The Hood County Inmate Population
The Hood County inmate population is centered at Hood County Jail in Granbury. Official county and state sources did not identify a separate county jail annex, work-release building, TDCJ prison, BOP prison, ICE detention center, or regional contract jail physically located in Hood County. That means the local jail count is the main day-to-day custody count for people arrested by the Hood County Sheriff's Office, Granbury Police Department, court agencies, and other local law-enforcement agencies.
The count changes for several reasons. New arrests enter the Hood County Jail after booking. A magistrate may set bond or leave a hold in place. Some people serve local misdemeanor sentences there. Others stay while felony cases move through court, while parole holds, bench warrants, or transfer status can keep a person in custody. Once a person is sentenced to state prison and moved into TDCJ custody, the local jail roster is no longer the right search tool.
Hood County Inmate Population Statistics
The strongest current source for Hood County jail population data is the Texas Commission on Jail Standards population report. The June 1, 2026 TCJS workbook reports Hood County Jail at 164 people, or 85.4 percent of its 192-bed rated capacity. The sheriff's jail overview also lists the same 192-bed capacity, which gives the bed count support from both the local jail page and the statewide jail standards system.
Some data points that many readers expect were not located in the official research set. No official annual booking total, average length of stay, age dashboard, or incarceration rate per 100,000 residents was found. The public roster shows race and sex for each current row, and the clicked profile may show ethnicity and physical descriptors, but aggregate race, age, and sex totals were not published in the county pages reviewed.
| Measure | Figure | Source and Date |
|---|---|---|
| Rated capacity | 192 beds | Hood County Sheriff's Office jail page; TCJS, June 1 2026 |
| Reported jail population | 164 | TCJS current population workbook, June 1 2026 |
| Percent of capacity | 85.4% | TCJS current population workbook, June 1 2026 |
| 12-month high in extracted rows | 184 | TCJS monthly snapshot, July 1 2025 |
| 12-month low in extracted rows | 162 | TCJS monthly snapshot, September 1 2025 |
Hood County Inmate Population Trends
Recent TCJS snapshots show the Hood County inmate population below rated capacity in each extracted monthly row from July 2025 through June 2026. The count still ran high enough to matter for families, attorneys, and jail operations, with use often in the mid-80s to mid-90s percent range. The July 2025 row was the highest extracted point at 184 people, while September 2025 was the lowest at 162.
The trend does not show a sourced overcrowding order, jail-construction bond, consent decree, or DOJ investigation in the official materials reviewed. It does show a jail that often operates close to full use. That affects lookup timing, bond questions, court movement, and transfer checks because a person may move from arrest intake to bond release, court hold, local sentence, or TDCJ transfer as the case changes.
| Date | Population | % Capacity | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-01 | 184 | 95.8% | High among extracted rows |
| 2025-09-01 | 162 | 84.4% | Low among extracted rows |
| 2025-11-01 | 179 | 93.2% | Higher utilization |
| 2026-02-01 | 173 | 90.1% | Near 90 percent |
| 2026-06-01 | 164 | 85.4% | Latest extracted current row |
Hood County Jail Capacity
Hood County Jail was built in 1995 and has a stated capacity of 192 beds. The sheriff's jail page says the Texas Commission on Jail Standards sets minimum standards for county jail construction, maintenance, and operation, and it states that Hood County Jail has passed every TCJS inspection since 2009. That statement is useful for local context, but it should not be stretched into claims about programs, medical outcomes, or litigation that were not found in the official research.
TCJS category reporting also matters because the local count is not one single kind of inmate. Hood County rows can include local pretrial misdemeanants, pretrial felons, convicted misdemeanants, bench warrants, parole violators, TDCJ-sentenced paper-ready inmates, and other categories. Recent extracted snapshots reported zero federal inmates and zero housed elsewhere, so the local roster should be treated as a county jail tool unless a specific profile or agency confirms a different hold.
Capacity note: The June 1, 2026 population was below rated capacity, but close enough that bond, court, and transfer status can change quickly.
Laws Governing Hood County Inmates
Texas law separates public access, jail standards, warrants, bail, and record clearing into different legal channels. Hood County booking data starts with the sheriff and jail. Filed criminal cases move through clerks and courts. State prison custody moves to TDCJ. When a record is not shown online, the Texas Public Information Act is the written-request path for existing government records unless an exception applies.
Key statutes:
Texas Government Code Chapter 552 presumes public information is available unless a legal exception applies.
Texas Government Code Chapter 511 gives TCJS authority over county jail standards and oversight.
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 17 governs bail and personal bond procedures after arrest.
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 55 governs expunction for qualifying arrest records.
Search Hood County Inmate Records
The official current custody path is the Hood County bond and inmate listing. It is reached directly or through the sheriff's Bail Bonds and Fines page. The portal is free and did not require a login during inspection. It is not a standard search form. It loads a table of current listings, then the user clicks a row to open the Hood County Sheriff Bond Report for that person.
Because no visible roster search box, reset button, or advanced search tab was captured, the practical search method is simple: scan the table or use the browser find function for a last name. The roster list shows current local jail rows. It is not the source for sentenced TDCJ prisoners, federal inmates in BOP custody, or ICE detainees.
- Open the Hood County bond and inmate listing or the sheriff's Bail Bonds and Fines page.
- Review the table columns for name, race, sex, and book date.
- Use the browser find command if the list is long.
- Click the person's row to open the Hood County Sheriff Bond Report.
- If no row appears, check release, transfer, TDCJ, BOP, ICE, VINELink, or a sheriff PIA request.
The official roster page is shown in the screenshot below.
The table layout is why Hood County searches often start with a browser find action rather than a name-entry form.
Hood County Jail Roster Fields
The public list is brief, but the clicked profile is more detailed. The roster row confirms that a person is currently listed and gives a book date. The profile may show the booking photo, identifying details, arrest data, booking timestamp, offense table, warrant field, class field, required amount, and total amount. The research did not find public housing-unit, full birth date, court date, phone number, or magistrate fields in the inspected profile.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Table column and row link | n/a | Clicking the row opens the detail profile. |
| Race | Table column | n/a | One-letter values were observed in the list. |
| Sex | Table column | n/a | M or F values were observed. |
| Book Date | Table column | n/a | Shown in MM/DD/YYYY format on the list. |
| Search Button | None visible | n/a | No page-level search form was captured. |
Hood County Custody Lookup
A Hood County inmate search works best when the custody stage is clear. The county jail roster covers local jail custody before trial, during short local sentences, on some warrants or holds, and while TDCJ paper-ready inmates await transfer. The TDCJ inmate locator is the right tool after a person has moved into state prison custody. The BOP inmate locator and ICE Online Detainee Locator System serve separate federal and immigration custody systems.
| Custody Stage | Where to Look | What It Usually Shows |
|---|---|---|
| Local pretrial or local sentence | Hood County bond/inmate listing | Current jail row and bond report |
| Sentenced state prison | Texas Department of Criminal Justice locator | TDCJ number, unit, offense, sentence, release fields |
| Federal custody | Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or USMS channels | Federal identifying data and facility/release information |
| Immigration detention | ICE ODLS and VINELink where available | ICE custody status and locator results, not mugshots |
Hood County Records Requests
When a current row is missing or a copy of a booking record is needed, the written-request path is the Hood County public-information process. Sheriff law-enforcement requests go to Hood County's open-records page and the sheriff PIA channel. The research lists PIALaw@hoodcounty.texas.gov, phone routing through 817-579-3316, and mail or in-person delivery to Hood County Law Enforcement Center, PIA Request, 400 Deputy Larry Miller Dr, Granbury, TX 76048.
Hood County states that written requests trigger Public Information Act duties. Requests should ask for existing records, not answers to questions, legal research, or continuing future updates. A narrow time frame helps. For civil or non-sheriff county records, the research points to PIA@hoodcounty.texas.gov, the county Annex I Personnel Office, and the county's separate civil request channel.
Hood County Booking and Court Records
Booking and court records answer different questions. The Hood County jail profile can show arrest date, booking date, offense data, warrant data, class, and required amount. Court records after an arrest are checked through the Hood County Tyler public-access portal, clerk offices, and prosecutor channels. A booking offense is an allegation entered at intake. A filed court charge may later be amended, reduced, dismissed, rejected, or presented to a grand jury.
The sheriff also publishes a public magistration livestream page. It states that the court provides public livestream access when arraignment is in process, but magistration times vary and are not set for one fixed hour. That helps explain why a family member may see a booking on the roster before a full court schedule or final charge list appears.
The Hood County magistration page gives the local timing warning for arraignment access.
The livestream notice is a local reminder that jail custody, bond, and court calendars do not update through one single screen.
Hood County Jail Services
Visitation is handled through GTL VisitMe. Male visitation is listed for Wednesday from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm and Saturday from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Female visitation is listed for Tuesday from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm and Sunday from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Visitors should confirm current policies before travel because the extracted official text did not include the full dress code, visitor approval rules, cancellation policy, or remote-video fee rules.
Commissary and money deposits use TouchPay channels. The sheriff page says order forms are distributed Wednesday at 10:00 am, picked up Wednesday at 1:00 pm, and delivered Friday. Deposits can be made by lobby kiosk, online at TouchPayDirect.com, or by phone at 1-866-232-1899 using Hood County Jail site number 776048. The jail phone/tablet page is labeled ViaPath Phone/Tablet Services, but detailed rate text was not captured.
| Service | Published Hood County Detail |
|---|---|
| Male visitation | Wednesday 7:00 pm-10:00 pm; Saturday 1:00 pm-5:00 pm |
| Female visitation | Tuesday 7:00 pm-9:00 pm; Sunday 1:00 pm-3:00 pm |
| Commissary schedule | Forms Wednesday, delivery Friday |
| Money deposits | TouchPay kiosk, online, or 1-866-232-1899 with site #776048 |
Hood County Detention Facilities
The official facility map for Hood County is narrow. Hood County Jail is the local booking and detention facility. No separate official jail annex, state prison unit, BOP prison, ICE detention center, or regional contract facility was found in Hood County official sources. That makes the facility page important for visits, money, phone, mail, and local search details.
- Hood County Jail holds adult pretrial detainees, local sentenced misdemeanants, felony detainees awaiting court, TDCJ paper-ready inmates, warrants, holds, and any listed contract or federal inmates when reported.
Hood County Inmate Terms
Common jail and court terms can change how a record should be read. These definitions are short, but they prevent common errors when a roster row, bond report, court case, or state locator uses different language for the same person.
- Booking
- Jail intake step where identity, arrest data, photo, fingerprints, and custody records are entered.
- Magistration
- First court appearance where rights, charges, and bail may be addressed.
- Detainer
- A request or hold from another agency that can delay release.
- TDCJ paper-ready
- A person sentenced to state custody who is waiting for transfer from the county jail.
Hood County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Hood County inmate population? TCJS reported 164 people in Hood County Jail on June 1, 2026. The same current workbook listed 192 rated beds and 85.4 percent capacity use.
How do I search the Hood County inmate population? Start with the official Hood County bond and inmate listing. It is a table, not a form, so use browser find if needed and click the person's row for the bond report.
Can I look up a released inmate? Hood County did not publish a release-retention period for the roster in the inspected pages. Use a sheriff PIA request for existing booking records that are not shown online.
Where are Hood County booking photos? Booking photos appear on the clicked Hood County Sheriff Bond Report when a public photo is available. They are not shown in the main roster table row.
What if the person was sentenced? Search TDCJ for sentenced state custody. The Hood County list is for local jail custody and can stop showing a person after transfer.
Is there a sheriff app for inmate lookup? No official Hood County Sheriff or Granbury Police app with inmate-roster features was confirmed in the research.