, the six agencies in Rusk County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 710 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 Rusk County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice lists its inmates at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Rusk County?
Ask the Rusk County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at cjtexas.org.
How many people are in the Rusk County jail?
About 120 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 292 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Rusk 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 Rusk 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.