Wilson County Inmate Population Snapshot
The Wilson County inmate population is reported through the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, the state agency that regulates Texas county jails and publishes current population workbooks. Wilson County has one local detention facility in the research map: Wilson County Jail, operated by the Wilson County Sheriff's Office. It is the local jail for people arrested by county deputies, Floresville police, La Vernia police, Poth police, Stockdale police, state officers, and other agencies making arrests in Wilson County.
TCJS data gives Wilson County Jail a rated capacity of 160 beds. The current inmate population workbook row dated June 1, 2026 listed 116 total inmates, which put the jail at 72.5 percent of rated capacity. The separate TCJS incarceration-rate workbook used a countywide population figure of 55,415, an average daily population of 117, and an incarceration rate of 2.11 for the same June 1, 2026 reporting date. These figures describe jail population and custody reporting. They are not a person-by-person jail roster.
The TCJS population reports page is the source for the county jail statistics used here. Its data is submitted by counties and facilities, so the number should be read as an official reporting snapshot rather than a live booking screen.
The TCJS population reports page is shown below because it is the state source for the Wilson County inmate population figures, capacity count, and monthly jail reporting workbooks.
Use those reports for counts and trends. Use the Wilson County Sheriff's Office, Texas VINE, TDCJ, BOP, or ICE when the task is finding a specific person.
Wilson County Inmate Population Statistics
The strongest published numbers for the Wilson County inmate population come from the TCJS June 1, 2026 current workbooks. The county sheriff page did not publish annual bookings, average length of stay, racial or age-band jail demographics, or a separate public dashboard. Because those items were not located in official sources, they are not treated as known local facts.
| Measure | Figure | Source and Date |
|---|---|---|
| Rated jail capacity | 160 beds | TCJS Inmate Population Report, Wilson row, June 1, 2026 |
| Total jail population | 116 | TCJS Inmate Population Report, Wilson row, June 1, 2026 |
| Percent of capacity | 72.5% | TCJS Inmate Population Report, Wilson row, June 1, 2026 |
| Countywide population for rate workbook | 55,415 | TCJS Incarceration Rate Report, Wilson row, June 1, 2026 |
| Average daily population | 117 | TCJS Incarceration Rate Report, Wilson row, June 1, 2026 |
| Incarceration rate | 2.11 | TCJS Incarceration Rate Report, Wilson row, June 1, 2026 |
Wilson County was below rated capacity on the June 2026 snapshot. That does not mean every housing unit, classification group, medical cell, or separation area had open space. Jail capacity is a whole-facility rating, while daily operations still depend on sex, charge level, medical needs, disciplinary status, and safety classification.
Wilson County Inmate Population Trends
The TCJS incarceration-rate workbook gives a short monthly trend for Wilson County. The average daily population rose from 108 in September 2025 to 119 in March and April 2026, then eased to 117 in May and June 2026. That pattern shows a modest rise over the period, not an overcrowding spike above the rated 160-bed capacity.
| Report Date | Countywide Population | ADP | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-01 | 55,415 | 108 | 1.95 |
| 2025-10-01 | 55,415 | 109 | 1.97 |
| 2025-11-01 | 55,415 | 110 | 1.99 |
| 2025-12-01 | 55,415 | 112 | 2.02 |
| 2026-01-01 | 55,415 | 113 | 2.04 |
| 2026-02-01 | 55,415 | 118 | 2.13 |
| 2026-03-01 | 55,415 | 119 | 2.15 |
| 2026-04-01 | 55,415 | 119 | 2.15 |
| 2026-05-01 | 55,415 | 117 | 2.11 |
| 2026-06-01 | 55,415 | 117 | 2.11 |
Population can change when arrests increase, bond decisions keep more people in custody, court dates are delayed, sentenced inmates await TDCJ transfer, or people are held for another agency. Wilson County official pages did not announce a new jail construction project, closure, replacement facility, federal consent decree, or active federal jail investigation in the research reviewed.
Wilson County Jail Population Makeup
The June 1, 2026 TCJS detailed row shows that the Wilson County inmate population was dominated by pretrial felony categories. The largest single count was local male pretrial felons at 50, followed by local female pretrial felons at 12. The same row also showed misdemeanor pretrial groups, parole or blue-warrant categories, inmates sentenced to TDCJ divisions, state-jail felony pretrial detainees, federal inmates, and contract inmates.
- Pretrial felony custody: Local male and female pretrial felony categories made up the largest part of the reported row.
- Misdemeanor custody: Class C and Class A/B misdemeanor pretrial categories were present for both male and female inmates.
- TDCJ transfer categories: TCJS listed people sentenced to TDCJ divisions but still held in the county jail.
- Federal and contract categories: The row included five federal inmates and three in-state contract inmates, even though no BOP prison is in Wilson County.
That federal count is easy to misread. A federal inmate in a county jail population report may be a person held locally under federal authority or contract. It does not mean Wilson County has a federal prison. The BOP facility directory did not identify a federal prison in Wilson County, and the ICE detention directory did not identify an ICE detention facility in the county.
Wilson County Jail Records Laws
Texas law shapes how Wilson County jail population numbers, custody records, arrest records, and court records are requested. The Texas Public Information Act gives the public a records-request path, but it does not require Wilson County to post every booking record, jail roster, or mugshot online. Law-enforcement exceptions, juvenile confidentiality, expunction, active investigations, and criminal-history limits can affect release.
Key Statutes:
Texas Government Code Chapter 552 gives the public a way to request government records unless an exception applies.
Texas Government Code Chapter 511 creates the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, the agency tied to county jail oversight and population reporting.
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 2 includes law-enforcement duties and death-in-custody reporting provisions relevant to jail transparency.
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 17 governs bail, bond, personal bond, and release conditions after arrest.
For a past booking record or jail incident record, a written request to the Wilson County Sheriff's Office is more useful than a phone call alone. The official sheriff page lists sheriff@wilsoncountytx.gov and the Floresville mailing address, but no dedicated sheriff records portal or local fee schedule was found.
Search Wilson County Inmate Custody
No official Wilson County online jail roster was located on the county sheriff or county site during the research. That is the central search fact for Wilson County. A custody check should begin with the Wilson County Sheriff's Office and then move through the documented fallback channels if staff cannot confirm the person or if the person has moved to a different system.
- Call Wilson County Jail through the sheriff's main number, 830-393-2535, and ask for current custody or booking routing.
- Have the person's full legal name, date of birth or approximate age, arrest date, arresting agency, and any case or warrant number ready.
- Ask whether the person is in Wilson County Jail, has bond set, was released, was transferred, or is held for another agency.
- Use Texas VINELink for custody notification if agency data is available.
- Search TDCJ Inmate Information Search if the person was sentenced to state custody.
- Use the BOP Inmate Locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System for federal or immigration custody.
Do not treat absence from an online page as proof that the person is free. Wilson County did not have a confirmed official public roster in the research, so direct contact and written records channels carry more weight than a web search result.
Wilson County Roster Search Fields
Because no official Wilson County roster form was located, there were no county fields to test for last name, first name, booking number, booking date, date of birth, release status, or facility filters. The practical search field set is the information a caller or written requester should provide to the jail, plus the fields used by the state and federal locators when county custody is no longer the right system.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson County jail roster search | n/a | n/a | No official county jail roster search form was located on the Wilson County sheriff page. |
| Last Name | n/a | n/a | No local roster field observed. Use full name when calling or writing. |
| First Name | n/a | n/a | No local roster field observed. A first name helps staff distinguish similar last names. |
| Booking Number | n/a | n/a | No public booking-number field observed for Wilson County. |
| Status or Booking Date Filters | n/a | n/a | No public local filters were observed. |
The Wilson County sheriff page is the official local contact source for the jail address, phone, sheriff name, and department email.
The official Wilson County sheriff contact page screenshot below shows the local source used for jail routing and direct custody questions.
That sheriff page did not show a public inmate search link, booking report, recent arrest list, or mugshot gallery in the research reviewed.
Wilson County Inmate Record Fields
A public Wilson County sample inmate profile could not be inspected because no official online roster was found. Booking records may still exist inside the jail management system and may be releasable through the sheriff's office or a Texas Public Information Act request. The table below should be read as a request checklist, not as a promise that these fields appear online.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Full legal name used at booking. |
| Booking number | Internal booking identifier, if releasable. |
| Booking date and time | When jail intake was entered. |
| Arresting agency | The agency that brought the person to Wilson County Jail. |
| Charges | Arrest or booking allegations, which may change after prosecutor review. |
| Bond | Bond amount or type if set, including no-bond or hold-only status. |
| Release status | In custody, released, transferred, bonded, sent to TDCJ, or held for another agency. |
Wilson County Jail vs TDCJ
Wilson County Jail and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice answer different custody questions. The county jail is for local arrest, booking, pretrial detention, magistrate and bond status, short county sentences, and people waiting on transfer. TDCJ is the state prison agency for sentenced prisoners after state commitment. A person convicted in Wilson County may later appear in TDCJ records even if no TDCJ unit sits inside Wilson County.
| Custody System | Who It Covers | Where to Look |
|---|---|---|
| Wilson County Jail | Pretrial defendants, short local sentences, holds, and transfers awaiting movement | Wilson County Sheriff's Office phone, in-person, written PIA request, and Texas VINE when available |
| TDCJ | Sentenced state prisoners and parole-related state custody | TDCJ Inmate Information Search |
| BOP | Federal prisoners after commitment to BOP custody | BOP Inmate Locator |
| ICE | Immigration detainees in ICE custody | ICE ODLS |
No TDCJ prison unit, BOP facility, or ICE detention facility was located inside Wilson County through the official directories. That makes the Wilson County Jail the only local facility page in this build, while state and federal locators still matter after transfer.
Wilson County Booking and Bond
A Wilson County arrest usually leads to transport to the jail or a short-term law-enforcement holding area before jail intake. General Texas county-jail intake includes identity confirmation, warrant checks, property inventory, search, fingerprints, booking photo, medical or mental-health screening, charge entry, magistrate warnings, bond or hold entry, classification, and housing assignment. Wilson County did not publish a separate local intake timeline or roster refresh note.
Bond in Texas is governed mainly by Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 17. The Wilson County sheriff page did not publish a bond schedule or local payment method. Before paying a cash bond or using a surety bond company, confirm custody, bond amount, where payment is accepted, accepted forms of payment, and whether another hold blocks release. Release is not instant after bond is posted because the jail still checks paperwork, warrants, holds, and release conditions.
- Detainer
- A request or hold from another agency that may keep a person in jail.
- Blue warrant
- A Texas parole-violation warrant.
- PR bond
- A personal bond based on a promise to appear, sometimes with supervision.
- Classification
- The jail process that assigns custody level and housing.
Wilson County Charges and Photos
Jail booking charges are not always the same as court-filed charges. After arrest, the prosecutor reviews law-enforcement paperwork and decides whether to file, reject, amend, reduce, enhance, or present charges to a grand jury. Felony prosecution in Wilson County is handled through the 81st Judicial District Attorney, while county-level matters route through county court and local clerk offices. For the court side, use Wilson County court records after jail arrest.
No official Wilson County mugshot gallery, daily booking photo feed, or recent-bookings page was located. Booking photos may exist as part of jail booking records, but online publication was not confirmed. The factual route is to request the booking photograph from the sheriff's office and understand that active investigations, juvenile rules, confidentiality, expunction, and redaction may affect release. The separate Wilson County jail mugshots page covers that photo request path.
Wilson County Detention Facilities
The Wilson County facility map contains one local detention facility. Municipal police departments in the county may temporarily hold arrestees during booking and transport, but no official separate long-term city jail page was located for Floresville, La Vernia, Poth, Stockdale, or other Wilson County cities.
- Wilson County Jail - County jail operated by the Wilson County Sheriff's Office for local pretrial custody, short sentences, holds, TDCJ transfer waits, and reported contract or federal categories when present.
The jail sits in Floresville, the county seat, and is the local place to confirm current Wilson County custody. Once a person is sentenced to state prison, the search shifts from Wilson County Jail to TDCJ.
Wilson County Inmate Population FAQ
How large is the Wilson County inmate population?
TCJS listed 116 total inmates in Wilson County Jail on June 1, 2026. The same reporting set listed a 160-bed rated capacity and a 117 average daily population in the incarceration-rate workbook.
Is there a Wilson County online jail roster?
No official Wilson County online jail roster was located on the county sheriff or county site during this research. Start with the sheriff's office phone line, in-person or written request routes, and Texas VINE where available.
Where are sentenced state prisoners searched?
Sentenced Texas prisoners are searched through TDCJ, not the Wilson County jail. TDCJ records can show state identifiers, current facility or release status, offense, sentence, county of conviction, and release-related dates.
Does Wilson County have a state prison, federal prison, or ICE facility?
No state prison, BOP institution, or ICE detention facility was located inside Wilson County through the official directories reviewed. Federal or ICE custody can still affect a Wilson County arrest if another agency places a hold or moves the person.