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Bowie Detention Center Releases

Bowie County Detention Center is the county jail-system annex at 105 West Front Street in Texarkana. The live roster uses the housing label ANNEX. That code describes where a person is housed, not how a case ended. The same public roster also includes the Bi-State Justice Center under the code BS. A person who leaves ANNEX and appears at BS remains in Bowie County custody. Likewise, a move from BS to ANNEX is an internal housing transfer.

A true community release needs an actual departure time and a release reason. The county booking or release sheet may identify bond, time served, court order, dismissal-related release, or another code. Ask for the destination or receiving agency too. That field separates freedom from a transfer to TDCJ, another county, the United States Marshals Service, or ICE. The Bowie County released inmate search and records overview explains how those systems fit together.

Confirm a Bowie County Release

The Bowie County Sheriff page is the stable official gateway. Its inmate link leads to a current roster, not a released-person archive. Search the exact name and compare identifiers such as booking number, SO number, inmate number, arrest date, and physical details. A no-result is only a lead because spelling, a new booking, or a transfer can change what appears.

1. Search the sheriff-linked roster and note the housing code, booking number, arresting agency, court code, and bond data.
2. If the person no longer appears, use the joint public-record instructions and select the proper custodian.
3. Request the booking and release sheet for a precise name, booking number, and date range. Ask for actual release date and time, reason, and destination.
4. Match a court-ordered event with the Bowie court docket. Follow a transfer in the receiving system rather than calling it a community release.

Texas IVSS-Counties can provide a custody-change notification when a record is covered, but an alert is supporting evidence rather than the full release record. The court order explains legal authority. The jail departure field explains physical movement. Both may be needed to build an accurate timeline.

Detention Center Record Fields

A focused request is easier to route and less likely to return an unrelated person. Bowie records can use several identifiers. Names alone are weak, especially when aliases or common names exist.

Bond data requires care. A bond amount or accepted bond can permit release, but it does not prove that all holds cleared or that processing ended. Compare the bond instrument with the actual jail departure time and any court docket entry.

Bowie Records and Contact

Central Records & Communications handles the joint written channel for Texarkana Police and Bowie Sheriff public-information requests. Describe an existing record rather than asking staff to answer a broad question. Electronic copies and a cost ceiling can help define the request where production charges may apply.

The Sheriff can be reached at 100 North State Line Avenue, 903-798-3149. Prisoner information is routed at 903-798-3432. No official fixed release hours, release exit, family waiting area, gate payment, or weekend procedure was found in the Bowie research. Call before traveling, and do not infer a pickup time from bond acceptance.

ANNEX and BS Housing Transfers

One Bowie roster spans two physical places. This local arrangement is the key to reading a result correctly. ANNEX means the Bowie County Detention Center at West Front Street. BS means the Bi-State Justice Center Jail at North State Line Avenue. Housing can change while the booking number and custody episode continue.

When requesting a record, include both facility names and ask for each movement entry. A destination of BS or ANNEX indicates movement inside the Bowie system. A destination naming another county, TDCJ, USMS, or ICE points outside it. The receiving agency then becomes the best source for current status. This is especially important near the Texas-Arkansas line, where “Texarkana” alone does not identify the state, court, or sovereign responsible for a case.

The official roster interface illustrates the current-custody view and its housing labels. The image below records what that interface looked like when captured; it does not turn the roster into a release archive.

Use the roster to identify the booking, then use the historical record to establish the final movement.

After a Detention Center Transfer

If the destination is TDCJ, the Bowie jail event ended but state incarceration began. The TDCJ online search covers people currently confined in a TDCJ facility. Later parole or discharge information requires TDCJ history or Parole Division records. A transfer to another county should be checked with that county's jail and court.

Federal movement also splits into different routes. A sentenced federal person may later appear in the BOP Inmate Locator. A federal pretrial detainee remains a USMS responsibility and may be housed under contract. ICE's locator is relevant only when facts point to immigration custody. None of those systems should be substituted for the Bowie booking and release sheet that documents departure from the county jail.

Release

Departure from a custody setting, which may be to the community or another authority.

Transfer

Movement to another facility or agency while custody continues.

Discharge

Completion of the sentence or supervision addressed by that record.

Detainer

A request or hold that can route a person to another authority.

Note: A current-roster absence cannot establish why custody ended; the release sheet and receiving system supply that missing context.

Bowie Release Timeline Checks

A complete Bowie County Detention Center timeline keeps arrest, booking, court, bond, housing, and departure events separate. Arrest time begins police custody. Booking time begins the jail record. A bond instrument records a possible release path, but release can wait while staff check other warrants, detainers, or court instructions. The actual release timestamp is when the jail reports departure. A later court disposition answers what happened to the charge, not when the person walked out.

When dates conflict, ask the originating office to clarify the field. Vendor interfaces can show a booking date, offense disposition date, or data-refresh time that resembles a release date. State that an actual historical release date and time are needed. Include the booking number and ask whether the record shows a community destination or names a receiving agency.

The Bowie District Clerk's public portal can locate a Texas cause number, but online searching does not provide document viewing. Obtain the signed order or judgment directly when the legal basis matters. County Clerk records cover matters within that clerk's jurisdiction. Neither court portal replaces the physical-departure entry created by jail staff.

Texas public-information requests fall under Government Code Chapter 552. Some information may be redacted, and cost depends on the work and medium. Asking for a defined booking, exact date range, electronic existing records, and a cost estimate makes the request precise without inventing a fixed local fee.