San Patricio County Jail Overview
San Patricio County Jail is operated by the San Patricio County Sheriff's Office. The official sheriff page lists Sheriff Oscar Rivera, the sheriff's office address at 300 North Rachal in Sinton, and the main sheriff phone. The jail is a county jail, not a TDCJ state prison, BOP prison, or ICE detention center. Official sources reviewed did not identify a separate county annex, work-release center, TDCJ unit, federal prison, or dedicated ICE facility inside San Patricio County.
The facility holds local county custody and several hold or transfer categories reported to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. That means a San Patricio County Jail record may involve a new pretrial arrest, a county-level sentence, a parole hold, a state-jail felony hold, or a person waiting for state transfer. It also means a person can remain part of the San Patricio custody count while being housed elsewhere for the county.
The county's Sheriff page was captured as a source for San Patricio County Jail inmate lookup context, including the VINELink custody-status referral.
The sheriff page supplies the local custody starting point, while the jail administrator page and Jail Operations PDF supply the operational rules for visits, mail, deposits, and complaints.
San Patricio County Jail Population
The strongest official population source is the Texas Commission on Jail Standards population reports. The TCJS population report row dated 2026-06-01 lists San Patricio County Jail with a rated capacity of 236 beds and a total jail population of 221. That equals 93.64% of capacity. The same population report also lists 42 San Patricio inmates housed elsewhere, a key fact for lookup work because a person may remain in the county custody chain without being physically in the Sinton building.
The TCJS incarceration-rate report is a related but separate source. For the same 2026-06-01 reporting cycle, the rate file lists a San Patricio County population denominator of 71,467 and an incarceration-rate file count/rate of 252 and 3.53 per 1,000 residents. Use the source labels carefully: 236 beds, 221 total jail population, and 93.64% of capacity come from the TCJS population report, while 252 and 3.53 per 1,000 come from the TCJS incarceration-rate report.
The TCJS population reports page is the source for the county jail capacity and monthly population spreadsheets used for San Patricio County Jail.
Those state reports give the official jail count context, but they do not replace a custody-status lookup for a specific inmate.
Who San Patricio County Jail Holds
The TCJS row shows a broader population than a simple "new arrests" list. San Patricio County Jail holds pretrial Class A and B misdemeanants, local convicted misdemeanants, local pretrial felons, parole violators, parole violators with new charges, state-jail felony pretrial inmates, state-jail felony sentenced categories, convicted felons or parole violators sentenced to TDCJ divisions, and other local custody categories. The same row reported no federal male or female inmates on 2026-06-01.
A pretrial detainee is a person held before final case disposition. A parole hold, often called a blue-warrant hold in Texas practice, can block release while parole issues are reviewed. A state-jail felony hold can involve a Texas state-jail felony case before or after sentencing. A paper-ready TDCJ inmate is someone ready for transfer to a TDCJ division after the county process reaches that stage. These terms affect where a family should search and who can answer a release question.
Note: A San Patricio County Jail inmate may be housed elsewhere for the county, so phone confirmation can matter after a missing online result.
Locate San Patricio County Jail Inmates
The county does not publish a local public roster in the official sources found. The sheriff page sends readers to Texas VINELink for offender custody status. VINELink is the sheriff-linked custody-notification route, not a verified county roster with San Patricio booking fields. For more detail on the local records path, the San Patricio County inmate records page separates jail phone checks, public-information requests, TDCJ searches, BOP searches, and ICE searches.
- Start with Texas VINELink because the sheriff page names it for custody status.
- Search with the best known legal name and identifying details available in the live app.
- If the result is missing or unclear, call the jail at 361-364-9630 or the sheriff's office at 361-364-9600.
- Ask whether booking is complete, whether the person is housed elsewhere, and whether a hold, TDCJ transfer, federal case, or ICE issue changes the search path.
- Use the county Public Information Officer route for booking records, jail logs, mugshots, or incident records that are not online.
San Patricio County Jail Address and Contacts
The official jail administrator page names Major D. Lopez and gives the jail phone with extension 9642. The Jail Operations PDF names Jail Captain Marcos Hernandez and says special visitation, clergy visitation, and jail complaints are handled through the Jail Major or Captain by calling the main jail number. The public material does not publish a separate jail lobby-hour schedule.
The jail administrator page is a source-matched image for San Patricio County Jail contact information and operational documents.
Use the jail contact for custody, visitation, mail, commissary, complaint, and special-visit questions before traveling or sending funds.
San Patricio County Jail
300 North Rachal
Sinton, TX 78387
361-364-9630 ext. 9642
Operator: San Patricio County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff's Office Main Line
300 North Rachal
Sinton, TX 78387
361-364-9600
Fax: 361-364-6110
San Patricio County Jail Visitation
San Patricio County Jail visitation is assigned by inmate last name. Visitors must be immediate family, must be on the visitation list, and must bring valid picture identification. A visitor who has been incarcerated in the facility within the prior six months cannot visit. People under 17 must be accompanied by an adult. Jail staff directives control the visit, and once a visitor walks out, that visit is terminated for the session.
| Inmate Last Name | Day | Time | Rules |
|---|---|---|---|
| A-K | Tuesday | 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. | Immediate family, list approval, and photo ID required. |
| L-Z | Wednesday | 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. | Immediate family, list approval, and photo ID required. |
| A-K | Saturday | 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. | Same dress and item restrictions apply. |
| L-Z | Sunday | 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. | Same dress and item restrictions apply. |
Clothing and item restrictions are strict. No hats, sunglasses, sleeveless shirts or dresses, spandex or form-fitting clothing, low-cut, backless, transparent, or torn clothing, cell phones, purses, backpacks, diaper bags, gum, cigarettes, lighters, chewing tobacco, food, or drinks are allowed. Shorts, skirts, and dresses must fall below the knees. Special visitation and clergy visitation must be set up through the Jail Major or Captain at the main jail number.
San Patricio County Jail Mail Rules
San Patricio County Jail mail must use the inmate's full name and San Patricio PID number. The mailing address is P.O. Box 1382, Sinton, Texas 78387. The sender must include a full return address and proper postage. Non-privileged incoming mail is opened and inspected before delivery. Privileged mail is opened in front of the inmate only to inspect for contraband.
| Mail Element | Required Detail |
|---|---|
| Recipient | Inmate full name and San Patricio PID number. |
| Mailing address | P.O. Box 1382, Sinton, Texas 78387. |
| Inspection | Non-privileged mail opened and inspected before delivery. |
| Privileged mail | Opened in front of the inmate for contraband inspection only. |
| Approved mailed property | Limited items such as publisher or bookstore paperback books, approved pictures, glasses, inmate-subscription magazines or newspapers, and stamps. |
Pictures, magazines, and newspapers are subject to content restrictions. Gang, pornographic, alcohol, drug, tobacco, and tattoo-related content can be rejected depending on the item type. Other property may be returned unopened or placed into inmate property under the jail's published rules.
San Patricio County Jail Money and Complaints
Commissary deposits can be made by telephone at 1-866-345-1884. The Jail Operations PDF also lists a kiosk in the sheriff's office front lobby that accepts cash or credit cards. The PDF includes an internet deposit line, but the extracted text did not show the URL. Confirm the current website, vendor, fees, and inmate eligibility with the jail before depositing money.
| Deposit or Contact Method | Published Detail | Fee Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Telephone deposits | 1-866-345-1884 | Not published in extracted PDF text. |
| Internet deposits | PDF lists internet deposits, but no URL was extracted. | Confirm with the jail. |
| Lobby kiosk | Sheriff's office front lobby, cash or credit cards. | Not published in extracted PDF text. |
| Complaints | Jail Major or Captain at 361-364-9630. | No fee. |
Jail staff will not pass messages to inmates except in an emergency. Complaints about the jail are handled by the Jail Major or Captain at 361-364-9630. For public records that are not custody questions, use the San Patricio County Public Information Requests route or the county Public Information Officer contact.
San Patricio County Jail Conditions and Programs
Official local program detail is limited. The jail operations material covers visitation, mail, approved property, commissary deposits, emergency message limits, and complaint routing, but it does not publish a GED, vocational, substance-abuse, tablet, reentry, religious-services, medical, mental-health, grievance-form, or work-release program description. Texas county jails are subject to Texas Commission on Jail Standards oversight under Government Code Chapter 511, and TCJS population reporting supplies the strongest sourced capacity and population data for San Patricio County Jail.
For medication, mental-health, accommodation, classification, or program-access questions, call the jail. People sentenced to TDCJ move out of San Patricio County Jail lookup and into TDCJ systems after transfer. No official page reviewed identified a separate ACA accreditation status, local DOJ consent decree, or current county jail construction order for San Patricio County Jail. The San Patricio County inmate population hub gives broader population context for the county custody system.
Note: Confirm custody, visitation approval, dress rules, mail format, and money-deposit details with the jail before traveling or sending funds.