This is a private reference website, not a government office. It cannot confirm that someone is in custody, release a person from jail, post bond, confirm release, or pull official booking records. For those actions, contact the agency or court that holds the record.
Where to Check or Request Records
Use the official channel that matches the custody or record type. Cherokee County does not publish a county-hosted jail roster or mugshot gallery in the researched materials, so the local path starts with VINELink, then the jail phone or sheriff records department.
Cherokee County Sheriff's Office / Cherokee County Jail
272 Underwood St.
Rusk, TX 75785
Sheriff: Brent Dickson
Sheriff's Office main phone: 903-683-2271
Jail phone listed for inmate-funds questions: 903-683-6365
Open records: records@cocherokee.org
Fax: 903-683-2813, ATTN: Records
Office of Professional Responsibility questions: Capt. Battley, 903-683-2271, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- For a current county-jail custody check, start with VINELink through the Texas state-selection page or the sheriff-published VINELink path, then use jail inmate records for the local fallback steps.
- For a booking photo or booking record, review jail roster mugshots and send a public-information request to records@cocherokee.org or fax 903-683-2813 ATTN: Records.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and contact the right clerk or prosecutor after a case is filed.
- For a specific place of custody, use the facility pages in the footer for Cherokee County Jail, Jerry H. Hodge Unit, or Skyview Unit.
- For a sentenced Texas prisoner, use the TDCJ Inmate Information Search. Hodge Unit and Skyview Unit are TDCJ prisons, not county-jail roster entries.
- For sentenced federal custody, use the BOP Inmate Locator. For federal pretrial custody in East Texas, the U.S. Marshals Service Eastern District of Texas may be part of the custody chain.
- For immigration detention, use ICE Online Detainee Locator System. ICE custody is separate from Cherokee County Jail, TDCJ, and BOP systems.
Recent arrests may not have a court case immediately. Booking charge language can differ from the charge later filed by a prosecutor.
- District Clerk Alison Dotson: 135 South Main, 2nd Floor, Rusk, TX 75785; 903-683-6908; dcoffice@cocherokee.org. Office hours are Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-noon and 1 p.m.-4 p.m., excluding holidays.
- District Attorney's Office: 903-683-2573; fax 903-683-2309. Office hours are Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-noon and 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Victim Coordinator Regina Brooks: 903-683-2718.
- County Attorney Dana Young: 135 S. Main, 1st Floor, Rusk, TX 75785; 903-683-2423; fax 903-683-5931; coattorney@cocherokee.org.