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Bastrop County Jail Overview

Bastrop County Jail is operated by the Bastrop County Sheriff's Office. It is the county jail, not a state prison and not the Federal Bureau of Prisons facility on State Highway 95. A recent Bastrop County arrest normally starts in this local jail system, where booking staff receive the person, create the jail record, check warrants or holds, and route the person toward bond, court, release, or continued custody.

The Bastrop County Jail population includes more than one kind of inmate. Texas Commission on Jail Standards reporting categories include local pretrial misdemeanor and felony inmates, convicted misdemeanants, bench-warrant inmates, parole violators, convicted felons sentenced to county jail time, state-jail felony categories, paper-ready state custody groups, and other categories where they apply. That mix matters when searching. A booking record is a county jail record, while filed charges later move through the Bastrop County court system and sentenced state prisoners move into TDCJ.

Bastrop County Jail Population

The most direct capacity source for Bastrop County Jail is the Texas Commission on Jail Standards current population report. The TCJS County Jail Population workbook row dated June 1, 2026 reports Bastrop County Jail capacity at 372 beds, with a total jail population of 302. The same reporting date shows the jail at about 81.18% of reported capacity. TCJS also reported a Bastrop average daily population of 285 in the June 1, 2026 incarceration-rate workbook.

The TCJS row should be read as a dated population snapshot, not a live headcount. People enter and leave the jail through arrests, bonds, court orders, release, transfers, state-jail sentences, parole holds, and other agency holds. If a family member needs current custody status at Bastrop County Jail, the TCJS population number is useful context, but the sheriff's booking desk remains the local lookup route.

Bastrop County Jail Lookup

Bastrop County Jail inmate lookup starts with the sheriff's own channels because a public roster was not found on official pages. The Bastrop County Sheriff's FAQ says inmate inquiries can be made by calling the booking desk or by submitting a written request by email, fax, mail, or in person. The FAQ also links law-enforcement and court records, but the Odyssey portal is for case records, not a live jail population roster.

1. Call the booking desk at (512) 549-5073 for current Bastrop County Jail custody questions.
2. If the phone call cannot provide the record needed, submit a written sheriff records request by email, fax, mail, or in person.
3. Include the person's full name, date of birth if known, approximate booking date, and the specific jail information requested.
4. For formal filed charges after a booking, search Bastrop County Odyssey Public Access.
5. If the person has moved to state prison after sentencing, use the TDCJ Inmate Information Search instead of the county jail.

The county jail lookup path is different from FCI Bastrop. The federal prison in Bastrop County uses the BOP Inmate Locator and does not answer county booking questions. For a wider comparison of local roster channels and records requests, the Bastrop County jail inmate records page follows the same sheriff booking and records chain in more detail.

Bastrop County Jail Contacts

The jail building, sheriff administrative office, and courthouse are separate places. Use the Mills Street jail address for jail visitation and legal or medical mail. Use the Jackson Street sheriff address for open records and general sheriff records routing unless the office gives different instructions. Use the courthouse address when the task is a court case, clerk, or prosecutor matter rather than a jail matter.

The sheriff phone directory lists more direct jail lines, including jail administrator, booking fax, jail records fax, medical, visitation, and inmate transport. For records requests, the county public-information page says requests must be in writing and that costs may apply under state rules. The same page warns that the county does not open attachments if an email body has no request summary, so put the core request in the email text.

Bastrop County Jail Visitation

Bastrop County Jail visitation uses NCIC video visitation. The official visitation page says visitors may use facility kiosks with visitation cameras at no charge, or use a smart phone or tablet from home or another location at an added cost. NCIC account setup is available online or by calling 800-943-2189. Visitation questions go to (512) 549-5062.

The county visitation source is a good match for the jail facility page because it shows the NCIC setup and schedule. The official Bastrop County Jail visitation page is shown in the screenshot below.

The screenshot reinforces the core jail distinction: visits for Bastrop County Jail are handled through the county's NCIC video process, not through TDCJ or BOP visiting systems.

No Friday-Sunday on-site schedule was visible in the captured county text. Check the official visitation page and call the visitation line before travel because jail rules, kiosk access, and visit slots can change.

Bastrop County Jail Mail and Funds

Bastrop County Jail mail changed on April 15, 2024. Ordinary postal mail for inmates is scanned by NCIC and should not be sent to the jail address. The ordinary scanned-mail address is NCIC-Bastrop County Jail, Inmate Name-SO Number, PO Box 591, Longview, TX 75606. The sheriff FAQ says all envelopes and mail must include the inmate name, Sheriff's Office booking number, and return address.

Legal mail, medical mail, court documents, books, publications, and physical pictures still go directly to the jail at 1601 Mills Street with the inmate's last name, first name, and SO number. Do not send legal or medical mail to the NCIC Longview PO Box. Do not send money orders to the jail address. The inmate funds page says inmate money orders go to VendEngine in Nashville.

Bastrop County Jail Booking

A Bastrop County Jail booking begins after an arrest by a sheriff deputy, city police officer, state trooper, warrant officer, or other law enforcement officer. Public county pages do not publish a detailed booking manual, but the local record path is clear. The booking desk handles current custody questions, jail records handles record questions, and Odyssey handles formal court records after a case is filed.

Texas procedure also matters. After arrest, a person is taken through intake, identity checks, property handling, fingerprints, photograph, warrant or hold checks, medical or mental-health screening, classification, and housing if the person remains in custody. A magistrate-warning stage under Texas criminal procedure addresses rights, accusation, counsel, and bail-related issues. Booking charges are intake allegations or holds. Court charges may later be filed, changed, declined, or dismissed by prosecutors and courts.

Booking

Jail intake after arrest, including the record that starts local custody.

SO number

The sheriff's office number used in Bastrop County Jail mail instructions.

Detainer

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

Classification

A jail placement and risk process that affects housing but is not published as a public roster field here.

Bastrop County Jail Records

Because the sheriff does not publish a live roster in the official sources reviewed, a written jail record request should be precise. Ask for a current custody confirmation, booking record, arrest or booking date, bond information, release date, booking photo if legally releasable, or other jail record. Provide the person's full name, date of birth if known, approximate arrest date, and any known SO number or booking number.

The Bastrop County public-information page explains that requests must be written, the county is not required to create new information or answer questions, and costs may apply. If information may be protected, the county may seek a Texas Attorney General opinion and notify the requestor within 10 days. Juvenile information, medical details, active investigation material, privacy-protected content, and some law-enforcement records may be redacted or withheld under Texas law.

Note: Confirm custody and visitation with the jail before travel, especially when the person may have bonded out, transferred, or moved to another system.