This website is a private reference guide, not an Ector County office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule visitation, or pull official booking records. For official jail, release, bond, or records action, use the government contacts below.
Official Jail and Records Contacts
The Ector County Sheriff's Office and Ector County Detention Center share the Law Enforcement Center south of Odessa. Administrative offices are generally open weekdays from 8 am to 5 pm except county holidays, while the detention operation runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Ector County Sheriff's Office / Ector County Detention Center2500 S U.S. Highway 385
Odessa, TX 79766
- Sheriff's Office main number: 432-335-3050
- Detention Center: 432-335-3060
- Records email for sheriff public-information requests: lupe.bretado@ectorcountysheriff.us
- Texas public records reference: Texas Public Information Act, Government Code Chapter 552
Use these pages to choose the right record path before contacting an office:
- For someone booked into the Ector County Detention Center, start with jail inmate records and then call the Detention Center if the Tyler jail search is unavailable or unclear.
- For booking-photo questions, use jail roster mugshots and the sheriff records request route.
- For charges filed after a booking, use court records after a jail arrest because the court portal and clerk records are separate from jail custody records.
- For facility-specific details, review the Ector County Detention Center page linked in the footer.
- For a sentenced Texas prisoner, search through the Texas Department of Criminal Justice locator instead of the county jail roster.
- For federal or immigration custody, check the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator, U.S. Marshals or federal court context, or the ICE Online Detainee Locator as appropriate.