Castro County Jail Release Paths
A custody exit at Castro County Jail can lead to several places. A person may return to the community on a surety bond, personal bond, time served, dismissal, or completion of a county sentence. The criminal case may still continue after bond. A dismissal ends a charge but does not by itself erase the booking. Staff may instead transfer the person to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, another county, the U.S. Marshals Service, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or a treatment facility. In those cases, the Castro County booking ends while confinement may continue.
The key local record is the release or transfer entry. Ask for the date and time custody ended, the legal authority or release type, and the destination or receiving agency. Those fields prevent a transfer from being mistaken for freedom. The court docket adds context, such as a bond order, dismissal, judgment, sentence, or jail-time credit. It may not show the exact time the jail doors opened. A receiving agency record completes the chain when the sheriff reports a transfer.
| Exit entry | Meaning | Next check |
|---|---|---|
| Bond or personal bond | Out of jail while the case may remain open | Bond order and court docket |
| Time served or sentence complete | County confinement has been satisfied | Judgment, credits, and final release entry |
| TDCJ transfer | State custody begins after local custody | TDCJ offender search after intake |
| Other agency transfer | Another jail or federal authority takes custody | Named receiving agency |
Confirm Castro County Jail Release
Begin with the official Castro County Sheriff page and call the jail with the person's full name, date of birth when appropriate, and approximate custody dates. Ask two separate questions: whether the person remains in Castro County custody, and whether the exit was a release or transfer. A present-status answer alone may not give the date, authority, or destination needed for firm proof.
The Sheriff page still points to legacy VINELink. Texas replaced the statewide county VINE system with Texas IVSS-Counties on September 1, 2025. Search the current portal by name or a known DOC, SID, jail, or booking identifier. Castro participation must be checked live because not every county takes part. An IVSS event is a useful alert, not an archival release certificate.
- Match the person by name and unique identifiers, not appearance alone.
- Ask jail staff whether the custody exit was release, transfer, or another event.
- Record the event date, release authority, and named destination.
- Request the jail-register entry and release or transfer sheet for lasting proof.
- Compare the exit with the court file or receiving agency record.
Castro County Jail Records
Castro County posts no online jail roster, recent-release feed, records form, fee schedule, or records-unit hours. A written request under Texas Government Code chapter 552 is the durable route for an older event. Address it to the Castro County Sheriff's Office and ask for existing records rather than a custom explanation. Include the full name, aliases, date of birth if known, approximate booking and release dates, and booking number when available.
Request the jail-register line, booking sheet, release or transfer sheet, and release authorization. State the fields sought: booking and release times, release type, authority, destination, charges, bond, and photograph if maintained and public. Ask for electronic copies and an itemized estimate before costs exceed a chosen limit. The Public Information Act calls for prompt production, but it does not set one universal number of days for every request. Redactions and statutory exceptions may apply.
Texas State Library Schedule PS4200-06 describes the jail register as a summary record that includes a date of release or transfer. Record retention differs by series. Booking sheets, jail registers, population reports, logs, and photographs may have different retention periods. Ask for each named series and a date range instead of requesting an undefined “old roster.”
Castro County Sheriff's Office900 E. Bedford Street
Dimmitt, TX 79027
806-647-3311
Records hours and fees are not posted; call for the current submission method.
Castro Jail Record Fields
A complete record connects identity, entry, case, and exit. Identity fields can include legal name, aliases, age or date of birth, sex, booking photograph, and an intake number. The custody block may show the arresting agency, booking date and time, charges or warrants, bond, case number, and facility. The exit block is most important for a released person because it can show the release date and time, authority or type, and receiving agency.
- Release authority
- The order, bond, sentence event, or other legal basis that permits custody to end.
- Transfer
- A move to another agency or facility. It is not a community release.
- Discharge
- Completion of a sentence or supervision term in the system that issued the discharge.
- Time served
- Credit that satisfies the confinement ordered in a judgment.
Property or money acknowledgments may also appear. Availability depends on what Castro County maintains and what law permits it to release. For a bonded person, compare the record with the bond order. For time served, compare the judgment and jail credit. If another agency took custody, use that agency's locator or records process rather than assuming the county exit ended all confinement.
Castro Jail Sheriff Profile
The Castro County Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff Salvador Rivera, operates the county jail. The official address is 900 E. Bedford Street in Dimmitt. Research found a 67-bed rated capacity in Texas Commission on Jail Standards material and a 19-person average daily population for the period covered by a separate incarceration report. Those are capacity and population figures, not annual release counts.
No official source located during research states release-processing hours, a waiting location, property pickup procedure, weekend rules, public release-desk hours, roster retention, or a photo policy. Families should ask the jail directly before arranging pickup. Generic jail directories are not a sound source for these details, and the current official Sheriff's address should control over conflicting third-party listings.
The official Sheriff and jail contact page shows why the local path starts with direct contact rather than a web roster.
The captured county page documents the official contact and legacy notification referral, while its lack of roster and release-feed controls supports the written-record fallback.
Castro Jail Court Follow-Up
The jail record proves the custody exit. The criminal case explains what happened to the charge. Castro County misdemeanor records generally route through the County Clerk, while felony records route through the District Clerk. Both official pages list Amanda Fisher at 100 E. Bedford Street, Room 101, with the same telephone number. The shared counter is convenient, but the two courts remain distinct record custodians.
Ask for the docket sheet, charging instrument, bond and release orders, plea papers, judgment, sentence, jail-time-credit findings, community-supervision orders, revocation or modification orders, dismissal, and discharge. The 64th District Court calendar covers settings in a regional court serving Castro, Hale, and Swisher Counties. A setting is not proof of a physical jail release. Signed orders and the jail entry carry different facts and should be read together.
The broader Castro County released inmate search and records path explains how local court records, TDCJ, federal systems, and notification data fit around the jail record. Use it when the receiving authority is unclear. Note: The clerk posts shorter Friday hours and remains open through lunch, but current hours should be confirmed before travel.
Transfers From Castro County Jail
A TDCJ transfer is common after a state sentence. Search the statewide TDCJ system after intake using a TDCJ or SID number when possible. A projected release date there applies to state custody, not the prior Castro County jail calculation. For another-county transfer, contact the named sheriff. Federal pretrial custody may fall under the U.S. Marshals Service and a contract facility, while a sentenced federal prisoner may appear in the BOP locator.
An immigration detainer is a request or notice tied to possible federal civil immigration custody. It does not by itself prove ICE accepted the person. If jail staff confirms an ICE transfer, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator and the relevant Enforcement and Removal Operations office. No ICE facility or detention contract was identified in Castro County. The county jail should not be described as an ICE detention center.
Ask the sheriff for transfer documentation when the next system has no result. Intake delays, name differences, and agency scope can create a gap. The sound chain is Castro County release or transfer entry, named receiving authority, receiving-system status, then a later discharge record if that authority also releases the person.