🔒 Texas TDCJ Inmate Search Scraper

🚀 Export Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate records in seconds. Search by name or TDCJ/SID number; get status, unit, sentence, and parole dates.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-26 · 📊 15 fields per record · 130,000+ TDCJ inmates · Texas, USA

The Texas TDCJ Inmate Search Scraper queries the official inmate.tdcj.texas.gov search and returns each match with the SID/TDCJ number, demographics, current facility, offense, projected release, and parole eligibility dates.

Coverage: Every TDCJ inmate exposed by the public Texas Department of Criminal Justice search.

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Target Audience / Use Cases

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Defense bar	Verify inmate status
Investigators	Track facility moves
Researchers	Sentencing analyses
Family lookup	Quick status checks
Civic-tech	Population dashboards

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📋 What the Texas TDCJ Inmate Search Scraper does

• Searches by name (last + first) or by TDCJ/SID
• Returns demographics, sentence, unit, parole dates
• Filters by gender and race code
• Outputs JSON, CSV, Excel, XML

💡 Why it matters: Export Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate records in seconds. Search by name or TDCJ/SID number; get status, unit, sentence, and parole dates.

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🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon

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⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
maxItems	integer	No	10	Max records.

Example 1:

{ "lastName": "Smith", "firstName": "John", "maxItems": 20 }

Example 2:

{ "tdcjNumber": "01234567", "maxItems": 1 }

⚠️ Good to Know: Always supply the minimum required search fields documented in the input panel; otherwise the actor returns an explanatory error record.

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📊 Output

Sample:

{
  "name": "SMITH,JOHN",
  "sidNumber": "18187678",
  "tdcjNumber": "01234567",
  "currentFacility": "HUNTSVILLE UNIT"
}

Key fields: name, sidNumber, tdcjNumber, race, gender, dateOfBirth, currentFacility, offense, offenseDate, county, projectedReleaseDate, paroleEligibilityDate, url, source, scrapedAt.

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✨ Why choose this Actor

• 🟢 Direct TDCJ search
• 🟢 Includes parole eligibility dates
• 🟢 Filter by gender/race code
• 🟢 No API key
• 🟢 Up to 1,000,000 paid

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📈 How it compares to alternatives

Option	Free	Bulk export	Live
inmate.tdcj.texas.gov	Yes	No	Yes
Commercial inmate locators	No	Yes	Yes
ParseForge TDCJ Scraper	Yes	Yes	Live

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🚀 How to use

1. Create a free account w/ $5 credit
2. Open this actor
3. Set inputs, click Start
4. Download CSV / Excel / JSON / XML
5. Schedule or integrate

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💼 Business use cases

Defense workflows

Verify client status.

Family lookup

Confirm facility.

Research

Sentencing patterns.

Civic transparency

Population dashboards.

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🔌 Automating Texas TDCJ Inmate Search Scraper

Integrates with Make, Zapier, n8n, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, Google Drive.

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Research

Mass-incarceration analyses.

Personal

Reach out to a family member.

Non-profit

Reentry-services outreach.

Experimentation

NLP on offense descriptions.

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🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

ChatGPT · Claude · Perplexity · Microsoft Copilot

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Source? inmate.tdcj.texas.gov.

Q: API key? No.

Q: Real-time? Yes.

Q: Coverage? Texas state inmates.

Q: Output? JSON, CSV, Excel, XML.

Q: Free preview? 10 records.

Q: Bulk size? 1,000,000 paid.

Q: Released inmates? TDCJ retains some historical records in the search.

Q: Photos? Not in this dataset.

Q: Parole dates? Yes when published.

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🔌 Integrate with any app

Webhooks, REST API, Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, Google Sheets, and more.

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💡 Pro Tip: browse the complete ParseForge collection.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: independent tool, not affiliated with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Only publicly available data from inmate.tdcj.texas.gov is collected.