Category: County Jails

The address of Crosby County Jail is 201 W Aspen Street in Crosbyton, Texas 79322; and the phone number is (806) 675-7301. Crosby County Jail has an inmate capacity of 11. Running the jail is among the responsibilities of the Crosby County Sheriff. Jails are held accountable to abide by minimum standards by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS).

Crosby County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates at Crosby County Jail must fill out a Visitor Registration Form. Visitors must show a valid ID. Minors age 16 and under must be accompanied by an adult who has been listed as an approved visitor.

Visitors can save time by becoming familiar with all of the rules of visitation prior to arrival. For instance, appropriate attire must be worn for jail visitation; but jails have different definitions of “appropriate attire.” You may want to call Crosby County Jail to determine whether they can provide you with their specific rules that apply to inmate visits.

Visitors cannot bring anything with them during a visit, including purses, cell phones, books, food, drinks, or photographs. Items that are strictly prohibited also include the following:

• Cigarettes and other types of tobacco products;
• Medication, whether prescribed or over-the-counter;
• Recording devices;
• Keys;
• Money;
• CDs;
• Razors;
• Pens; and
• Knitting needles.

In general, visitors can wear jewelry, though it may be necessary to take the jewelry off when going through the metal detector.

In order to speak on the phone with inmates, the inmate must make the call, which is a collect call.

This website’s blog posts are provided strictly for informational purposes. There is no intention in this or other posts on the site to denote that any institution, individual, or organization has engaged in wrongdoing of any kind.

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The Burnet County Jail is located at 900 County Lane in Burnet, Texas 78611. The phone number at Burnet County Jail is (512) 715-8600. The inmate capacity is 597. The duties of the Burnet County Sheriff include running the jail. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) provides rules and guidelines for running all city and county jails in Texas.

Burnet County Jail  

Burnet County Jail’s role is to receive and provide housing to lawfully committed offenders within Burnet County’s jurisdiction as required by the civil and criminal laws in Texas. Inmates are kept at the jail until they have been released from confinement. TCJS has certified the facility, which is also a holding facility for I.C.E. and for US Marshals.

Phone Calls

The only way to speak on the phone with an inmate is when inmates make collect calls. Cell phones are not able to accept collect phone calls. You can set your phone up for inmate calls by calling 1-800-483-8314 or going to www.connectnetwork.com.

Long-Distance Visitors

Once each month, a visitor from a distance of 300 miles or more can have a visit with an inmate that is extended 30 minutes beyond the usual time for visitation. For this special type of visit, submit your request to the Jail Captain; such visits are considered on a case-by-case basis.  

The purpose of this website’s blog posts is to provide helpful information for inmates and their families. There is no intent to imply misconduct on the part of any individual or government institution.

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The Brown County Jail is located at 1050 West Commerce in Brownwood, Texas 76801. The phone number at Brown County Jail is (325) 641-2481. The inmate capacity is 196. Brown County Sheriff’s duties include running the jail.

Construction of the current Brown County Jail was completed on June 29, 1981, and preservation of the historic Old Brown County Jail immediately began. The old jail is the current site of the Brown County Museum of History.

About Old Brown County Jail

The old Brown County Jail looks like a four-story castle. It took 18 months for the historic building to be built, and its completion was June 29, 1903. The structure served as the jail for the county for exactly 78 years. This was not the first jail in the county. The original Brown County Jail was built at the corner of Water Street and North Fisk Street in 1876.

The old jail is built with native sandstone, cement, steel, and sand. No lumber was used upstairs, which was designed to prevent inmates from trying to start a fire. The walls of the jail are made of stone, cement, and sand; and they are 18 inches thick. The thick walls keep the building much cooler, in addition to providing structural support. Because there were no motor vehicles during the time when the structure was built, horses and mules hauled all of the materials and equipment for the construction. Some heavy wagons were pulled by 8 or 10-mule teams.

Like all posts on this site, the purpose of this post is to provide information. There is no intention to imply that wrongdoing has occurred on the part of any individual or entity.

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The Brooks County Jail is known as the Brooks County Detention Center and is located at 901 County Road 201 in Falfurrias, Texas 78355. The phone number at Brooks County Detention Center is (361) 325-3340. The detention center has a total inmate capacity of 652. The address of the Brooks County Sheriff’s Office is 100 E. Miller St., Falfurrias TX 78355 and the number is (361) 325-5604.

Visitation

For female inmates at Brooks County Detention Center, visitation days are Mondays and Tuesdays and the hours are 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM.

For male inmates at the detention center, visitation days are Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday and the hours are 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

All visitors must check in 45 minutes before the scheduled visitation time, and visits can be no more than 30 minutes long.

All adult visitors at the Brooks County Detention Center must present a valid and verifiable identification card issued by the government in order to gain entrance into the facility. Minors at the center must be accompanied by a guardian age 18 years old or older to visit an inmate. Minors cannot be left in the waiting room, the visiting room, or any other area unaccompanied.

The following are restrictions on visitations:

• If a visitor is or appears to be intoxicated, the scheduled visitation will be canceled for that individual.
• All visits at the facility, whether family or otherwise, are no-contact visits.
• Visitors cannot pass items to detainees or attempt to pass them.
• While in the facility, visitors are subject to being searched.
• No items can be carried into the visitation area by visitors.
• No weapons or firearms of any kind are allowed inside the Brooks County Detention Center.       

This post is provided as a source of information. There is no intent to infer that wrongdoing has occurred on the part of any government institution or individual.

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The address for Aransas County Jail is 811 E. Concho in Rockport, Texas 78382. The jail’s phone number is (361) 790-0168. The jail is more commonly known as Aransas County Detention Center. Duties of the Aransas County Sheriff include taking charge of and responsibility for the county jail and its inmates.

The Aransas County Detention Center website makes helpful information readily available, such as the Inmate Handbook. Instructions for grievance procedures are included in the handbook. It is important for inmates to understand that they have rights. Details of grievance procedures for the Aransas County Jail include the types of grievances that may be filed, such as:

• Unjust restriction or denial of inmate privileges
• Violations of civil rights
• A criminal act
• A prohibited act by members of the jail staff

Inmates with legitimate grievances are instructed to request a grievance form, which will be filled out and returned to a grievance officer. Inmates will receive a written response supposedly within 15 days.

The most common types of inmate grievances and complaints made by loved ones of prisoners in city and county jails in Texas are related to inadequate medical care, though the jails have an obligation to protect the constitutional rights of all inmates.

The purpose of this post and all posts on this site is to provide information. There is no intention to imply or insinuate wrongdoing or misconduct on the part of Aransas County Jail or any individual or organization.

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Anderson County Jail, 1200 East Lacy Street, Palestine Texas 75801. The main number is (903) 729-6068. To file a report with a deputy at the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, visit their office at the same address as the jail or call (903) 731-8200. Gregg L. Taylor has been the Anderson County Sheriff since January 1, 2005.

Sheriff Taylor communicates the key information about Anderson County Jail with a message on the main page of the jail website. In his message, he conveys the following about the jail, the conduct of the Sheriff’s Department and jail staff, and the conduct and goals of law enforcement in the community as follows:

• The jail will provide citizens the highest level of security and safety.
• Law enforcement and jail personnel aim to be highly trained, confident, and to conduct themselves with the utmost integrity.
• Everything within the power of the Sheriff’s Department will be done to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and its laws.
• The citizens and property in the County will be protected to the best of the Sheriff’s Department’s ability.
• Strategies and alternate ways for achieving the department’s goals at the lowest possible cost will be sought out.
• The Sheriff’s Department stays active in the community by:
  • educating youth about the dangers of drugs and bad behavior,
  • promoting neighborhood watch programs, and by
  • maintaining an effective crime stoppers program.

The Sheriff’s Department includes various links that could be helpful to the public, including Victims Services (Texas Department of Criminal Justice Victim Services).

The purpose of this post is to provide helpful information about Anderson County Jail and the Sheriff’s Department. As with all of the posts on this site, there is never an intention to assert or imply wrongdoing or misconduct on the part of any institution, organization, or individual.

–Guest Contributor

Bee County Jail and the Bee County Sheriff’s Department are both located at 1511 E. Toledo Street in Beeville, TX 78102. The phone number is 361-362-3221. Alden E. Southmayd III is the Bee County Sheriff. The online information to be found on Sheriff Southmayd’s county page is scarce and includes nothing other than two links. One is a VINELink.com connection that can be used to check the custody status of “offenders.” There is also a link to MissingKids.com, and it provides a connection to information about missing Texas children.

Bee County Jail is brand new. The construction of the new facility was completed in summer 2020. Soon after, there was a ribbon-cutting ceremony and an Open House that allowed tours of the 52,000 square-foot facility. Just a few weeks ago, inmates were housed in the new facility. Bee County Jail holds 143 inmates

Sheriff Southmayd gave interviews during the construction of the new county jail in Beeville, and he described the old facility as being dilapidated. He said there were serious structural problems, including plumbing issues they couldn’t afford to fix. Sewer problems, he said, were among the worst issues at the old jail.

Not long before the new Bee County Jail opened in summer, Sheriff Southmayd said there had been no cases of COVID-19 in the jail and it’s partly because of the screening process before going into the jail and partly because of sanitation practices while the inmates are in jail.

The new $25 million Bee County Jail was paid for through certificates of obligation. Bee County’s inmate capacity in the jail went from 128 beds to a 143-bed facility. Design and the latest technology are expected to make a big difference between the old and the new Bee County Jail. Plans are reportedly to tear down the old jail, which was built in 1989. This post is for helpful general, public information only and does not intend to imply and does not assert any misconduct or wrongdoing by any person, jail, county, or governmental agency.

–Guest Contributor

Tom Green County, Texas is building a new jail. Check out this article –

https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/2019/01/19/construction-schedule-new-tom-green-county-jail/2617655002/