Search the Bastrop County Inmate Population

The Bastrop County Inmate Population

The local part of the Bastrop County inmate population is centered on Bastrop County Jail, which is operated by the Bastrop County Sheriff's Office. That jail is the custody point for recent arrests, pretrial detainees, convicted misdemeanants, state jail felony cases still in local custody, parole holds, bench warrants, and other categories reported to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. The federal facility in the county, FCI Bastrop, is a separate Bureau of Prisons institution. It is not part of the sheriff's jail roster and should not be mixed into local booking counts.

Population changes come from arrests, releases on bond, court dispositions, state-prison transfers, federal custody transfers, and detainers from other agencies. A jail count is a point-in-time custody figure. An average daily population is a time-based measure. A court case record is different again, because it tracks charges after filing rather than who is physically in a housing unit that day. Those distinctions matter in Bastrop County because the sheriff's public site does not post a normal searchable jail roster. The official first path for current local custody is the booking desk, while formal charges are searched through the county's Odyssey court portal.

Bastrop County Inmate Population Statistics

The strongest current numbers come from the TCJS current population and incarceration-rate workbooks. The Bastrop row dated June 1, 2026 reports 302 people in the county jail against 372 beds, or about 81.18 percent of reported capacity. The same reporting set lists an average daily population of 285 and an incarceration rate of 2.48 in TCJS workbook units. FCI Bastrop adds a separate federal population. Its official PREA audit submitted January 17, 2024 reported designed capacity of 1,067 and a current population of 1,093 at audit.

The TCJS current reports page is the source used for current jail population workbooks and related incarceration-rate workbooks.

The TCJS page matters because it separates current jail population, incarceration-rate, detainer, and other jail-report workbooks instead of treating all custody data as one record.

Bastrop County Inmate Population Trends

The recent county trend shows monthly movement rather than a single straight line. TCJS rows reviewed in the research show 282 people in the jail on January 1, 2024, then 293 on September 1, 2025, 315 on October 1, 2025, and 302 on June 1, 2026. Capacity also changed in the official rows, with earlier rows showing 400 beds, October and November 2025 rows showing 352 beds, and December 2025 through June 2026 rows showing 372 beds. The workbooks do not explain why the reported capacity changed, so the change should be treated as a reported data point, not as a construction claim.

TCJS immigration-detainer workbook rows also appear in the research, including recent Bastrop rows in the 80s. The column meanings need care before using them as a plain "current ICE detainer" count, so the better wording is TCJS immigration-detainer workbook row unless the live workbook is interpreted column by column.

Who Makes Up the Bastrop County Inmate Population

The June 1, 2026 TCJS row gives useful custody categories, even though it does not publish a full public demographic profile by age or race. The largest visible local categories in the research were pretrial felony detainees and state jail felony sentences still counted in local jail custody. The row includes 144 male and 28 female local pretrial felons, 38 male and 8 female local pretrial Class A/B misdemeanants, and 40 male plus 14 female convicted state jail felons sentenced to state jail time. It also includes smaller counts for bench warrants, parole violators, convicted misdemeanants, and paper-ready state program categories.

• Pretrial custody: The TCJS row shows both misdemeanor and felony pretrial categories for Bastrop County Jail.
• Sentenced local custody: Convicted misdemeanants and some convicted felony or state jail felony categories may still appear in local counts.
• Holds and warrants: Bench warrants, parole violations, and other holds can keep a person in custody even when one bond issue is resolved.
• Federal custody: FCI Bastrop holds sentenced federal male inmates and is searched through BOP, not the county booking desk.

Bastrop County Jail Capacity

On June 1, 2026, Bastrop County Jail was reported at about 81.18 percent of its 372-bed capacity in the TCJS workbook. That figure does not mean every housing unit, classification cell, or medical/safety bed had the same usable space. Jail capacity can be affected by classification needs, separation rules, maintenance, staffing, and special holds. The research did not locate an official consent decree, current construction announcement, or major county-jail litigation source from the county pages. For federal context, FCI Bastrop's PREA audit reported that the prison had been over capacity at some point during the prior 12 months, with 1,093 people at audit against 1,067 designed capacity.

Note: Population reports show counts. They do not replace direct custody confirmation from the jail, prison, court, or locator.

Laws Governing Bastrop County Inmate Records

Texas law shapes both public access and custody procedure. Jail data can be requested under the Texas Public Information Act, but not every law-enforcement record is released in full. Some information may be redacted, withheld under an exception, or sent to the Attorney General for review. Jail standards and population reporting are also state-law matters. The county public-information page says requests must be written, costs may apply, and the county may seek an Attorney General opinion when information may be protected.

Bastrop County and State Prison Search

No TDCJ state prison unit was found physically in Bastrop County in the official facility-directory research. That does not end the state-prison path. A person arrested in Bastrop County may later be convicted and transferred into the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Inmate Information Search. TDCJ is for currently incarcerated state prisoners, not recent county bookings. Its search form accepts a last name with at least a first initial, a TDCJ number, or a SID number, with optional gender and race filters. TDCJ notes that information is updated on working days and is at least 24 hours old.

The TDCJ search page is the proper route once a Bastrop County case has become sentenced state custody.

The state locator is useful after transfer, but it should not be used as proof that someone was never booked into the county jail.

How to Search the Bastrop County Inmate Population

Bastrop County does not publish an official live online jail roster in the researched sheriff pages. The sheriff FAQ directs inmate inquiries to the booking desk or to a written request. That makes the local search workflow different from counties with a public roster vendor. Start with the county jail if the arrest is recent, then use court records, TDCJ, BOP, ICE ODLS, or VINELink depending on the custody status.

1. Call the Bastrop County Jail booking desk at (512) 549-5073 for current county custody.
2. If a record is needed, submit a written sheriff records request by email, fax, mail, or in person.
3. Search Bastrop County Odyssey Public Access for formal criminal case records after charges are filed.
4. Use TDCJ for sentenced Texas prison custody and BOP Inmate Locator for sentenced federal custody.
5. Use VINELink for custody notification rather than as a substitute for an official jail or prison record.

What a Bastrop County Inmate Record Shows

Because no public Bastrop County online jail roster profile was located, the research does not support a claim that a public page shows mugshots, housing, bond, and charges for every current inmate. A written jail record request may seek current custody confirmation, booking date, SO or booking number, charge or hold description, bond information, release status, arresting agency, and a booking photo if legally releasable. Court records in Odyssey are better for formal filed charges, court dates, dispositions, and case status.

County Jail vs State Prison

Bastrop County Jail, TDCJ, and FCI Bastrop answer different questions. The county jail is the right place for a recent arrest, local booking, bond question, jail record request, or county custody confirmation. TDCJ is the state prison system after conviction and transfer. FCI Bastrop is federal BOP custody and is searched through federal systems. ICE ODLS is the immigration detention search path. A person can move from one system to another, so a blank result in one system does not prove there is no record elsewhere.

Bastrop County Detention Facilities

The facility map has two entries. The primary county facility is Bastrop County Jail. The second facility is FCI Bastrop, which has a Bastrop address but is federal. Listing both is useful for local search because people often use "Bastrop jail" to mean more than one custody system.

• Bastrop County Jail - county jail for recent arrests, local pretrial custody, local sentences, holds, booking questions, visitation, mail, and jail records.
• FCI Bastrop - federal Bureau of Prisons facility for sentenced male federal inmates, searched through the BOP locator.

Bastrop County Custody Terms

Several terms appear across Bastrop County jail, court, state prison, and federal prison records. Plain meanings help keep a roster search from being confused with a criminal-history search.

Booking

The jail intake event after arrest, including identity checks, property, screening, and creation of jail records.

Detainer

A hold or request from another agency, such as ICE, parole, another county, or federal authorities.

PR bond

A personal recognizance bond, where release depends on court approval and a promise to appear.

Paper-ready

A state-sentenced person ready for transfer to TDCJ or a state program.

Classification

A jail or prison security and housing decision based on custody risk and operational rules.

Bastrop County Inmate Population FAQ

How big is the Bastrop County inmate population?

The TCJS County Jail Population workbook row dated June 1, 2026 reports 302 people in Bastrop County Jail. That is the local county jail count. FCI Bastrop is separate federal custody and had a current population of 1,093 in the BOP PREA audit submitted January 17, 2024.

Is there a Bastrop County online jail roster?

No official public jail roster, recent-bookings feed, or mugshot gallery was located on the Bastrop County sheriff or county pages reviewed in the research. The sheriff FAQ routes inmate inquiries to the booking desk and written request channels.

Where are formal charges after an arrest?

Formal criminal charges are searched through Bastrop County Odyssey Public Access after a case is filed. Booking charges can differ from prosecutor-filed charges, so check court records after the jail record.

Which locator covers FCI Bastrop?

FCI Bastrop is searched through the BOP Inmate Locator. It is not part of the Bastrop County Sheriff's Office roster process and does not use the county booking desk for inmate lookup.