Upshur County Jail Overview
Upshur County Jail is operated by the Upshur County Sheriff's Office. The official sheriff page places the Sheriff's Office, Jail Division, and Dispatch at the Upshur County Justice Center in Gilmer and names Larry Webb as sheriff. The jail is the local custody point for arrests made by the sheriff, city police agencies, constables, and other local law-enforcement agencies when a person must be held in county confinement.
The facility type is county jail. TCJS reporting shows that the population can include local pretrial detainees, local sentenced inmates, people in state-jail felony categories, people awaiting TDCJ transfer, federal inmates, and contract inmates. That does not mean every category is present on every day. It means the official population framework is broader than a list of new bookings.
Upshur County Jail Capacity
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards current population workbook is the source for jail capacity and count data. The June 1, 2026 row reports Upshur County Jail with 226 rated beds and 139 people held, or about 61.5% of capacity. TCJS data is submitted by jail facilities and may be modified over time, so cite the workbook and date when using the figures.
| TCJS Measure | Figure | Source Date |
|---|---|---|
| Rated capacity | 226 beds | June 1, 2026 row |
| Total jail population | 139 | June 1, 2026 row |
| Percent capacity | 61.5% | June 1, 2026 row |
Look Up Inmates at Upshur County Jail
The correct local lookup method is the Daily Jail Report PDF linked from the Upshur County Sheriff's Office page. No official interactive search form was found on that page. The report is a public roster-style PDF, so use the PDF find function instead of looking for name fields, filters, or profile buttons.
- Open the sheriff page and select the Daily Jail Report link in the sheriff document area.
- Use the PDF viewer's find command to search by last name.
- Confirm the person by first name, DOB, booking date, location, and SO number.
- Read all charge lines tied to the same booking before relying on the court or bond fields.
- Use TDCJ, BOP, ICE ODLS, or VINELink only when the person's custody type points outside the county jail.
The sheriff page is the official local source for the public jail report and facility contact information.
The county report source is important because Upshur County did not publish a separate live jail-search portal in the inspected material.
Upshur County Jail Address and Contact
Use the Sheriff's Office main number for public jail questions because no separate booking desk number or jail division line was published in the source pages reviewed. Call before visiting, mailing anything, requesting a booking photo, or attempting a money deposit. The published office hours are for the sheriff page and should not be treated as a full jail lobby schedule.
Upshur County Jail
405 North Titus
Gilmer, TX 75644
903-843-2541
Fax: 903-843-2368
Sheriff's Office hours: 8:00am-5:00pm Monday-Friday
Who Upshur County Jail Holds
The jail can hold people at different stages of the criminal process. Local pretrial detainees are held while cases are pending. Local sentenced inmates may serve short local sentences. State-jail felony and TDCJ transfer categories can appear when a person has moved past the first booking stage but has not left county custody. Federal and contract categories can also appear in TCJS reporting.
- Pretrial detainee
- A person held before the case has reached final disposition.
- Detainer
- A hold or request from another agency that can affect release.
- Paper ready
- A transfer-related status often used when a sentenced person awaits paperwork or pickup.
- Contract inmate
- A person held under an arrangement for another jurisdiction.
Visiting Upshur County Jail
No official local visitation schedule was located in the inspected text sources. The research also did not locate an official video visitation schedule, dress-code page, holiday schedule, attorney-visit policy, or lobby counter procedure. Because the facility page must not invent rules, the safest published instruction is to call the Sheriff's Office before travel and ask for current visit requirements.
| Visit Type | Schedule | Source Status |
|---|---|---|
| In-person public visitation | Not located in official text sources | Confirm with Sheriff's Office. |
| Video visitation | Not located | No official vendor schedule found. |
| Attorney visitation | Not located | Attorneys should contact the jail directly. |
| Holiday or emergency visitation | Not located | No official holiday rule found. |
Mail Phone and Money at Upshur County Jail
The sheriff page links an NCIC Mail Rules PDF. The research copy was image-heavy, so local rule text such as allowed items, photo limits, postcard rules, legal-mail handling, scan policies, and mailing format could not be extracted. Do not assume a commissary vendor, fee amount, kiosk rule, or phone-rate schedule unless the jail confirms it.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Inmate mail | NCIC Mail Rules PDF linked from the sheriff page; open the official PDF and confirm with jail staff. |
| Commissary | No current deposit instructions or fee table located in official text sources. |
| Money deposits | No official kiosk, online, or phone deposit instruction found in the inspected material. |
| Phone calls | No local pricing or phone-provider page located in official text sources. |
Booking at Upshur County Jail
After arrest, a person is transported to jail or accepted into custody from another agency. Jail staff create or update the jail record, record identifying information, assign or use an SO number, enter booking charges, and connect the entry to court and bond fields when those are available. The public report confirms that those fields can be published, but it does not publish a full intake policy, property-release policy, medical-screening timeline, or phone-access timeline.
Texas Article 15.17 requires prompt magistrate warnings after arrest, generally without unnecessary delay and not later than 48 hours. The first appearance may affect bond, but bond shown in the jail report is not always enough to predict release. A federal detainer, state parole hold, warrant from another jurisdiction, or transfer status can keep the person in custody.
State Federal and ICE Transfer Search
Once a person is sentenced and transferred to Texas state prison custody, the county jail report is no longer the main locator. Use the TDCJ Inmate Search for sentenced Texas prisoners. TDCJ states that its online data is at least 24 hours old and updated on working days only. For federal sentenced custody, use the BOP Inmate Locator. For immigration detention, use ICE ODLS.
VINELink is available for Texas custody notifications. It is useful for alerts, but it should not replace the jail report, TDCJ, BOP, or ICE as the underlying record source.
About Upshur County Jail Records
The main local record feature is the generated Daily Jail Report. It gives a row-level public view of custody without publishing a full profile page. Official sources reviewed did not publish a construction year, pod names, accreditation details, local jail programs, GED services, work release, medical request process, grievance process, or recent jail litigation notice. The strongest official conditions data is the TCJS capacity and population reporting.
Note: Confirm custody, visitation, mail, and money rules with the Sheriff's Office before relying on a report snapshot.