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Washington County Jail Overview

Washington County Jail is operated by the Washington County Sheriff's Office. The county Sheriff page lists the Sheriff's Office and jail address as 1206 Old Independence Road, Brenham, TX 77833, with main line (979) 277-6251 and email sheriff@washingtoncosheriff.org. The Sheriff's detention page says the jail operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and is the only jail in Washington County.

The facility serves all law enforcement within Washington County. A person arrested by Brenham Police Department, Burton Police Department, Texas DPS, the Sheriff's Office, or another county agency may appear on the jail roster if held locally. The roster can also show held-for agencies such as TDCJ, USMS, ICE, parole, local courts, and nearby counties. Those entries are custody or case agencies, not separate local detention facilities.

Washington County Jail Source Page

The Sheriff's detention-center page is the official source for the jail's local facility role, operation, and public bed count.

The same page is why the facility map has one local jail page rather than separate city-jail pages for agencies that book into the jail.

Washington County Jail Capacity

The Sheriff's public detention page describes Washington County Jail as a 176-bed facility. TCJS reporting gives a second official value: the June 1, 2026 current population workbook listed Washington County capacity as 177 and total jail population as 97. Both numbers should be preserved with source labels because the research did not find an explanation for the one-bed difference.

TCJS listed the June 2026 population at about 54.8% of capacity. The Zuercher public roster returned 102 records on June 30, 2026, which is a later live snapshot and should not be forced to match the first-of-month TCJS report.

Look Up Washington County Jail Inmates

The correct online lookup for this county jail is the Washington County Zuercher inmate roster. The page text says it lists people currently in Washington County Jail. It can show mugshot, name, race, sex, age, arrest date, held-for agency, release date, and hold reasons. Released people and older bookings may require a records request instead of a roster search.

1. Open the Washington County inmate roster and choose Inmates if needed.
2. Search by name, then narrow with race, sex, arrest date, release date, or held-for agency.
3. Confirm the person is held at Washington County Jail, not transferred to TDCJ, BOP, or ICE custody.
4. Read hold reasons for charge text, bond type, bond amount, and set-by official when shown.
5. Call the Sheriff's Office or dispatch for urgent custody or release questions.

Washington County Jail Contact

The jail and Sheriff's Office are listed at the same county address. The jail operates all day and night, but official public counter hours for records were not located. Visitors and requesters should confirm the right entrance and records procedure before traveling.

Visit Washington County Jail

The Sheriff's visitation page sets strict rules. Only Texas-issued ID cards are accepted. School ID cards and out-of-state ID cards are not accepted. Visits last 20 minutes. One visit per inmate per day is allowed, and only one adult visitor may attend each visit. One or two minor children may accompany the adult if they behave quietly and orderly.

Cell phones and cameras are barred. Clothing rules require shirts with sleeves covering shoulders, no cleavage, skirts no more than two inches above the knees, and no short shorts. The Sheriff's page says there are no exceptions.

Mail and Money at Washington County Jail

The Sheriff's mail page requires inmate mail to use the facility line Washington County Jail, TX, the inmate name and jacket number, and the centralized P.O. Box in Phoenix, Maryland. The research did not find a published policy explaining whether original paper is scanned, destroyed, or returned, so that process should not be inferred.

Booking at Washington County Jail

Washington County did not publish a full booking checklist, but the roster and detention-page facts show the broad intake path. A person arrested locally may be transported to the jail, processed into the jail system, photographed, classified, and entered with charge or hold data. The public roster later may show arrest date, held-for agency, booking photo, age, race, sex, release date, and hold reasons.

Portal housing labels support careful detail about classification categories. Public options include male and female blocks, holding, detox, medical, padded, isolation, out-of-county, and single-cell categories. These are useful public configuration labels. They should not be expanded into claims about medical staffing, treatment programs, or jail policy beyond the source.

About Washington County Jail

The jail functions include inmate housing, transportation, and courtroom security. The detention page says Texas jails operate under Texas Commission on Jail Standards rules and are inspected annually. Chief of Corrections Clifton Bellard oversees day-to-day jail operations according to the Sheriff's staff bio. The research did not locate official pages for GED, work-release, religious services, medical sick-call instructions, or reentry programs.

Washington County's local identity is tied to Washington-on-the-Brazos and Brenham, but jail visitors should use the jail address on Old Independence Road rather than the courthouse address downtown. Court and clerk business belongs at courthouse offices, while visitation, custody questions, and jail mail issues should start with the jail or Sheriff's Office.