Carrizales-Rucker Overview
Carrizales-Rucker Detention Center is operated by the Cameron County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff contact page lists Carrizales-Rucker at 7100 Old Alice Road, Olmito, TX 78575, with phone number (956) 554-6701 and identifies Andre Delgado as Jail Administrator. The Jail Division page uses the related name Carrizales Detention Center and lists 7300 Old Alice Road, Olmito, TX 78575, with the same phone number. Both official address references should be preserved because they appear in county materials.
The facility is part of the Cameron County jail system, which holds people awaiting magistrate or court processing, people awaiting bail, and people serving state or local sentences. It is not an ICE facility and it is not a TDCJ state prison. If a person is in immigration custody at Port Isabel Service Processing Center, the ICE locator is the correct route. If a person has been transferred to state prison after sentencing, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice locator is the correct route.
Carrizales-Rucker has a stronger first-appearance connection than the other county jail pages because the Cameron County Magistrate Court page is tied to Carrizales-Rucker Detention Center. That makes this facility important for early custody questions, bond timing, and the difference between a booking charge and a later filed court case. For current county jail records, start with Cameron County Jail Inmate Records and then verify with the facility.
The magistrate connection is shown in the county's official Magistrate Court source. The image below comes from the Cameron County Magistrate Court page.
That source helps explain why a Carrizales-Rucker custody search may quickly lead to bond and first-appearance questions.
Carrizales-Rucker Population
Carrizales-Rucker is included in Cameron County's countywide jail capacity, but no official building-specific bed count was located. The best sourced number is the countywide Texas Commission on Jail Standards figure. The June 1, 2026 TCJS current population workbook lists Cameron County with 1,746 jail beds and 1,514 total jail inmates. That was 86.7 percent of reported capacity for the whole county jail system.
That distinction matters. TCJS data helps explain the systemwide Cameron County inmate population, while the sheriff roster helps find a named person. Neither public source found in research assigns a precise population to Carrizales-Rucker. For a live housing answer, use the roster to obtain identifiers, then call (956) 554-6701.
Carrizales-Rucker Lookup
Use the Cameron County Inmates List for a Carrizales-Rucker inmate lookup. The roster is countywide and includes people currently or recently housed in the Cameron County jails under the county's listed categories. The direct roster displays Picture, BookingDt, Defendant, BookingNumber, SONumber, and Charges. It states that the roster is updated every two hours.
The roster excludes federal prisoners and detainees. That warning is especially important in Cameron County because the county includes a separate ICE facility in Los Fresnos, and federal or immigration custody may not appear in the sheriff roster. For Carrizales-Rucker, the roster can identify a county jail entry, but a phone call is still needed for the current facility, visit access, and property instructions.
- Search the county roster by defendant name, booking date, booking number, or SO number.
- Save the booking number and SO number if a matching entry appears.
- Call Carrizales-Rucker at (956) 554-6701 to confirm current housing.
- If the question is first appearance or bond, check magistrate and court timing after the booking entry.
- If the person is not on the county roster, check TDCJ, BOP, ICE, VINELink, or the county records request route as appropriate.
| Question | First Route | Follow-Up Route |
|---|---|---|
| Is the person in county jail? | County inmate list | Facility phone confirmation |
| Is the person at Carrizales-Rucker? | Roster identifiers | (956) 554-6701 |
| What happened at first appearance? | Booking record and magistrate context | Court portal or clerk route |
| Was the person transferred to state prison? | County roster no longer enough | TDCJ Inmate Information Search |
Carrizales-Rucker Contact
Use the Carrizales-Rucker phone number for facility-specific custody, visit, and property questions. The address can be confusing because two official county pages use related Old Alice Road addresses. The sheriff contact page lists Carrizales-Rucker at 7100 Old Alice Road, while the Jail Division page lists Carrizales Detention Center at 7300 Old Alice Road. Confirm the correct visitor or property entrance before driving to Olmito.
Carrizales-Rucker Detention Center
7100 Old Alice Road
Olmito, TX 78575
(956) 554-6701
Jail Administrator Andre Delgado listed on sheriff contact page
Carrizales Detention Center Reference
7300 Old Alice Road
Olmito, TX 78575
(956) 554-6701
Related Jail Division page address
The official Jail Division source below includes county jail addresses and inmate service rules. It comes from the Cameron County Jail Division page.
The page is useful for Carrizales-Rucker because it provides the property, funds, medical, phone, and messaging rules used by county jail facilities.
Carrizales-Rucker Visits
Countywide visitation rules apply to Carrizales-Rucker unless staff gives a current facility instruction. Adult visitors must show valid photo ID and must be on the inmate's visitation list unless a shift supervisor approves a visit when no list is in the system. Visitors must sign in 20 minutes before visitation begins and not more than one hour before visit time. Late visitors are not allowed into visitation.
The same prohibited item and dress-code rules apply. Visitors may bring only car keys and ID cards. Purses, wallets, bags, phones, electronics, recording devices, writing instruments, lighters, weapons, liquids, and food are barred from the visitation lobby and visitation area. Clothing cannot be revealing, backless, strapless, transparent, low cut, wide neck, too short, or marked with obscene, offensive, or gang-related content.
| Visit Issue | County Rule | Carrizales-Rucker Step |
|---|---|---|
| Adult ID | Valid photo ID required | Bring accepted ID and match the visitor list |
| Sign-in | 20 minutes early, no more than one hour early | Call for current entrance instructions |
| Visitor list | Visitor must be listed unless supervisor approves | Confirm list status before travel |
| Children | Two children age 16 or younger with one adult | Maintain supervision during the visit |
| Cancellation | Rule violations can cancel visits for 30 days or longer | Follow staff orders at all times |
The county visitor rules image comes from the official Rules of Visitation page.
Because Carrizales-Rucker has separate property and magistrate context, confirming the current visit route by phone is especially important.
Carrizales-Rucker Mail
Mail, phone, commissary, and trust-fund rules are countywide. Mail is inspected for contraband. Books and subscriptions must be soft backed and sent directly by a publisher or bookstore. Inmates may possess up to three pictures at one time. Mail with internet printouts, oversized greeting cards, glitter, glue, perfume, powder, clips, staples, tape, stickers, stationery, pens, pencils, envelopes, or stamps can be returned to sender.
Trust-fund deposits by mail must be money orders or certified checks payable to the inmate and sent to the Cameron County Jail Division trust fund address. Cash by mail is not accepted. NCIC Inmate Communications provides phone, video visit, message, picture-message, and video-message services. Local, long-distance, and international calls are billed by the minute, and three-way calls are prohibited.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Trust fund mailing | CAMERON COUNTY JAIL DIVISION, CO Inmate Trust Fund, Inmate Name/Inmate ID #, P.O. Box 1539, Olmito, TX 78575 |
| Commissary | FS & More Commissary listed by the Jail Division page |
| Phone / video / messages | NCIC Inmate Communications |
| Video visits | $0.30 per minute in the researched county rules |
| Messages | $0.25 per message; $0.35 per picture or video message |
Carrizales-Rucker Intake
Carrizales-Rucker is tied to early court processing because the Magistrate Court page is associated with the detention center. A person may be booked into the county jail system, appear on the roster, go through magistrate review, and then have bond or court settings develop. Article 15.17 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure requires an arrested person to be taken before a magistrate without unnecessary delay and no later than 48 hours after arrest. That legal rule explains why first-appearance questions often arise soon after booking.
Booking and court records should still be kept separate. The roster's Charges column is an arrest-side reference, not a final court outcome. Formal court records can show different filed charges, hearing dates, warrants, judgments, or dismissals. If the question is whether someone is physically held at Carrizales-Rucker, call the facility. If the question is what the court has filed, use Tyler Smart Search, District Clerk, County Clerk, or the proper court contact.
Carrizales-Rucker Property
Carrizales-Rucker has property details that should not be lost. The Jail Division page says inmates released from Carrizales receive their property only if released before 5:00 p.m. People released after that time must return the next business day for property. Family clothing pickup is Monday, Tuesday, and Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. TDCJ-transfer property pickup is Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. within 30 days, unless other arrangements are scheduled.
| Property Issue | Published Rule |
|---|---|
| Release before 5:00 p.m. | Property may be released at Carrizales |
| Release after 5:00 p.m. | Return the next business day |
| Family clothing pickup | Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| TDCJ-transfer property | Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., within 30 days |
Note: Call Carrizales-Rucker before property pickup because release time and transfer status affect the next step.
About Carrizales-Rucker
Carrizales-Rucker is the Cameron County facility where facility-specific nuance matters most. It has the sheriff contact-page address at 7100 Old Alice Road, the Jail Division address reference at 7300 Old Alice Road, the named Jail Administrator in the contact table, a magistrate-court connection, and specific property timing rules. Those facts make it more than a duplicate county jail page.
The safest public workflow is to search the roster, collect the booking number or SO number, call (956) 554-6701, then use the correct follow-up channel. Visit and mail questions stay with the jail. First-appearance and bond timing may involve magistrate context. Filed charges and hearings move to court records. Sentenced state-prison custody moves to TDCJ, and federal or immigration custody moves outside the county roster.