This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule a visit, or pull an official booking record. For those actions, use the government office or locator that holds the record.
Official Jail Contacts
For current Jim Wells County jail custody, start with the Jim Wells County Sheriff's Department and the jail roster resources it publishes. The county page names Sheriff Joseph Guy Baker and lists the sheriff's department contact information below. The public office hours are weekday business hours, while arrests and custody decisions may occur outside the public counter schedule.
Jim Wells County Sheriff's Department
300 N. Cameron Street
Alice, TX 78332
Mailing: P.O. Box 1286, Alice, TX 78333
Phone: 361-668-0341
Fax: 361-668-0569
Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Public information requests for county records use a separate county records address. For booking records, jail records, arrest reports, or mugshots that are not visible through the current roster, the county directs requesters to the Record Request Department.
County of Jim Wells Record Request Department
200 N. Almond Street
Alice, TX 78332
Fax: 361-661-1372
Use the record type and custody status to decide where to look next.
- For someone held in the local jail, use jail inmate records and then call the sheriff or jail number if the roster does not answer the question.
- For booking photos, check jail roster mugshots and use a public information request when the photo is not posted.
- For charges filed after booking, use court records after a jail arrest and the Jim Wells County court portal.
- For local facility information, use the Jim Wells County Jail page.
- For a sentenced Texas prisoner, use the Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate search rather than the county jail roster.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.