Asked 8/18/2016 – Houston, TX

My son was being held in jail in county A, awaiting judgement hearing which resulted in probation. As condition of probation, he was sent (really, remanded) to a county treatment facility. If a warrant was issued in another county, B, either before he was in jail or after he was already in jail in county A, wouldn’t that automatically create a hold for him? Or would county B, when issuing the warrant, have to know where he is already in order to put a release hold on him? Going through a 3rd party, I have not been able to find out if County B actually issued a warrant- the clerk will not give a definitive answer and the county sheriff won’t say either. I don’t want to call County B as I don’t want to answer any of their questions. How do I find out for sure? If they are going to be waiting for him once he is released from treatment, I’d like for him to know beforehand.

Answer

With the relatively recent advent of computers, once a warrant has been issued in one county and placed in their system, it is placed in the system of the entire law enforcement network. If your son went directly from court to his treatment facility, he will probably be returned to court after treatment, and not released directly from the facility. When he is returned to court, he may be subject to transfer to another county if a hold can be verified. I’m not sure what will exactly happen since I do not know the type of facility or probation your son is dealing with, so contact his attorney about any hold and/or release procedure