Annex-specific confirmation matters because the county reports operational releases by facility while the public search remains a single current-custody view for the wider Detention Bureau.
Where Jail Annex Releases Go
The El Paso County Jail Annex is an adult county jail. An exit may follow bond, personal bond, time served, sentence completion, dismissal with a release order, or another court-authorized event. A different result is transfer to the Downtown Detention Facility, TDCJ, another county, a federal custodian, ICE, a hospital, or another placement. A transfer ends the Annex stay without ending custody.
The county’s retained booking history should distinguish actual release date and time, disposition or type, release authority, and destination or receiving agency when recorded. The court docket may explain why a judge authorized an outcome, and Jail Bond Records may show a posted bond. Neither source automatically gives the physical exit time or resolves a second hold. Read the records together.
Confirm an Annex Booking-Out Event
Use the official El Paso County Jail Records form first. Search with the most exact name, birth date, and booking-date range available. The county describes the database as “current jailings only,” so a no-match is a reason to continue, not proof of release.
- Check current county custody and record any booking identifier shown.
- Call Annex Administration at 915-273-3790 and ask which DDF or records contact can confirm the booking-out destination.
- Call DDF Releasing at 915-273-3768 when the immediate release path is unclear.
- Search county Jail Bond Records for the bond status and posted date.
- Search the El Paso Criminal Case system for orders, disposition, sentence, probation, dismissal, or transfer events.
The county publishes no separate Annex release feed, no 24-hour list, and no 72-hour list. A booking-date filter on the current roster does not create historical release data. The El Paso County release-search guide explains how to reconcile these same channels for a named person.
Jail Annex Records and Contact
The Annex administration line serves facility questions, while durable booking-and-release documents belong with EPCSO Crime Records. A focused request is more useful than asking broadly for all inmate information.
El Paso County Jail Annex
12501 E. Montana Ave.
El Paso, TX 79938
Administration: 915-273-3790
EPCSO Crime Records is at 3850 Justice St., El Paso, TX 79938, and is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Its phone number is 915-273-3807, and the published records email is DG-SO-Records@epcountytx.gov. Include full name, aliases, birth date, booking number, approximate dates, arresting agency, and cause number. Ask for actual release date and time, release type and authority, destination, and any receiving agency.
No official source reviewed states a special release-record fee, booking-photo fee, online retention period, or categorical Annex photo policy. Ask for electronic delivery, request an estimate before costs exceed a limit, and ask the custodian to cite any redaction or withholding authority.
El Paso County Annex Scale
The Annex has a published capacity of 1,896. Together, the Annex and DDF give the Detention Bureau a reported capacity of 2,906. They remain parts of one EPCSO system rather than two distinct released-person databases, so searching for a separate Annex archive is unlikely to answer the question.
Those annual-report figures describe facility release events. They should not be called counts of unique people without a source making that claim. The change between years is operational context, not a person-search tool. It also does not show which exits were transfers rather than community releases.
Annex Federal Housing Ended in 2024
The EPCSO annual report states that the El Paso County Jail Annex stopped housing federal inmates in May 2024. That date matters when interpreting an old result or a federal case. A former federal detainee’s absence from Annex-era information should lead to the current county booking trail, the federal court docket, USMS or BOP records, or ICE. It should not be turned into an unsupported community-release conclusion.
For a sentenced federal person, use the official BOP Inmate Locator. It can show a release date and location for much of the federal population since 1982. “Released” means the person is no longer in BOP custody, not that every other custody or supervision status ended. For USMS pretrial custody, the federal docket is often the public route because no historical public USMS released-person locator was located.
ICE Detainers at the End of Annex Custody
An ICE detainer can convert the end of El Paso County authority into a direct immigration transfer. ICE characterizes a detainer as notice and a request tied to an impending release so immigration officers can assume custody. Its form asks for continued custody for a limited period after the person otherwise would be released. The accurate description may therefore be “released from EPCSO custody to ICE,” not “released into the community.”
Search the ICE Online Detainee Locator System using a nine-digit A-number and country of birth, or exact name and country with an optional birth date. ODLS includes current qualifying custody and can retain a booked-out result for roughly 60 days. A “not in custody” result supports an ICE exit; a no-result does not prove one because matching, timing, age exclusions, and delayed or omitted records can affect the answer.
El Paso has ICE facilities, making the distinction locally important even though Annex federal housing ended. Ask the county for the destination field before choosing the next system.
Bond, Court, and Release Records Differ
Jail Bond Records accepts a name, birth date, bond status, and posted-date range. It can identify the legal mechanism that may have permitted release. An entry still does not prove the precise moment the person walked out because another warrant, case, detainer, or administrative step may remain.
The Criminal Case search supplies a more durable trail after the current roster changes. It may reveal the case status, docket events, judgment, sentence, probation, dismissal, or other order. Pair that legal record with the jail booking-out data. If the person moved to TDCJ, switch to the statewide offender search and verify current status, location, sentencing county and court, and release fields. A county-to-state transfer is not community release.
Note: Ask “released to whom or where?” whenever the county record uses transfer language or the destination remains unclear.