Scurry County Release Records Explained
A release is a custody event. It does not settle every charge or show that all legal duties have ended. At Scurry County Jail, a person may leave after posting a surety, cash, or personal bond. A dismissal, acquittal, time-served order, completed county sentence, or other court order may also lead to release. A warrant or hold from another agency can stop that exit. Transfer to another jail, TDCJ, federal custody, or immigration custody ends the local jail stay but is not release into the community.
Price Daniel Unit creates a second path within Scurry County. It is a state prison, not part of the county jail. Movement from Daniel Unit to another TDCJ unit is only a transfer. Community departure may be parole, mandatory supervision, or full discharge. Parole and mandatory supervision both mean the person remains under state supervision. A discharge means the identified sentence has ended, though another case could still exist.
- Time served
- The confinement ordered in that case has been satisfied.
- Parole
- Conditional community release before the sentence fully expires.
- Mandatory supervision
- A form of supervised release governed by Texas eligibility and review rules.
- Discharge
- The end of the identified sentence, not merely departure from one facility.
Scurry County Release Types
The wording on the record determines the next search. “Bonded” does not mean the charge was dismissed. “Transferred” does not mean the person went home. A release reason should be read with the destination, court order, and any supervision field.
| Release type | Meaning | Next record |
|---|---|---|
| Cash, surety, or personal bond | Local physical custody ends while the case continues. | Court docket and bond order |
| Time served or sentence complete | The stated county commitment ends. | Judgment, jail credit, and release log |
| Dismissal or acquittal | The specified charge ends, subject to the signed order. | Clerk file and sheriff release record |
| Transfer | Custody shifts to another jail or agency. | Receiving agency locator |
| Parole or mandatory supervision | Prison custody changes to supervised community custody. | TDCJ and Parole Division status |
| Discharge | The identified state sentence reaches its end. | TDCJ incarceration history |
A death in custody is not an ordinary release. It is documented through the custodian and other official records. Likewise, an ICE or federal handoff must be recorded as a transfer even when the county roster no longer shows the person.
Scurry County Release Record Fields
A focused request is more useful than asking the sheriff to answer a broad question. Identity fields tie the event to the right booking. Time, reason, and destination fields show what happened at the end of the stay. Some supporting items may be withheld or redacted under a valid exception.
| Field | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Booked name and aliases | The identity used in the jail file |
| Date of birth or identifier | A way to separate people with similar names |
| Booking number | The local key for that custody episode |
| Arrest and booking time | When the local custody record began |
| Charge, warrant, and cause number | The case tied to the booking |
| Bond type and amount | The recorded pretrial release terms, if applicable |
| Release date and time | When jail staff completed the custody exit |
| Release reason and destination | Why local custody ended and whether another agency received the person |
The booking image, fingerprints, property ledger, and authorization papers may also exist. They are not always public in full. Ask for public portions and redaction of protected material instead of demanding the entire jail file.
Request Scurry County Release Records
Texas Government Code Chapter 552 applies to existing public information held by a government body, subject to exceptions. It does not force an office to create a report or answer research questions. The Scurry County Sheriff page contains two request forms. Use the second form, which states that it covers jailings in Scurry County.
- Identify the person by booked name, date of birth, and booking number if known.
- Give a narrow booking and release date range. Select email, pickup, or fax as the return method.
- Ask for the booking sheet, custody or movement history, release date and time, release type, and transfer destination if public.
- Request public portions with protected material redacted. Set a cost ceiling and ask for notice before it is exceeded.
- Compare the result with the signed court order or receiving-agency record.
400 37th Street
Snyder, TX 79549
Sheriff: 325-573-3551
Jail: 325-573-3581
No guaranteed completion time, local fee schedule, or release-record retention term is published on the reviewed sheriff pages. Texas Attorney General cost rules and the office’s actual estimate control. Judicial records follow the clerk’s process rather than the Public Information Act.
Scurry County Release Record Expunction
Release alone does not erase an arrest trail. Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 55A governs expunction, and eligibility depends on the outcome, timing, and other statutory facts. An order of nondisclosure under Government Code Chapter 411 limits public criminal-history disclosure but is not the same as destruction. Authorized access may remain.
Scurry County’s expunction agency-notification list shows how widely one arrest trail may be held. It names Snyder Police, the sheriff, county and district clerks, prosecutors, Adult Probation, Snyder Municipal Court, and justice courts. The list maps repositories. It does not establish that a person qualifies, nor does it promise removal of every copy outside those agencies.
Find Scurry County Released Inmates
Start with the last known custodian. Scurry County does not publish an official online jail roster or rolling release list. A name disappearing from a screen therefore cannot serve as proof. The search must follow the custody chain.
- Call Scurry County Jail and ask whether the person remains there, was released, or was transferred.
- Search Texas VINE for a county custody status or event supplied by the participating agency.
- Submit the sheriff’s jailings request for the exact release time, reason, and destination.
- Check the Scurry District Clerk for the order that authorized bond, dismissal, sentence, revocation, or adjudication.
- If state prison is involved, search TDCJ by name, TDCJ number, or SID number.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the matching BOP, USMS, or ICE path.
The Scurry County 24-Hour Releases page explains the no-feed fallback for same-day checks. For a projected state-prison date, use the separate Release Date Lookup.
Scurry County Release Feed Limits
The official Scurry County Jail page lists administrators, jail contact information, deposits, and visitation. It does not display a roster, booking search, recent-release tab, release date, photo archive, update schedule, or retention statement. That absence is a documented limit, not proof that no releases occurred.

The captured county page makes telephone, VINE, written requests, and court records the primary release channels. Unaffiliated “recent booking” pages cannot be treated as a county release feed.
TDCJ Scurry County Release Search
The TDCJ Offender Information Search is essential in Scurry County because Price Daniel Unit lies near Snyder. It covers state custody, not a person who merely bonded out of the county jail. Search by last name and first name, or use a TDCJ number or State Identification number when known.

The search screen helps identify the correct state record. Returned details may include TDCJ and SID identifiers, age, race, gender, current facility, offense and sentence data, projected release date, parole eligibility date, maximum sentence date, and status or history when available. Projected dates can change. A transfer between TDCJ units is not release.
| Search field | Best use | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Last and first name | Broad identity search | Confirm with age and identifiers |
| TDCJ number | Direct state record match | Applies only to TDCJ records |
| SID number | Texas identity match | Must be entered accurately |
| Email inquiry | Alternative when web results are limited | Requires identifying details |
Scurry County’s Two Release Systems
Price Daniel Unit is an 880-capacity male TDCJ prison with G1, G2, G4, and safekeeping custody levels. Its presence creates a local two-system problem. Scurry County Jail records county detention. TDCJ records state incarceration. Similar geography does not merge the records.
A person leaving Daniel Unit may transfer to another prison, enter parole or mandatory supervision, or reach full discharge. Only statewide TDCJ status and, when needed, Parole Division information distinguish those outcomes. A person leaving Scurry County Jail on bond normally will not gain a TDCJ record merely because the arrest occurred in the county.
The Daniel Unit directory confirms the facility type and custody levels. That official state source, rather than a county roster, is the right starting point for interpreting a departure from the unit.
Scurry County Release Supervision Resources
Post-release supervision depends on the authority involved. Scurry County Adult Probation, also called the Community Supervision and Corrections Department, handles court-ordered community supervision at 2511 College Avenue in Snyder. TDCJ’s Abilene District Parole Office handles state parole and mandatory supervision for this area. Calling county probation to check a Daniel Unit parole case reaches the wrong system.
Parole is conditional release from prison before the sentence expires. Probation, called community supervision in Texas records, is imposed by a court and may occur without a prison release. Mandatory supervision is a separate TDCJ release form governed by state eligibility and Board review. A favorable parole vote is not the jail-door event. Program work, a detainer, release planning, or final processing may still stand between approval and departure.
Daniel Unit’s CHANGES/Pre-Release and Reentry Planning programs make local preparation visible before a state release. Eligibility and the help offered must be confirmed with TDCJ. The Snyder-area community resource list identifies local health, document, and immediate-service contacts, but it is separate from custody and supervision records. Verify each service directly.
Scurry County Release Court Trail
Scurry’s District Court docket archive publishes arraignment, pretrial, motion-to-revoke, and motion-to-adjudicate lists. These records are useful after jail custody ends because they can reveal the cause number, court, counsel, and scheduled event. They are calendars, not complete case histories.

A signed judgment, dismissal, bond order, or sentence order explains the legal authority. It does not prove the exact jail-door time. Another warrant, detainer, consecutive sentence, or processing step may delay physical release. Pair the clerk’s order with the sheriff movement log.
Felony files generally belong with the District Clerk. County misdemeanors belong with the County Clerk, while Snyder Municipal Court handles its city cases. EagleWeb is a recorded-document portal and should not be treated as a complete criminal docket.
VINE Scurry County Release Alerts
Texas VINELink can show custody status, agency, identifiers, and custody-event data supplied by a participating agency. Select the Scurry County result, verify the person’s identifiers, and quote the current status exactly. A missing result is not proof of release.

VINE is a notification service rather than a certified release sheet. Data timing depends on the reporting agency. A reported release event does not show that the charge ended or rule out a separate hold. Daniel Unit notifications use the TDCJ victim-notification layer, not an assumption that a county registration follows the person into state prison.
Getting Home After Scurry Release
Scurry County publishes no verified release-processing hours, exit door, family waiting area, or property-return schedule. Call the jail before a planned pickup. Confirm that release processing is complete and every known hold has cleared before anyone travels.
Snyder’s comprehensive plan states that the city has no fixed-route transit system. SPARTAN Public Transportation lists Scurry County in its rural demand-response coverage area and offers local and out-of-town service. Riders must contact the provider and confirm reservation and pickup availability. It is public transportation, not a jail shuttle, and it does not promise a same-day ride.
Release paperwork, personal property, identification, and medication needs should be confirmed directly with the releasing facility. No local published process supports a more specific promise.
Federal Scurry County Release Checks
A federal detainee may be held locally under an arrangement and moved out of Scurry County. A published sheriff staffing document notes escorts of federal inmates held at the county jail to out-of-town federal court facilities. A pretrial USMS detainee may not yet appear in the federal prison database.
For a person who served a federal sentence, use the BOP Inmate Locator. It searches federal records from 1982 onward by name and traits or by federal identifier. Results may show “Released,” a release date, or “Not in BOP Custody.” Those terms do not rule out supervised release or another agency’s custody.

For immigration custody, ICE’s locator uses an A-number and country of birth, or exact name, birth date, and country of birth. It chiefly tracks current detention and certain recent releases. No result may reflect transfer, removal, delay, mismatch, or an older release. A county handoff to ICE is a transfer from local custody, not proof of community release.
Where Scurry Release Records Appear
Each system answers a different question. Using the wrong one creates false conclusions, especially in a county with both a local jail and a state prison.
| System | Population | Best evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Scurry County Jail | Local detainees and county commitments | Phone confirmation and sheriff release record |
| Scurry courts | Cases within each court’s jurisdiction | Signed order, judgment, and docket sheet |
| TDCJ | State prisoners and former state prisoners | Status, incarceration history, and release data |
| Texas VINE | Reported participating-agency custody events | Notification and current supplied status |
| BOP | Federal prisoners from 1982 onward | Federal custody status and release date |
| ICE | Current and some recently released immigration detainees | Detention result requiring agency confirmation |
Can the Texas sex-offender registry confirm a release? Only for a person whose offense and status require registration. Most released people will not appear. Absence from that narrow registry proves neither custody nor release.
Scurry County Release Facilities
Scurry County Jail holds local pretrial detainees and county commitments. Releases may lead to the community or to another custodian. Price Daniel Unit is a TDCJ prison whose departures must be checked statewide. Snyder Police handles arrest processing and arrest reports, while the county jail generally owns the resulting custody record.
- Scurry County Jail: county release record, VINE, and court verification.
- Price Daniel Unit (DL): TDCJ status, parole, mandatory supervision, or discharge.
- Snyder Police Department temporary holding / arrest processing: police report plus the booking jail’s release record.
Juvenile records are generally confidential and are not mixed with adult released-inmate paths. No separate federal or ICE detention facility was identified in Scurry County.