Hockley County Jail Roster
The official local starting point is the Hockley County Sheriff page, which links to the public Hockley County Jail Roster. The roster is hosted by Interop/Synergistic Software and is built around three public views: Current Inmates, 24 Hours Arrests, and Inmates by Arrest Date. That matters in Hockley County because the roster is not just a static name list. It can show current custody, recent bookings, released entries within a short window, and date-range arrest results.
The Hockley County Jail is the only detention facility identified in the county facility map. It is operated by the Hockley County Sheriff's Office, and it receives bookings from the sheriff, Levelland Police Department, DPS Hockley County arrest reporting, and other local agencies. A Levelland Police arrest can therefore appear in the county jail roster after booking. The roster is best for pretrial county custody, short county sentences, municipal or JP matters booked into the jail, parole holds, and other local jail entries. It is not the right search for someone already transferred to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, or ICE custody.
Use Hockley County Records
Most Hockley County inmate records searches should start with the current roster. The name fields are optional, so a blank search can show the paginated current list, while a last name and first name can narrow a common surname. During research, the current roster showed a paginated result count, and the arrest-date page showed a broader date-window result set. Results should be read carefully because one visible row can include several warrant or charge lines.
- Open the sheriff page and choose Hockley County Jail Roster, or go directly to the roster portal.
- Use Current Inmates for people believed to be in the jail now. Leave the name boxes blank to browse, or enter a last name and optional first name.
- Use 24 Hours Arrests for new bookings and recent releases. That view may show CURRENTLY BOOKED or RELEASED status.
- Use Inmates by Arrest Date when the booking date is known. Set the calendar range, then run Search Inmates.
- Copy the name, arrest date, agency, status, total bond, warrant number, statute, description, and court value if one appears.
- Call the jail if the roster has no match, if a bond value looks stale, or if a hold may block release.
A roster charge is a jail booking or warrant entry. It is useful, but it is not always the same as the final court charge filed by a prosecutor. For court filing status after booking, the Hockley County court-record path is separate from the jail search.
Hockley County Search Fields
The roster has a small field set, but the tabs add useful context. Current Inmates and 24 Hours Arrests use the same name filter pattern. The arrest-date view adds calendar controls and is the better choice when the person has been released or when only a booking period is known. Use exact spelling from the roster when moving to court records, public-information requests, or VINELink searches.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current Inmates / 24 Hours Arrests / Inmates by Arrest Date | Tab links | No | Switches among current custody, recent bookings, and date-range arrest results. |
| Last Name | Text | No | Use the surname to narrow the list; the field shows "last name" as placeholder text. |
| First Name | Text | No | Use with the last name for common names; the field shows "first name." |
| Select Date Range to Filter | Calendar | No | Date tab includes two calendars, month controls, Today, Clear, OK, Cancel, and a To separator. |
| Search Inmates | Button | Action | Runs the selected roster search. |
| Pagination | System control | No | Shows page and item counts when results span more than one page. |
Hockley County Record Fields
A Hockley County inmate record shows the public booking fields on the result page itself. No separate profile click is needed for the core data in the inspected view. The roster also makes clear what it withholds. Residential address is redacted, and the inspected public list did not show date of birth, booking number, housing pod, release date, court date, race, hair color, eye color, magistrate name, or internal classification.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Booking photo | A front-facing photo when available, or an ImageNotAvailable placeholder. |
| Name and status | Uppercase name plus custody status, such as CURRENTLY BOOKED or RELEASED on some tabs. |
| Sex, height, weight | Basic roster descriptors; height appears in numeric roster format and should not be reformatted by guesswork. |
| Arrest date and agency | Booking date with arresting agency on some views, including sheriff, Levelland PD, and DPS labels. |
| Days in jail | Count of days in county custody as of the roster date. |
| Total bond | Numeric total, NOT SET, DENIED, or REDACTED depending on the entry and roster tab. |
| Charge table | Warrant number, counts, statute, description, M/F column, and per-charge bond amount when published. |
| Court | Shown on the arrest-date tab, with examples such as County Court, District Court, and Municipal Court. |
Bond values need special care. A total amount can appear beside one or more charge rows, but a parole violation, detainer, denied bond, or not-set bond can still prevent release. The jail phone is the channel for confirming whether a listed bond is current and whether the person is eligible to leave custody.
Hockley County Jail Contact
When online records do not answer the question, use the jail and sheriff contact channels documented by the county. The sheriff page names Sheriff Chris Wischkaemper and lists the jail and sheriff office at the same Avenue H address. The county research did not locate a separate records-unit email or a 24-hour booking desk description beyond the jail phone, so phone confirmation is the practical fallback for current custody, bond, visitation, and operational questions.
Hockley County Jail
1310 Avenue H
Levelland, TX 79336
Jail Phone: 806-894-9334
Jail Fax: 806-894-3161
Hockley County Sheriff's Office
1310 Avenue H
Levelland, TX 79336
Main Phone: 806-894-3126
Main Fax: 806-897-0750
For older booking records, jail incident records, mugshot copies not visible online, or other records not shown on the public roster, use the Texas Public Information Act route under Government Code Chapter 552. If the arrest was made by Levelland Police, the city also publishes an LPD open records request page.
Hockley County Visit Rules
Official Hockley County pages reviewed for the research did not publish a complete visitation schedule, video-visit vendor, mail rule sheet, commissary vendor, money-deposit method, or phone-rate table. That absence is important. Do not rely on generic Texas jail rules or vendor names for this facility. Confirm all visit, mail, funds, and phone details with the jail before traveling or sending money.
| Item | Official Hockley Detail Located | How to Handle It |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visitation schedule | Not published in inspected county pages | Call the jail before travel. |
| Remote or video visitation | No vendor confirmed in public text | Do not assume a platform or fee. |
| Visitor ID and dress rules | Not published | Ask the jail what ID and clothing rules apply. |
| Mail format | No full format published; no booking number visible on roster | Confirm name, address format, and any ID requirement first. |
| Money deposits and commissary | Current vendor and fees not verified | Call before sending funds. |
| Attorney visits | No public schedule found | Attorneys should contact the jail directly. |
Note: Confirm custody status with Hockley County Jail before scheduling a visit, sending mail, or depositing funds.
County State Federal Searches
A failed Hockley County roster search does not always mean the person is free. It may mean the person was released, moved to state custody, held in a federal process, or searched under the wrong name. For sentenced Texas prison custody, use the TDCJ offender search. No TDCJ unit was identified inside Hockley County, so the state locator is a statewide transfer search, not a local facility page.
| Custody Type | Best Channel | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| Local pretrial or county custody | Hockley County Jail Roster | Current inmates, 24-hour arrests, date-range jail entries, and local charges. |
| Sentenced Texas state custody | TDCJ offender search | State prisoners after transfer, assigned unit, TDCJ number, sentence, and release fields when available. |
| Federal sentenced custody | BOP inmate locator | BOP prisoners by name or register number; not a county-style jail roster. |
| Federal pretrial custody | U.S. Marshals or court channel | Federal defendants may not appear in BOP before sentencing or designation. |
| Immigration custody or detainer | ICE Online Detainee Locator | Search by A-number and country or biographical information. No ICE facility was located in Hockley County. |
| Custody notification | VINELink | Notification service linked from the sheriff page for offender custody status. |
Hockley County research also found no official sheriff mobile app with an app-only roster, warrant search, most-wanted tool, or mugshot gallery. Use the roster, jail phone, public-information process, VINELink, and state or federal locators instead.
Hockley County Record Terms
Jail and court terms can point to different offices. Reading the roster vocabulary correctly helps keep the search in the right lane, especially when a person has municipal, county, district, parole, or detainer issues in the same record.
- Booking
- The jail intake record created after arrest.
- On view
- An officer-initiated arrest label instead of a named warrant number.
- Magistration
- The first judicial warning and bail step required after arrest under Texas procedure.
- PR bond
- Personal recognizance release based on a promise to appear, if a court authorizes it.
- Detainer
- A request or hold from another agency that can affect release even when local bond is addressed.
- TDCJ
- The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, which handles state prison custody after county jail transfer.