Texas Inmate Search

Department Name: Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Location: P.O. Box 13084. Austin, Texas 78711
Phone Number Fax: (512) 475-3250

(512) 305-9398
Official Website: http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/
Currently Incarcerated Inmates: https://offender.tdcj.texas.gov/OffenderSearch/index.jsp
Visitor Application: https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/visitation/

Video Visitation: https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/offender_tele/index.html#svv
Send Money: https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/documents/bfd/Deposit_Options_Flyer.pdf
Phone Calls: https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/offender_tele/index.html#its

Texas Prison Population Over Time

Total Corrections Population (2019, except a is 2013 and b is 2020))
Total incarcerated	220,689
Prison population	154,479
Jail population	66,210^a
Prison incarceration rate (per 100,000)	529
Jail incarceration rate (per 100,000)	340^a
Probation population	367,753
Parole population	109,159
Life sentences	9,423
(% of prison population)	(6.1)^b
Life without parole	1,267
(% of prison population)	(0.8)^b
Juvenile life without parole	11^b
Private prison population	12,516
Imprisonment by Gender (2019)
Men in prison	141,830
Women in prison	12,649
Imprisonment by Race/Ethnicity (2019)
White imprisonment rate (per 100,000)	452
Black imprisonment rate (per 100,000)	1547
Hispanic imprisonment rate (per 100,000)	471
Racial/Ethnic Disparity in Imprisonment (2019)
Black : white ratio	3.4
Hispanic : white ratio	1.0
Juveniles in Custody (2015)
Total juveniles in custody	3,963
Committed	2,286
Detained	1,545
Diverted	30
Juvenile custody rate (per 100,000)	30
White custody rate (per 100,000)	82
Black custody rate (per 100,000)	412
Latino custody rate (per 100,000)	112
American Indian custody rate (per 100,000)	102
Asian custody rate	13
Felony Disenfranchisement (2020)
Disenfranchised population	500,474
(% Disenfranchised)	(2.80)
Disenfranchised African Americans	138,926
(% Disenfranchised)	(5.86)
Corrections Expenditures (2019)
Corrections expenditures (in millions)	3,651