Brazoria County Inmate Population Today
The local custody count starts with the Texas Commission on Jail Standards population report, because county jails submit monthly capacity and custody figures to the state. For June 1, 2026, TCJS listed the Brazoria County Detention Center with a rated capacity of 1,170 beds and a total jail population of 985. That row placed the jail at 84.19 percent of rated capacity. Those figures describe the county jail population, not the total number of people in every prison physically located in Brazoria County.
The distinction matters. The Brazoria County Detention Center, operated by the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office under Sheriff Bo Stallman, holds recent arrests, pretrial defendants, local sentence cases, warrant bookings, parole holds, and people waiting for transfer. The five TDCJ units in Brazoria County hold sentenced state prisoners. A person arrested in Angleton, Pearland, Alvin, Lake Jackson, or another Brazoria County community should be checked through the county jail first. A person already sentenced to state prison belongs in the TDCJ search lane.
Brazoria County Inmate Population Statistics
The current TCJS row is the best source for the county jail count because it separates local pretrial, convicted, transfer, and federal categories. The June 1, 2026 data shows a heavily pretrial Brazoria County inmate population. The largest single category was local male pretrial felons. Female felony pretrial custody, Class A/B misdemeanor custody, and TDCJ-transfer categories also appeared in the same report.
The state source does not publish every demographic field in the extracted county row. Race, ethnicity, and age breakdowns were not located in the official county or TCJS material reviewed for this build. The public count can still show who is in the jail by custody category, sex, and transfer status. That is enough to separate local jail custody from TDCJ prison custody and from federal detention.
The TCJS population report download page is the source for the county jail capacity and population screen used here.
The state page is useful when a reader needs a dated jail capacity figure rather than a name search for one person.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Date |
|---|---|---|
| Rated county jail capacity | 1,170 beds | TCJS population report, June 1, 2026 |
| Total county jail population | 985 | TCJS population report, June 1, 2026 |
| Percent of capacity | 84.19% | TCJS population report, June 1, 2026 |
| Local male pretrial felons | 483 | TCJS population report, June 1, 2026 |
| Local female pretrial felons | 89 | TCJS population report, June 1, 2026 |
| Federal inmates | 0 male / 0 female | TCJS population report, June 1, 2026 |
Brazoria County Jail Population Trends
The recent monthly trend shows a jail below its rated capacity in each listed row from late 2025 through June 2026. The count dipped early in 2026 and then rose through spring. TCJS reported 950 people in custody on February 1, 2026, then 985 on June 1, 2026. Official source review did not locate an official overcrowding order, consent decree, or new jail construction notice tied to these numbers.
Trend tables should be read as dated snapshots. New arrests, releases, court resets, bond decisions, and TDCJ transfer timing can move the Brazoria County inmate population quickly. TCJS also states that each jail is responsible for the accuracy of the figures it submits, so the county source and state workbook should be treated as the official data lane, not as a live roster.
| Month | Capacity | Total Population | Percent of Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 1, 2025 | 1,170 | 1,002 | 85.64% |
| Dec. 1, 2025 | 1,170 | 988 | 84.44% |
| Jan. 1, 2026 | 1,170 | 961 | 82.14% |
| Feb. 1, 2026 | 1,170 | 950 | 81.20% |
| Mar. 1, 2026 | 1,170 | 956 | 81.71% |
| Apr. 1, 2026 | 1,170 | 962 | 82.22% |
| May 1, 2026 | 1,170 | 966 | 82.56% |
| Jun. 1, 2026 | 1,170 | 985 | 84.19% |
Brazoria County Inmate Custody Mix
The June 2026 jail count shows why a single inmate search cannot answer every Brazoria County custody question. Most people counted in the county jail row were in local pretrial categories, which means they had not been convicted in that case. The same row also included local convicted felons and parole violators sentenced to TDCJ divisions. Those people may still appear in the jail population while waiting for state movement.
- Felony pretrial custody: TCJS listed 483 local male and 89 local female pretrial felons.
- Class A/B misdemeanor custody: TCJS listed 87 local male and 28 local female pretrial Class A/B misdemeanants.
- TDCJ-transfer categories: TCJS listed 59 local male and 25 local female convicted felons or parole violators sentenced to TDCJ divisions.
- Federal custody: TCJS listed no federal male or female inmates in the Brazoria County jail row.
Note: A TDCJ-transfer count in the county jail report does not make the county jail a state prison.
Laws for Brazoria County Jail Data
Texas law explains why jail population data, inmate records, and court records have public access routes but also limits. Texas Government Code Chapter 552, the Public Information Act, is the starting point for requesting records held by a government office. It does not mean every line of a jail file is released. Law-enforcement, juvenile, medical, security, expunged, and active-case limits can apply.
Texas Government Code Chapter 511 establishes the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, the state body behind county jail standards and reporting. Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 66 governs criminal-history record systems. Chapter 55A covers expunction for qualifying cases, while Chapter 49 includes custodial death reporting rules.
Statute checkpoint: Population reports, public-information requests, criminal-history records, expunction, arrest warrants, and death-in-custody reports sit in different Texas legal lanes. The correct lane depends on whether the question is about custody, a court case, a criminal-history record, or a sealed record.
Brazoria County Jail vs State Prison
Brazoria County has one local jail and five listed TDCJ prison units. The county jail is the right place to search for a fresh arrest, pretrial hold, local sentence, bench warrant, or person waiting on transfer. The TDCJ units are for sentenced male state prisoners. The combined listed TDCJ capacity in Brazoria County is 7,826 beds, but that capacity is not part of the county jail bed count.
| System | Who It Covers | Search Path |
|---|---|---|
| County jail | Recent arrests, pretrial defendants, local custody, warrants, and TDCJ-transfer holds | Brazoria County Tyler JailAccess |
| State prison | Sentenced Texas prisoners in Clemens, Memorial, Ramsey, Stringfellow, Terrell, or another TDCJ unit | TDCJ Inmate Information Search |
| Federal custody | Federal sentenced or prior federal custody records | BOP Inmate Locator |
| Immigration custody | ICE detainees searched by A-number or biographic fields | ICE Online Detainee Locator System |
Search Brazoria County Inmates
The official county inmate search route is the Tyler JailAccess inmate-search endpoint linked from the Sheriff's Office Detention Center menu. Command-line source inspection found that the direct URL can redirect through login and default session pages, so the search should be treated as official but session-dependent. If the page loops, blocks, or fails to show a form, use the sheriff phone line or a public-information request.
The county jail roster covers current local custody. It is not a TDCJ prison locator, a federal inmate locator, or an ICE locator. A person sentenced and moved to Clemens, Memorial, Ramsey, Stringfellow, Terrell, or another Texas prison must be searched through TDCJ. For current local custody details, the jail roster remains the first official source.
- Open the Brazoria County Tyler JailAccess inmate-search link from the official detention menu or the direct county endpoint.
- Use the fields displayed by the Tyler page. If name fields appear, start with the last name and narrow with first name or a booking identifier if shown.
- Open a matching jail record and compare the name, booking date, charge, bond, and status fields that the portal displays.
- If no record appears and the arrest is recent, call the Sheriff's Office non-emergency line and ask for detention information routing.
- If the person has been sentenced to prison, use the TDCJ locator instead of repeating the county roster search.
The official Tyler JailAccess page is the roster entry point captured in the site image below.
Because the Tyler portal can be session-dependent, the fallback chain is part of the search process rather than an afterthought.
Brazoria County Roster Search Fields
The text inspection did not expose the final Tyler form labels, so the public page should not claim exact required fields. The safe search rule is to use the fields the Tyler page displays in the browser. If a booking number or jailing identifier is known from court or bond paperwork, it can help separate people with similar names.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler JailAccess displayed fields | Web form | Unspecified | Form did not render in command inspection because of login/default redirect behavior. |
| Name fields | Text | Unspecified | Use the exact name labels shown by the Tyler page. Start broad, then narrow. |
| Booking or jailing identifiers | Text | Unspecified | Use if shown and known from jail, court, or bond paperwork. |
| Search and reset controls | Button | Unspecified | Exact button text was not visible in the research capture. |
Brazoria County Inmate Lookup Fallbacks
When the Tyler roster does not answer the question, the next channel depends on the type of custody. The Sheriff's Office non-emergency line is the practical phone path for jail routing. In-person inquiries go to the detention center address on County Road 45, not the courthouse on East Locust Street. Records not shown online can be requested from the sheriff through the public-information route under Texas law.
For a court case after an arrest, use the county's Tyler PublicAccess judicial records portal rather than the jail roster. For release alerts, use VINELink Texas. The Brazoria County Sheriff mobile app is documented in Apple and Google stores as a public-safety communication tool with tips, navigation, push notifications, and news, but the located store text did not confirm inmate-roster or warrant-search features.
- Booking
- Administrative jail intake after an arrest, including identity, property, health screen, fingerprints, photo, and charge entry.
- Detainer
- A hold or request from another agency that may delay release even when a local bond is posted.
- PR bond
- A personal recognizance bond, meaning release based on a promise and court conditions without posting the full cash amount.
- Paper-ready
- A TDCJ-transfer-ready local prisoner waiting for movement from county jail to state custody.
Brazoria County Inmate Records
The county's public source is named an inmate records search, but the research could not capture a live individual profile. Exact fields should not be overstated. A public jail record often helps confirm identity, booking event, custody status, charge text, bond, arresting agency, and court references when those fields are displayed. The profile is still a custody snapshot, not the full criminal case.
Booking photos were not verified in the county Tyler portal, and no separate official daily mugshot gallery was located. If the current roster does not display a photo, the proper path is a Sheriff's Office public-information request for a booking photograph or booking record. Court dockets usually do not carry mugshots. State, federal, and immigration locators should be used for custody status, not for commercial photo searches.
Brazoria County Detention Facilities
The local facility map has one primary county jail and five TDCJ state-prison units. Facility type controls the correct lookup source. The county jail uses the local Tyler roster and county visitation, mail, phone, and deposit rules. The TDCJ facilities use TDCJ search, visitation approval, prison mail, and eCommDirect rules.
- Brazoria County Detention Center - county jail for adult pretrial, local sentenced, warrant, parole/TDCJ hold, and transfer populations.
- William C. Clemens Unit - TDCJ prison in Brazoria for sentenced male prisoners, including G1-G4 and youthful offender custody levels.
- Memorial Unit - TDCJ prison in Rosharon with sentenced male and transient state-prison populations.
- W. F. Ramsey Unit - TDCJ prison in Rosharon with G1-G3, G5, Security Detention, and Outside Trusty levels.
- A. M. "Mac" Stringfellow Unit - TDCJ prison in Rosharon with substance-abuse and special-treatment populations.
- C. T. Terrell Unit - TDCJ prison in Rosharon with geriatric and medical-capability populations.
Brazoria County Inmate Population FAQ
How large is the Brazoria County inmate population?
TCJS reported 985 people in the Brazoria County jail on June 1, 2026, against a rated capacity of 1,170 beds. That figure is for the county jail only. It does not include all sentenced prisoners housed in TDCJ units located within Brazoria County.
Where does a Brazoria County inmate search start?
For a recent arrest or local custody question, start with the official Tyler JailAccess inmate-search link from the Sheriff's Office Detention Center menu. If the portal loops or blocks, call the Sheriff's Office non-emergency line at (979) 864-2200 or use the sheriff public-information request path.
Can a released inmate still be found online?
Official source review did not verify a released-inmate retention period for the Tyler jail roster. If a person is no longer listed, request the booking record from the Sheriff's Office or search the court case in Tyler PublicAccess if charges were filed.
Does the county jail roster cover TDCJ prisoners?
No. TDCJ prisoners should be searched through the TDCJ Inmate Information Search. The county jail may hold paper-ready transfer cases for a time, but the TDCJ locator becomes the main source after state movement.
Are there federal or ICE facilities in Brazoria County?
No BOP prison or ICE detention facility was located in official directory review for Brazoria County. Federal and immigration custody should be checked through BOP, U.S. Marshals Southern District routing, or ICE ODLS.
Does the sheriff app replace the roster?
No confirmed app-store text showed an inmate search tool. The Brazoria County Sheriff app should be treated as a public-safety, tips, navigation, push-notification, and news channel unless a later app inspection confirms more features.