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Madison County Jail Release Paths

Madison County Jail is the county detention facility operated by the Madison County Sheriff's Office. A person may leave after bond clears, a short sentence ends, a case is dismissed, or a judge orders release. The same departure can instead be a custody handoff. Transport to a TDCJ intake point, extradition to another county, or transfer to a federal or immigration custodian is not freedom from custody.

The public InteropWeb record does not name the path. It may change a booking to RELEASED, but it omits the release date and time, authority, reason, and destination. Read that word narrowly: the vendor no longer treats that Madison County booking as current. Ask for the jail release sheet or movement history before concluding that the person returned to the community.

Confirm Madison County Jail Release

The best online starting point is Inmates by Arrest Date. Unlike Current Inmates, it can return both active and released bookings. Its dates filter the arrest, not the release. Use a narrow range near the known booking date and compare the name, charge, arresting agency, warrant details, and court. Do not turn the displayed integer for Days In Jail into a guessed release time.

1. Search the arrest-date page by a known booking range and name.
2. Read RELEASED or CURRENTLY BOOKED exactly as displayed.
3. Save the access time and the case, warrant, charge, court, and bond details.
4. Call 936-348-2755 to ask whether Madison County still holds the person.
5. Request the release sheet and movement history for the completed event.
6. Check TDCJ, BOP, ICE, or another county when the record names a receiving agency.

A recent booking may also appear on 24 Hours Arrests, even if its status already reads released. That is a booking cohort, not a list of everyone released in the last day. The broader Madison County released-inmate search explains how to compare county, state, and federal systems.

Madison County Jail Release Records

The jail can answer a point-in-time custody question by phone. Historical detail belongs in a written records request. The sheriff's Open Records Request form asks for requester contact information, an agency case number when known, and a clear record description. The form says records are not supplied by telephone and that completed results are held for ten business days after notice.

Identify the person by full name and add a date of birth, arrest date, booking identifier, warrant number, or case number when known. Ask for the booking sheet, booking-out or release sheet, custody movement history, actual date and time custody ended, release code or reason, authority, destination, bond papers when relevant, and the native electronic booking photo. Request nonconfidential portions if another part is withheld. No fixed local fee was found, so ask for an itemized estimate.

The form lists the jail address, while the county page identifies the sheriff's administrative office at 3301 E. Main Street. Call first to confirm the current submission route. Under the Texas Public Information Act, prompt production does not mean every record arrives within ten business days. If production will take longer, state law provides for written notice and a reasonable production date.

Madison Jail Released Record Fields

InteropWeb preserves several details after some bookings become released. Observed fields include the photograph, name, status, sex, height, weight, arrest date, arresting agency, Days In Jail, total bond, warrant number, count, statute, charge description, misdemeanor or felony classification, and court. Address was displayed as redacted in reviewed results.

The missing fields matter more for a release inquiry. There is no booking number, release timestamp, release authority, release type, transfer destination, transport time, or supervising officer. One live result even displayed the impossible arrest year 2998. That concrete error is a reason to compare vendor data with the sheriff record and court file.

Release sheet

The jail record of when and under what authority custody ended.

Movement history

A sequence of custody events that may name a receiving agency.

Detainer

A request or hold that can lead to transfer instead of community release.

Time served

A release tied to completion of the confinement ordered or credited by the court.

Texas retention rules treat portal visibility and official custody records differently. The county jail register is permanent under the cited state schedule and includes a release or transfer date. Booking-in and booking-out forms and release or transfer orders generally carry a minimum period after the event. Older material may remain with the custodian even when no web result appears.

Madison County Jail Release Pickup

Madison County publishes no verified release-processing hours, exit door, family waiting area, property-return procedure, or ride program for this jail. The sheriff page lists current-custody services such as visitation and JailATM, but those do not explain where or when a released person exits. Call 936-348-2755 before driving to the facility and ask only for current instructions staff can confirm.

Do not borrow TDCJ logistics. State prison release guidance describes regional gates, bus vouchers, family pickup, clothing, and trust-fund disbursement. None of those statewide prison terms establishes what Madison County Jail provides. If a county record says the person transferred to Jim Ferguson Unit or another TDCJ point, follow the scheduled location shown by TDCJ instead of waiting at the jail.

Note: A lack of posted pickup instructions calls for direct confirmation, not an assumption about the exit, time, property, or transportation.

Madison County Release Systems Differ

Madison County contains both this county jail and Jim Ferguson Unit, a large state prison. Their shared geography can obscure a strict records boundary. The sheriff documents a local booking. TDCJ documents a state sentence, prison assignment, projected dates, and later release processing. A person transported from the jail to TDCJ has left county custody but remains incarcerated.

The official Ferguson Unit directory identifies a male state prison with a capacity of 2,417, established in 1962. That fact does not turn Ferguson into a county facility. Likewise, someone discharged from TDCJ does not appear in the sheriff roster merely because the prison stands in Madison County. Match each custody episode to the agency that held it.

For an ICE handoff, the county movement record should identify the destination, then the ICE locator can check the receiving system. For a federal criminal transfer, BOP covers sentenced prisoners after designation, while the U.S. Marshals Service may control a pretrial movement. A single missing roster entry cannot identify which path occurred.

Madison Jail Official Source View

The official sheriff page provides the source link for the jail, roster, records form, and contact details shown in the captured view.

The image helps identify the correct local office, but it is not a live custody determination. Use the linked page and direct contact for current information.