The Morris County Inmate Population
The local Morris County inmate population is held through Morris County Jail, the sheriff-run county facility in Daingerfield. The jail is the custody point for people arrested by the sheriff's office, city police in communities such as Daingerfield, Naples, Omaha, and Lone Star, constables, state officers, and other agencies that book people into county custody. The count includes local pretrial defendants, local sentenced misdemeanants, bench-warrant or parole holds, and people waiting on state transfer when the Texas jail reports classify them that way.
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards, or TCJS, is the source for official current jail population spreadsheets. TCJS data gives the Morris County inmate population a public, countable frame, but it does not replace a custody confirmation from the jail. A small jail can move from one capacity level to another quickly when a few people are booked, released on bond, moved to court, transferred to TDCJ, or held for another agency.
Morris County Inmate Population Statistics
The latest inspected TCJS population reports listed Morris County Jail with a rated capacity of 48 beds. The June 2026 current population spreadsheet row inspected during research showed 32 people in custody, equal to 66.67 percent of capacity. The matching TCJS incarceration-rate spreadsheet showed a latest inspected average daily population, or ADP, of 32 and a TCJS-published rate of 2.63 using a countywide population figure of 12,184.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Date |
|---|---|---|
| Morris County Jail capacity | 48 beds | TCJS PopRptCurrent.xlsx, downloaded June 30, 2026 |
| Latest total jail population inspected | 32 | TCJS current population row inspected in June 2026 file |
| Percent of capacity | 66.67% | TCJS current population row, 32 of 48 beds |
| Latest ADP inspected | 32 | TCJS IncarcerationRateCurrent.xlsx, June 2026 rows |
| Annual bookings | Not published | Official county and sheriff pages did not publish annual bookings |
Morris County Inmate Population Trends
TCJS trend rows show a small but clear rise in the Morris County inmate population from early 2024 into 2026. The research did not locate an official explanation for the increase, so the change should not be tied to bond policy, enforcement patterns, jail operations, or court scheduling without a source. The safe reading is narrower: the Morris County Jail count moved from the low 20s in much of 2024 to the low 30s in the latest rows inspected.
| Period | ADP | Incarceration Rate | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 row | 23 | 1.91 | Countywide population 12,066 |
| Mid-2024 rows | 22-23 | 1.82-1.91 | Slightly below early 2024 |
| Late 2024 rows | 25-27 | 2.07-2.24 | Rising trend |
| Early 2025 rows | 28-30 | 2.32-2.49 | Moving toward 30 ADP |
| 2026 latest rows inspected | 31-32 | 2.54-2.63 | Low 30s in latest data |
Who Is in the Morris County Inmate Population
The TCJS category columns give more useful local detail than a broad demographic summary. The latest row inspected included local Class A/B misdemeanor pretrial inmates, local pretrial felons, contract pretrial felons, a parole violator with a new charge, convicted felons or parole violators sentenced to TDCJ divisions, contract inmates, and housed-elsewhere inmates. The research did not find public Morris County jail age-band or race tables, so those categories should not be inferred.
- Pretrial custody includes people booked before final case disposition.
- Sentenced local custody can include short county sentences or people awaiting transfer.
- Holds and warrants can keep a person in jail even when a new bond is not the only issue.
- State-transfer categories appear when a person is tied to TDCJ custody after sentencing.
Morris County Jail Capacity
The Morris County inmate population was not over the jail's rated capacity in the latest TCJS rows inspected. Recent rows reached as high as 36 people, or 75 percent of the 48-bed capacity, but the latest inspected row showed 32. That matters because Morris County is not a large multi-annex jail system. A transfer week, a few bond releases, or a short cluster of bookings can change the capacity percentage in a visible way.
A separate TCJS item is the Notice of Non-Compliance dated December 8, 2025. The notice cited minimum standard 275.1 after a custodial death video review and stated that required face-to-face observations were not conducted as mandated. That notice is a conditions and standards issue, not a finding that the jail was over capacity.
Laws for Morris County Jail Data
Several Texas laws explain why jail, court, and state-custody records have different access rules. The Texas Public Information Act gives the public a way to request public information held by government bodies, subject to exceptions. Government Code Chapter 511 creates the TCJS system that oversees county jail standards and public population reporting. Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 17 governs bail and release conditions that affect who remains in the Morris County inmate population.
Key statutes:
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 15 covers arrest warrants and capias procedure.
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 55 covers expunction for eligible arrest records.
Texas Government Code Chapter 411 governs DPS criminal-history record information.
Morris County and TDCJ Custody
No TDCJ prison or state jail was identified inside Morris County through the TDCJ unit directory. That does not mean Morris County cases never enter the state system. After conviction and sentencing, a person may be held locally while paperwork is processed, then transferred into the TDCJ inmate search system. TDCJ says its locator covers inmates currently incarcerated in a TDCJ facility, is updated on working days, and contains information that is at least 24 hours old.
How to Search Morris County Inmates
No official public Morris County online jail roster, recent-bookings page, or mugshot gallery was located on the county or sheriff website during the research pass. That makes the lookup path different from counties with a vendor roster. The Morris County inmate population should be checked first through the jail or sheriff contact lines, then through court, state, federal, and notification tools based on the person's status.
- Call Morris County Jail at 903-645-2232 or the sheriff contact-list number at 903-645-2322 with the person's full name and date of birth if known.
- Ask whether booking is complete, whether the person is still in county custody, and whether any hold prevents release.
- For filed charges, use the Morris County Court Records Inquiry, which displays Public/Public login credentials.
- For notification, use Texas VINELink, linked from the sheriff page.
- For state prison, federal, or immigration custody, search TDCJ, the BOP inmate locator, or ICE ODLS.
Current Morris County Inmate Lookup
The county roster search-field table is intentionally short because no official Morris County jail roster interface was found. A phone call or records request should be treated as the current-custody route. The caller should ask for booking date, arresting agency, charge text, bond amount or type if set, release or transfer status, and whether the record is releasable under Texas law.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not available | n/a | n/a | No official Morris County public jail roster search interface was located. |
The official sheriff page is still useful because it gives the jail contact, jail rules, inmate mail material, and a VINELink button. It does not publish the custody database readers often expect from a larger county jail site.
What Morris County Inmate Records Show
Because no public online Morris County profile was found, the record fields below are the specific items to request or confirm through the jail, court, or state locator. Medical requests, grievances, commissary records, and disciplinary records may exist in an inmate file, but release can be limited by privacy, law-enforcement, medical, or active-case rules.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Booking date and time | When jail intake began after arrest. |
| Arresting agency | The agency that made or delivered the arrest. |
| Charge text | Initial booking charge or later filed charge, depending on source. |
| Bond or hold status | Whether release is available or blocked by a court or agency hold. |
| Release or transfer status | Whether the person remains in county jail, was released, or moved to another system. |
Morris County Jail vs State Prison
The county jail and the state prison locator cover different slices of custody. Morris County Jail handles the local inmate population before trial, during short local sentences, and while some holds or transfers are pending. TDCJ is the statewide system for people currently incarcerated in a TDCJ facility after state sentencing or transfer.
| County Jail | State Prison | |
|---|---|---|
| Run by | Morris County Sheriff's Office | Texas Department of Criminal Justice |
| Who is held | Pretrial defendants, local sentenced inmates, holds | People in current TDCJ custody |
| Lookup route | Jail phone, in person, PIA request, court records after filing | TDCJ inmate search by name, TDCJ number, or SID number |
| Update issue | No official online roster found | Updated on working days and at least 24 hours old |
State and Federal Inmate Search
Federal and immigration searches should not be mixed with the Morris County inmate population count. The BOP locator searches federal sentenced or prior federal custody by number or name. ICE ODLS searches immigration detention by A-number and country of birth or by biographical data. The U.S. Marshals Service Eastern District of Texas is the federal pretrial routing channel for the district that includes Morris County, but it does not operate a public county-style jail roster.
The Texas DPS Crime Records Service and the DPS Conviction Name Search are separate from jail custody. They deal with statewide criminal-history information, not whether a person is currently in the Morris County Jail.
Morris County Detention Facilities
Morris County's facility map has one county detention facility. No separate state prison, BOP prison, ICE detention center, regional jail, or sheriff work-release annex was identified inside the county. City agencies may arrest people, but the official county custody point named in the research is Morris County Jail.
- Morris County Jail - county jail for local pretrial defendants, local sentenced inmates, warrant and parole holds, and transfer-related custody categories.
Morris County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Morris County inmate population?
The latest TCJS row inspected during research showed 32 people in Morris County Jail against a rated capacity of 48 beds. TCJS trend rows showed the average daily population rising from the low 20s in much of 2024 to the low 30s by 2026.
Is there an online Morris County jail roster?
No official public Morris County online jail roster was located on the county or sheriff website during the research pass. Current custody should be confirmed through the jail phone line, in-person sheriff contact, court records after charges are filed, VINELink notification, or a public-information request.
Where are sentenced Morris County inmates searched?
Once a person has moved from local jail custody to state prison or state jail custody, use TDCJ rather than the county jail. Federal and immigration custody require BOP, USMS, or ICE channels.