Track Hood Contract-Bed Releases

Hood Contract Release Chain

Hood County may use a host county jail under an interlocal agreement when contract beds are needed. The host has physical control during placement, while Hood keeps the originating case, booking, warrant, or hold responsibility described by the agreement. A roster can show only one part of that divided custody. The person may disappear from the host display because transport began, not because the person entered the community.

The research documents a 2025 Hood County and Burnet County agreement with a clear local rule. Hood prisoners held by Burnet must bond in Hood County and are transported back to Hood’s facility for release. That means the host departure, return trip, Hood arrival, and Hood release can occur at different times. A bond order may start the process but does not collapse those steps into one event.

Confirm Hood Contract Releases

Start by asking where the person is physically held and which county owns the active case or hold. Record the full name, date of birth, Hood booking or cause number, host booking number if known, and the date of the last confirmed location. Then build the timeline from both custodians.

1. Check Hood’s current View Bonds report, while recognizing it is not a release archive.
2. Call Hood County Jail at 817-579-3333 to ask about the public Hood custody, contract, return, release, or transfer status.
3. Contact the identified host jail for the physical movement entry and destination it can disclose.
4. Read the Hood court docket for bond, sentence, warrant, dismissal, or release authority.
5. Request Hood’s booking/release sheet and the host’s movement record for written confirmation.

Do not stop after the host reports “released.” Ask released to whom or transferred where. Jail systems sometimes use release as a broad exit code even when another agency receives the person. The receiving destination and Hood’s final event distinguish return transport from release to the public.

Hood-Burnet Return for Release

The 2025 Burnet and Hood inmate-housing agreement is the strongest local example of the contract chain. It says Hood inmates bond in Hood and return to Hood’s facility for release. The agreement prevents a common but serious inference: a person leaving Burnet’s custody display has not necessarily completed Hood’s release processing.

Three timestamps may matter. First comes the Hood bond or court action. Second is the host facility’s departure or transport time. Third is the actual Hood release time after return and any required checks. The order can be known before movement occurs. Travel and processing separate the legal authority from the physical exit.

Ask Hood for the maintained booking/release record and custody event history. Ask the host for its transfer or movement entry. If the Hood record identifies another hold, follow that authority too. The records may use terms such as return, transport, transfer, release to agency, or bond release. Read the destination field before deciding what the code means.

Request Hood Contract Records

The Hood Sheriff’s public-information channel accepts requests for existing records. Identify the exact booking, person, date range, and desired fields. For contract custody, request the originating booking and hold, contract placement or movement entries, return-to-Hood entry, actual release date and time, release type, releasing authority, and receiving agency or destination if maintained and public.

Send the Hood request to pialaw@hoodcounty.texas.gov; fax it to 817-573-7372; or mail or deliver it to Hood County Sheriff’s Office, Attn: Records Division, 400 Deputy Larry Miller Drive, Granbury, TX 76048. The Sheriff warns that electronic or mailed requests must reach its designated Records Division channel. Texas Government Code Chapter 552 requires production of existing responsive public information, subject to statutory exceptions. It does not require the agency to create a new explanation.

A separate request may be needed from the host county because Hood may not maintain every host movement detail. Use the host named in Hood’s record rather than guessing which contract facility was used.

Hood Court and Contract Authority

The Hood criminal case explains why the person was detained and what legal action could permit release. Felony dockets and judgments use the 355th District Clerk. Misdemeanor cases use the County Clerk courts page. Look for the cause number, bond order, warrant, dismissal, sentence, jail credit, judgment, revocation, or later order.

A court record is essential but incomplete as a transport log. A signed bond or release order shows authority. It may not show when the host received notice, when transport began, when Hood accepted the person back, or when release processing ended. Only the custodian records can supply those physical movement points.

Pair each court entry with jail evidence. A Hood order plus a Burnet departure can still mean a return to Hood. A sentence to TDCJ means the county-jail stage can end through state transfer rather than community release. A warrant from another county may produce another pickup. Legal authority and physical destination must agree before the release is treated as final.

Hood Contract Transfer Boundaries

Contract housing is not the same as commitment to TDCJ. A contract host temporarily houses a Hood prisoner under an agreement. TDCJ is the statewide prison and state-jail system for people received into state custody. Federal and immigration agencies have still different roles. The destination field tells which lookup should follow.

Contract placement

Temporary physical housing by a host jail while Hood retains the originating responsibility.

Return transport

Movement from the host back to Hood County custody for the next required step.

Transfer

Delivery to another custodian while confinement or legal control continues.

Community release

Exit from detention after the responsible jail completes its process, subject to any supervision or court conditions.

If the receiving entry says TDCJ, search the TDCJ offender record. If it says ICE, use the immigration detention locator. If it identifies another county, call that jail. A federal pickup may require the federal docket, U.S. Marshals information, or BOP locator depending on the stage.

Hood IVSS Contract Events

Texas IVSS-Counties can provide a person-specific custody notification when the relevant county feed participates and is online. It replaced the former county VINE system in Texas. Search with strong identifiers and compare matches. Registering before an expected move is more useful than searching only after a person disappears.

An IVSS custody-change event is supporting evidence. It is not a host movement sheet, the Hood release record, or a court judgment. A transfer event can mean the person left the host or Hood but remained confined. A person who is released may also disappear from search, so absence is not reliable historical proof.

For a same-day question, document the time of calls to Hood and the host. For durable proof, obtain the written Hood release or transfer entry and the host movement record. The Hood County Jail release page explains the county booking and records route after the person returns.

Hood Contract Evidence Checks

The strongest contract-custody finding joins records rather than choosing one roster. A host movement entry establishes departure from that building. Hood’s release sheet establishes Hood’s final custody action. The criminal court establishes legal authority. A receiving-agency result can show continued custody. Each record proves its own event.

Roster disappearance is weak. Hood’s View Bonds report has current booking and bond fields but no release date, release time, reason, or destination. A host roster may have different labels and update timing. Neither absence should be rewritten as a final release without a destination or release code.

Keep identifiers and timestamps in a simple chronology. Note the Hood booking number, court cause number, host booking number, bond or order time, host departure, Hood return, and final release or transfer. This method also prevents two people with similar names from being combined. For the full cross-system named-person search, use the Hood County released inmates resource.