This is a private reference site, not an Ector County or Texas government office. We cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the government office that holds the record.
Official Offices by Request
Choose the office by the type of custody or record. The county jail, Sheriff’s records division, court clerk, probation department, parole office, and TDCJ each answer a different question.
Ector County Detention Center
2500 S. U.S. Highway 385
Odessa, TX 79766
Detention status: 432-335-3060
Main and records routing: 432-335-3050
Detention operates 24 hours a day. Administration is open weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., except county holidays.
Sheriff’s Identification and Records Division
2500 S. U.S. Highway 385
Odessa, TX 79766
Email: lupe.bretado@ectorcountysheriff.us
Administration is open weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., except county holidays. Ask for booking and release paperwork. The posted charge for records and data sheets is $5.
Ector County District Clerk
300 N. Grant, Room 301
Odessa, TX 79761
Phone: 432-498-4290
Email: District.Clerk@ectorcountytx.gov
Weekdays, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Supervision and State Custody
Ector Adult Probation/CSCD: 312 N. Texas, Odessa, 432-498-4103, weekdays 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
TDCJ Odessa District Parole Office: 701 McDonald Street, Odessa, 432-550-0131.
TDCJ inmate information: 936-295-6371 or 800-535-0283.
TDCJ records email: pia@tdcj.texas.gov.
Formal requests by mail: TDCJ Public Information Request, P.O. Box 4017, Huntsville, TX 77342.
General county public-information requests may be sent to pir@ectorcountytx.gov or Ector County Public Information Office, 300 N. Grant Avenue, Room 227, Odessa, TX 79761. Arrest, booking, and Sheriff release records belong with ID&R instead.
Use these routes for the most common requests:
- For a released person or county release record, start with the Ector County release search and records path, then contact ID&R.
- For post-release supervision, use Parole / Probation and confirm whether CSCD or TDCJ owns the case.
- For someone who may have left today, follow Released Last 24 Hours and call the detention status line.
- For timing or an alert, use Inmate Release Date or the VINELink Release Check.
- For a specific local institution, select one of the Ector County facility pages listed below.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use TDCJ inmate information and its formal records channels.
- For federal or immigration detention, use the official BOP or ICE locator and the responsible federal agency.