Understanding Haskell County Releases
A release means that one custodian's legal hold ended or changed. It does not always mean the person walked into the community. Haskell County booking records may show release on bond, a court-directed release, sentence completion, or a transfer. Rolling Plains Detention Center adds another layer because county, ICE, or U.S. Marshals detainees can occupy the same building under different legal authorities. The useful question is both who let the person go and where the person went next.
A released person normally drops from a live roster because that roster describes present custody. Haskell County has no verified public sheriff roster or recent-release feed, so even that short-lived clue is unavailable. The durable sources are the jail register, release or transfer sheet, court order, and records held by the next custodian. A missing name is never enough by itself. It can reflect transfer, spelling, delay, sealed treatment, or a technical gap.
- Time served
- A sentence or jail term completed after prior custody is applied to the term.
- Discharge
- The end of the sentence or governing correctional authority, not merely a move between facilities.
- Parole
- Conditional release from state prison with TDCJ supervision for the remaining sentence.
- Probation
- Court-ordered community supervision that is separate from state parole.
Haskell County Release Types
The record should supply the agency's actual release code or authority. General labels can describe the likely paths, but they should not be substituted for the wording on a Haskell County form.
| Custody event | Meaning | Next record |
|---|---|---|
| Bond or court order | Legal authority permits departure after required processing. | Court order plus sheriff release timestamp |
| Time served or sentence completed | The local term has ended. | Judgment, custody-time calculation, and release sheet |
| Transfer to TDCJ | County custody ends and state-prison custody begins. | Local transfer record and TDCJ intake |
| ICE or USMS handoff | The person changes custodians, not necessarily community status. | ODLS, ERO, federal docket, or USMS record |
| Parole or mandatory supervision | A state prisoner leaves incarceration under supervision. | TDCJ release history, IVSS, and parole office |
A dismissal is a court outcome and may support release, but it is not necessarily the jail's coded reason. Likewise, a bond order can precede physical departure. Match the court event to the release or transfer time instead of merging those dates.
Haskell County Release Record Fields
Texas State Library and Archives Commission schedule PS4200-06 describes the permanent county jail register. Its minimum fields include name, gender, intake number, reason for commitment or confinement, and date of release or transfer. The supporting packet can add booking-in and booking-out forms, a release order, transport or transfer papers, bond documents, and a property receipt.
| Field | What it establishes |
|---|---|
| Name and identifiers | The person tied to the booking; date of birth or booking number helps separate similar names. |
| Admission date and time | When that custodian's booking began. |
| Booking agency and case number | The arrest and court records that should match. |
| Commitment reason | Why the person was confined. |
| Release or transfer timestamp | When the recorded custody event occurred. |
| Type or authority | Bond, order, sentence completion, transfer, or another agency code. |
| Destination custodian | Whether another county, TDCJ, ICE, or federal authority received the person, if releasable. |
| Property receipt | What non-confiscated property was recorded as returned. |
Booking date, court disposition date, and release time answer different questions. A state Projected Release Date is also forward-looking, not proof of completed departure. Each date should stay attached to its source and label.
Request Haskell County Release Records
Send a focused written request to the Haskell County Sheriff's public-information or records custodian. The official Sheriff page lists Sheriff Conrad Saucedo III, 940-864-2345, and conrad.saucedo@haskellcountytx.gov. It does not publish a dedicated jail-record form, separate jail address, local fee schedule, or response-time promise. Call first to confirm the current written submission channel.
- Identify the person by full name, date of birth, and an approximate booking date or number.
- Ask for the jail-register entry, booking-in sheet, booking-out or release sheet, and release or transfer order.
- Request the release or transfer date and time, recorded authority, and publicly releasable destination custodian.
- Ask for segregable public portions if part of a record is withheld, and request the legal basis for withholding.
- Choose electronic existing records when practical and ask for an estimate before costly work begins.
Haskell County Sheriff
Phone: 940-864-2345
Email: conrad.saucedo@haskellcountytx.gov
Submission address and records hours: confirm directly
The County Clerk offers a general public-information form, but that does not make the clerk custodian of sheriff jail files. Jail requests go to the Sheriff. Court judgments go to the clerk that holds the case.
Haskell Release Records Law
The Texas Public Information Act, Government Code Chapter 552, provides access to government information unless another law permits or requires withholding. Section 552.221 calls for prompt production within a reasonable time. The often-cited ten-business-day period in §552.301 concerns an agency seeking an Attorney General decision to withhold, not a universal production deadline.
Charges follow §§552.261 through 552.262. If estimated charges exceed $40, §552.2615 requires an itemized estimate and notice of a less costly option. Haskell-specific copy charges were not verified, so TDCJ's fee schedule must not be applied to a county request. Confidentiality can protect juvenile, medical, victim, security, sealed, expunged, and identifying information. Section 552.108(c) preserves basic arrested-person, arrest, and crime information from that particular law-enforcement exception, but it does not make every part of every file public.
The permanent jail register can outlast any web display, while most release-packet records have a minimum two-year post-release or post-transfer retention period.
Match Haskell Court Release Records
Haskell's court trail must be split by case level. The District Clerk routes district-court records, while county misdemeanors, justice matters, and municipal cases may have other custodians. Ask for the final judgment, bond order, sentence, custody-time calculation, dismissal, or supervision order using the cause number and filing year. A scheduled hearing is not a release result.
A court order explains why release was authorized. The jail register shows the actual release or transfer event. Match cause and booking identifiers across both sources. Expunction under Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 55A depends on eligibility and a court order; release or dismissal alone does not erase a record. Nondisclosure under Government Code Chapter 411 limits public disclosure but is not the same as physical destruction. The controlling order, not a blank search result, shows what relief was granted.
Haskell Release Property Receipts
Release papers are not the only retained custody records. TSLAC schedule PS4200-12 covers prisoner property inventories and receipts, including the return of non-confiscated property. The minimum retention period is release or transfer plus two years. A person disputing returned property can request that receipt separately from the jail register and release sheet.
A correction request should be equally precise. Send the responsible custodian the matching judgment, order, identity document, or other source that demonstrates the claimed error. Updating one record does not automatically change a court file, TDCJ history, IVSS entry, or a copy held elsewhere. Each system must be addressed through its own correction process.
Find Released Haskell County Inmates
Start with a full legal name, date of birth, approximate booking date, arresting agency, and case or booking number. Haskell has no verified online sheriff roster or release feed, so the full search path begins with the official contact rather than a copied booking site.
- Call the Sheriff at 940-864-2345 and ask which entity held the person and which custodian keeps the booking and release record.
- Request the jail register and release or transfer sheet, including the time, authority, and destination if public.
- Match the case through the District Clerk or the proper county, justice, or municipal clerk.
- If the record says TDCJ, ICE, USMS, BOP, or another county, continue with that authority instead of treating the handoff as release.
- For a state prisoner, preserve projected and scheduled fields before release, then use TDCJ history, IVSS, and parole channels afterward.
A person missing from current custody may have been released, transferred, moved between custodians, or omitted by a delayed search. Obtain the historical record.
The Jail Releases: 24 Hours page addresses same-day intent when no official local feed exists. Future state-prison timing belongs in Projected Release.
TDCJ Search for Haskell Releases
The TDCJ online inmate search contains only people currently incarcerated in a TDCJ facility. It updates on working days and is at least 24 hours old. While a person is still held, the detail may show location, offense data, Projected Release Date, parole review, and later a Scheduled Release date and location. After full departure, the person normally drops from this live search.
The official search screen shows why a no-result cannot confirm release:

The screen is a current-inmate tool, not a historical discharge archive. Record identifiers and date fields before release, then request actual history afterward.
| Search field | Use |
|---|---|
| Last name | Exact surname is required for a name search. |
| First name | At least the first initial narrows a surname search. |
| TDCJ number | Direct seven-digit state identifier when known. |
| SID number | Texas state identification number. |
| Gender and race | Optional filters that help separate similar names. |
After departure, email pia@tdcj.texas.gov with the full name, TDCJ number, or exact birth date and conviction county. For a formal release certificate or discharge history, use the TDCJ public-information process. TDCJ IVSS may bridge the period when parole or mandatory supervision continues.
Haskell County Recent Release Search
No official Haskell County searchable jail roster, released tab, 24-hour list, 72-hour list, or sheriff app was verified. The official Sheriff page provides contact information but no public booking search. Therefore “released today” describes the visitor's time window, not a county product or defined feed.
The absence of a web row does not end the search. TSLAC makes the county jail register permanent, and PS4200-10 retains release and booking-out documentation for at least two years after release or transfer. Call with a specific identity and booking interval, then request the written event. Ask whether the person reached the community or changed custodians.
The county source itself shows the limited online starting point:

The published page confirms the office and phone, but it should not be described as a live release roster.
Haskell Release Supervision Search
Parole and probation must stay separate. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles decides eligible state-prison release matters, and TDCJ Parole Division supervises people released on parole or mandatory supervision. Haskell County is assigned to the Abilene District Parole Office at 5241 West Stamford Street, Abilene, phone 325-672-1495. TDCJ IVSS and the office can help verify continuing state supervision.
Probation is imposed by a court and administered through a Community Supervision and Corrections Department. No authoritative statewide public name search for Texas probation was verified. Start with the sentencing judgment and ask the clerk which department administers the order. A supervision record confirms a post-release status, but the sheriff or TDCJ release record remains the source for the completed custody event.
Haskell Release Alerts and Registries
County notification changed in Texas on September 1, 2025. The Attorney General says existing VINE registrations moved to IVSS-Counties, users must reset passwords at first login, and phone and text alerts now come through a successor provider. Historical VINELink instructions remain useful context, but they are not the complete current route. Register while the person is in custody, save an alert, and confirm whether the notice meant release or transfer.
TDCJ IVSS is a separate state-prison and parole system. The Texas sex-offender registry is narrower still. It applies only to people required to register, and it cannot prove an exact jail release date. These channels supplement, rather than replace, the originating release record.
Released by Whom, to Whom?
Rolling Plains creates a genuine multi-custodian problem. A person can leave its Haskell address yet remain in ICE, USMS, another county, or other custody. County-to-ICE movement is a transfer. A move between federal contract facilities is also a transfer. The legal authority, not just the building name, determines the correct record.
| Authority | Confirmation route |
|---|---|
| Haskell County | Sheriff jail register, release sheet, and local court order |
| ICE | ODLS within its post-release window, then ERO or records |
| USMS | Federal docket first, focused USMS FOIA if needed |
| BOP | BOP locator and its release-date meaning |
| TDCJ | Current search before exit, then IVSS and release-history request |
ICE states that ODLS can cover current detainees and people released from ICE custody within the prior 60 days. Older releases require ERO or records channels. A blank ODLS result can also reflect spelling, delay, age limits, or transfer.
Rolling Plains Release History Context
Operational claims about Rolling Plains need dates. A 2020 ICE inspection says the facility originally opened in 2002. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards recorded private-facility reoccupation in October 2018, and ICE's May 2023 inspection described a 2018 reopening. These are compatible milestones: first opening and later reoccupation are different events.
Historical directories can accurately describe a past contract while failing to prove who is held there now. Check the current custodian at the time of the inquiry. An old ICE or county listing should not be turned into a present custody claim, and a federal detainee at Rolling Plains should not be assumed to be in BOP custody when USMS pretrial authority may apply.
Haskell Release Statistics Limits
The strongest relatively recent local metric found is an FY2022 ICE average daily population of 11 at Rolling Plains, reported in ICE's May 2023 inspection. It is not a Haskell County booking total, release count, facility capacity, or current census. It describes one dated ICE population measure only.
Texas Commission on Jail Standards reports can provide dated, point-in-time population and capacity context. Those figures also cannot be converted into annual releases. No verified Haskell County annual release total was located, so none should be estimated from daily population.
Four Rolling Plains Custody Layers
The May 2023 ICE inspection identifies four distinct layers at one site: City of Haskell ownership, LaSalle Corrections operation, ICE use through a USMS intergovernmental agreement, and use for Haskell County prisoners. The address can stay the same while the legal custodian and release route change.
Begin every Rolling Plains search with authority. A private operator manages the building, but the county, ICE, or USMS record answers the legal release question for its own detainee. The official ICE facility source illustrates that federal layer:

The facility page is a custody-routing source, not a universal archive of everyone who left the building.
Federal Haskell Release Search
The BOP locator can retain a past date with a `RELEASED` status for federal inmates incarcerated from 1982 onward. That means the person is no longer in BOP custody. It does not rule out federal supervision, state custody, ICE custody, or a later detention. A future date is projected, while `UNKNOWN` means the confinement term is not determined.
USMS handles many federal defendants before conviction or BOP commitment and has no comparable public released-person locator. Use the federal docket or release order first, then a focused USMS FOIA request when necessary. For ICE, search by A-number and country of birth or exact name, birth data, and country of birth. Each system certifies only its own custody.
Where Haskell Release Records Appear
Released and still-in-custody searches use different tools. The table keeps the strongest source aligned with the question being asked.
| Status or system | Best source | Main limit |
|---|---|---|
| Current Haskell county custody | Call the Sheriff or identified holding custodian | No verified public roster |
| Past county release or transfer | Permanent jail register and release packet | Written request may be required |
| Current TDCJ incarceration | TDCJ live search | At least 24 hours old; working-day updates |
| Completed TDCJ release | TDCJ information or public-record request; IVSS if supervised | Live search is not a discharge archive |
| Federal prison release | BOP locator | Shows exit from BOP only |
| ICE release | ODLS, then ERO or records | Released-person coverage is limited to 60 days |
| Legal reason for release | Correct Haskell court clerk | Order does not prove physical exit time |
Haskell County Release Facilities
The facility map includes physical sites and statewide or federal systems that may hold Haskell-related release records. Choose by custodian, not proximity.
- Haskell County Jail: county booking and release or transfer records through the Sheriff.
- Rolling Plains Detention Center: mixed county, ICE, and USMS paths that require authority-first routing.
- Texas Department of Criminal Justice: statewide prison search before exit and records request after release.
- Abilene District Parole Office: state parole and mandatory-supervision contact for Haskell County.
- Federal Bureau of Prisons: nationwide locator for federal prison release status.
- ICE Detainee Release: ODLS and ERO route for immigration custody.