Brazos County Jail

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The Brazos County Jail is located at 1835 Sandy Point Road in Bryan, TX and is a medium security county jail operated by the Brazos County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you information about anything related to the Brazos County Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Brazos County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and tips that you’ll need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have questions, just ask it, and please leave any feedback or comments that would help other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Brazos County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Brazos County Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of people who are in jail, including current status, and times you can visit. You can also find info about anybody booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get their arrest information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Brazos County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Brazos County Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First you have to answer some simple questions, such as your full legal name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to use the phone to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process may take from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will be released. It also can depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a magistrate needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the date of your release, plan to get discharged that morning.

Brazos County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Brazos County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will go into a log of approved visitors as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so we suggest that you call the jail at (979) 361-4800 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Brazos County Jail you must have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Brazos County Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of the inmate, they will have to be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not related to the inmate, this visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Brazos County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Brazos County Jail is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

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Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Brazos County Jail. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the Brazos County Jail to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you believe you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants on the Brazos County jail website or you are able to call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and all documents filed in the case. You are able to access your court records on the website, or at the Brazos County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These online databases are all connected and you can track criminal histories from another state. Go to the Brazos County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to people in jail can change at any time, so be sure to review the Brazos County Jail website before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Brazos County Jail

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the Brazos County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (979) 361-4800 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmate’s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the Brazos County Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products such as soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

The only phone calls that Brazos County Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are typically pricier than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated altogether.

The Brazos County Jail phone number is: (979) 361-4800

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the inmate phone calls are shared with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the Brazos County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For state prisons and local jails finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Brazos County Jail, click the link below.

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