The Gregg County Inmate Population
The official Gregg County inmate population is reported as a countywide jail count, not as four separate public building counts. The Gregg County Sheriff's Office houses county inmates at the South Jail, Gregg County North Jail, and Marvin A. Smith Facility, while Kilgore Municipal Jail is a city-police jail for short-term Kilgore custody. The county jail roster is linked from the Gregg County Sheriff's Office Jail Division page, and statewide jail counts are reported by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards.
The Gregg County inmate population rises and falls for several reasons. New arrests add people at booking. Bond decisions, no-bond holds, parole blue warrants, contract beds, paper-ready state prisoners, and transfers to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice all change the daily count. A person can appear in the Gregg County jail roster while still presumed innocent, then move to court records when charges are filed, and later leave the county count after release or transfer. That is why the local roster, court portal, TDCJ, BOP, ICE, and IVSS systems should not be treated as one database.
Gregg County Inmate Population Statistics
TCJS is the key public source for Gregg County jail population data. Its June 2026 current population workbook reported a countywide jail capacity of 916 beds and a total jail population of 680 people as of June 1, 2026. That put the Gregg County inmate population at 74.24 percent of rated capacity in the countywide report. The related incarceration-rate workbook reported a county population of 126,679, a rate count of 518, and an incarceration rate shown as 4.09.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Date |
|---|---|---|
| Countywide jail capacity | 916 | TCJS PopRptCurrent.xlsx, Gregg row, 2026-06-01 |
| Total jail population | 680 | TCJS PopRptCurrent.xlsx, Gregg row, 2026-06-01 |
| Percent of capacity | 74.24% | TCJS PopRptCurrent.xlsx, Gregg row, 2026-06-01 |
| Countywide population for rate | 126,679 | TCJS IncarcerationRateCurrent.xlsx, Gregg row, 2026-06-01 |
| Incarceration-rate count | 518 | TCJS IncarcerationRateCurrent.xlsx, Gregg row, 2026-06-01 |
| Annual bookings | Not located | No official total found in inspected Gregg County sources |
The TCJS population report page is the source screen for these state jail-population spreadsheets.
The TCJS page matters because it separates jail capacity and rate reports from the county roster, which is built for person-by-person custody lookup.
Gregg County Inmate Population Trends
The early 2026 trend was upward while capacity stayed flat. TCJS reported 616 people in February and 680 people in June, a growth of 64 people over five monthly reports. The rated capacity stayed at 916 in each report, so the percent of capacity rose from 67.25 percent to 74.24 percent. These are countywide figures. They do not say how many people were in South Jail, North Jail, or Marvin A. Smith on a given day.
| Month | Capacity | Total Jail Population | Percent Capacity | Rate Count | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-01 | 916 | 680 | 74.24% | 518 | 4.09 |
| 2026-05-01 | 916 | 672 | 73.36% | 517 | 4.08 |
| 2026-04-01 | 916 | 659 | 71.94% | 517 | 4.08 |
| 2026-03-01 | 916 | 623 | 68.01% | 514 | 4.06 |
| 2026-02-01 | 916 | 616 | 67.25% | 512 | 4.04 |
Who Makes Up the Gregg County Inmate Population
The TCJS June 2026 Gregg County row shows that the inmate population is not one simple group. Large local categories included pretrial felons, Class A/B misdemeanants, state jail felony defendants, parole violators, convicted county jail sentences, bench warrants, and paper-ready state-transfer categories. TCJS also listed 45 contract inmates. The workbook did not provide race, ethnicity, age, annual booking, or average length-of-stay figures in the current report inspected for this build.
- Pretrial felons: TCJS listed 193 local male and 36 local female pretrial felons on 2026-06-01.
- Class A/B misdemeanants: TCJS listed 79 local Class A/B pretrial misdemeanants and 45 contract Class A/B pretrial inmates.
- State jail felonies: TCJS listed 70 local male and 16 local female pretrial state jail felons.
- Paper-ready inmates: TCJS listed local paper-ready SAFP and paper-ready categories totaling 89 people.
- Contract inmates: The Gregg County row listed 45 contract inmates in the June 2026 report.
Gregg County Jail Capacity and Overcrowding
Gregg County was under rated countywide jail capacity in the TCJS reports used here. The June 2026 count of 680 was below the listed 916-bed capacity, but the trend from February through June still moved upward. The research did not locate a current TCJS noncompliance report, active federal consent decree, or current official construction plan tied to jail overcrowding. Older news about past crowding should not be mixed with current TCJS capacity data unless it is clearly dated as historical.
Population note: TCJS capacity is countywide. It does not give a separate public bed count for South Jail, North Jail, or Marvin A. Smith.
Laws Governing Gregg County Inmate Data
Texas law controls how jail data, court records, and public-information requests work in Gregg County. The Texas Public Information Act is the main open-records law, while TCJS rules and Texas criminal-justice information statutes explain why some jail and arrest data moves between agencies. Public access is broad, but it is not unlimited. Juvenile data, active investigations, sealed records, expunction orders, and law-enforcement exceptions can change what is released.
Key Statutes:
Texas Government Code Chapter 552 says public information is generally available unless a law or exception allows withholding.
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 66 governs criminal justice information system reporting for arrest and offender data.
Texas Government Code Chapter 511 creates the Texas Commission on Jail Standards and its county jail oversight role.
TCJS Minimum Jail Standards include death-in-custody notification and investigation provisions.
Gregg County and State Prison Search
People sentenced from Gregg County to prison leave the local jail population when they are transferred into TDCJ custody. No TDCJ prison was identified inside Gregg County in the official unit-directory research, so a sentenced person from Longview or Kilgore may be assigned elsewhere in Texas. The county roster should not be used as a statewide prison search. TDCJ says its online inmate search includes people currently incarcerated in TDCJ facilities and can be searched by TDCJ number, SID number, or name.
| Custody system | Who it covers | Search channel |
|---|---|---|
| Gregg County jail | Local pretrial, county sentences, holds, and contract custody | Odyssey jail search linked by the sheriff |
| Texas state prison | Sentenced TDCJ inmates | TDCJ Inmate Search and IVSS |
| Federal custody | Federal sentenced inmates and some USMS-related custody | BOP locator or federal case channels |
| Immigration detention | ICE custody or immigration hold questions | ICE ODLS plus jail phone confirmation |
How to Search Gregg County Inmate Records
The official local lookup starts on the sheriff's Jail Division page. The page links to the Gregg County Jail Inmate Search, which opens a Tyler/Odyssey Public Access jailing search. The research could not inspect the live Odyssey field labels, so final search copy should stay honest: use the fields shown by that portal, then call the jail if a very recent arrest, misspelled name, transfer, or release may explain a missing result. The sheriff's page also gives a disclaimer that online information is not warranted for accuracy, reliability, or completeness.
- Open the Gregg County Sheriff's Office Jail Division page.
- Select the official Jail Inmate Search link for the Odyssey jailing search.
- Search with the name or other fields shown by the live Odyssey form.
- Read any result with the sheriff's public-service disclaimer in mind.
- If no result appears, call 903-236-1755 or check TDCJ, BOP, ICE, IVSS, or the court portal as the facts require.
Current Gregg County Inmate Lookup
Current local custody should be checked against the sheriff-linked Odyssey jail search first. That search is separate from the Gregg County Odyssey Public Access court environment, even though both are Tyler/Odyssey systems. The jail roster is for custody and booking lookup. The court portal is for filed cases, case status, and court records after arrest. If an inmate is about to receive visitors, confirm the building before travel because the county uses South Jail, North Jail, and Marvin A. Smith schedules.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interactive Tyler/Odyssey fields | Web form | Unspecified | Exact labels were not inspectable in the research pass. |
| Search / submit control | Button | n/a | Use the control shown on the live Odyssey page. |
| Reset / clear control | Button | Not verified | Not confirmed from fetched HTML. |
The sheriff Jail Division page is the official doorway to the county jail search.
The screenshot source is useful because it confirms the official path without relying on commercial roster sites.
Past Gregg County Inmate Records
The research did not locate an official published retention period for released inmates in the Odyssey jail search. It also did not locate a sheriff open-records web form or a Gregg-specific copy-fee schedule for booking records. For past or released custody, the fallback is a written Texas Public Information Act request to the sheriff as the jail custodian, using the administrative address at 101 E. Methvin St., Suite 559, Longview, TX 75601, or calling the jail question line first. Longview Police records use the city's JustFOIA open-records portal when the record belongs to Longview rather than the county jail.
What a Gregg County Inmate Record Shows
Because a sample Odyssey inmate profile was not inspectable in the research pass, exact Gregg County profile fields should not be overstated. The record may identify the booking and custody event, but unverified fields must be treated as unverified. For mail and money, Gregg County materials use the inmate name and SO number or Sheriff's Office booking number, so that identifier is important even when the public roster labels are not confirmed.
| Field | Status in the research |
|---|---|
| Booking number / SO number | Gregg mail and money instructions use this identifier, but the profile label was not verified. |
| Booking date or time | Not verified from Odyssey profile output. |
| Mugshot | Not verified. Do not assume a public photo appears. |
| Charges | Not verified on a sample profile; filed court charges are checked separately. |
| Housing location | Confirm before visiting because the three county jail buildings have different schedules. |
| Release or custody status | Not verified from profile output; call the jail when timing matters. |
Gregg County Detention Facilities
The local inmate population is split by custody type and building. South Jail, North Jail, and Marvin A. Smith are county jail facilities under the Gregg County Sheriff's Office. Kilgore Municipal Jail is a city jail operated by the Kilgore Police Department and has no official public online roster in the research. The facility assignment matters for visits, mail, phone accounts, and release questions.
- Gregg County Jail / South Jail holds county inmates at the courthouse facility and uses the countywide jail search.
- Gregg County North Jail is a county jail building with visitation split by sex and male last-name group.
- Marvin A. Smith Facility is a Gregg County Sheriff's Office jail facility in Kilgore.
- Kilgore Municipal Jail is a Kilgore Police Department short-term city jail with phone-based lookup.
Gregg County Inmate Population FAQ
How large is the Gregg County inmate population? TCJS reported 680 people in the countywide jail population and 916 rated beds on June 1, 2026. That was 74.24 percent of capacity.
Where does a Gregg County inmate search start? Start with the sheriff Jail Division page and its official Jail Inmate Search link. If the person is sentenced to state prison, use TDCJ instead.
Why is someone missing from the county roster? A person may be newly booked, released, transferred, held by Kilgore, moved to TDCJ, in federal custody, or affected by an ICE process.
Does Gregg County have a sheriff roster app? No official Gregg County Sheriff roster app was confirmed. Kilgore PD has a tip app, but no inmate roster feature was verified.
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