This is a private reference website, not a Kent County office. We cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, pull an official booking record, or change a court or jail record. Use the public offices and official locator systems below for those actions.
Where to Start for Custody or Records
Kent County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff William Scogin
227 S. Main Street, Jayton, TX 79528
Mailing: P.O. Box 7, Jayton, TX 79528
Phone: (806) 237-3801
Fax: (806) 237-3306
Emergency: 911
Separate jail information line: none published in the research reviewed
Published jail lobby hours: none found for an operating Kent County jail
County Clerk / 39th District Clerk
Craig Harrison
101 Main Street, Jayton, TX 79528
Mailing: P.O. Box 9, Jayton, TX 79528
Phone: 806.237.3881
Fax: 806.237.2300
39th District Attorney
Mike Fouts
P.O. Box 193, Haskell, TX 79521
Phone: 940.864.2072
Kent County has no official online jail roster or TCJS-rated county jail. Match the question to the system that actually handles the record or custody stage.
- For a recent Kent County arrest or possible local custody transfer, start with jail inmate records and the Kent County Sheriff's Office at (806) 237-3801.
- For booking photos, use the jail roster mugshots page to understand why Kent County does not publish a mugshot feed.
- For filed charges, cause numbers, or court copies after arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the County Clerk / 39th District Clerk.
- For the local detention contact page, see Kent County Sheriff's Office Jail Operations (No County Jail).
- For a sentenced Texas prisoner, use the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Inmate Information Search.
- For custody alerts or victim notification, check Texas IVSS-Counties or VINELink when the person is available in those systems.
- For federal sentenced custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator. For immigration custody, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.