Burleson County Jail Overview
The Burleson County Jail is operated by the Burleson County Sheriff's Office at 1334 State Highway 21 E in Caldwell. The jail is the sole detention facility in the facility map. No official separate city jail, regional jail, work-release center, TDCJ prison, BOP facility, or ICE detention facility physically in Burleson County was located during the research sweep.
The facility holds local pretrial misdemeanor and felony detainees, convicted misdemeanants, parole violators, people sentenced to TDCJ but still in county jail pending transfer, bench-warrant or fugitive holds, and occasional immigration hold language shown on public roster entries. Specific housing-unit names, internal security levels, original construction year, medical-unit details, public-transit directions, and visitor parking rules were not published in the official jail pages reviewed.
The official sheriff jail page lists the jail address, main phone, fax, and jail leadership.
That page is the local facility source behind the contact and leadership details used for the Burleson County Jail.
Burleson County Jail Population
TCJS listed the Burleson County Jail with a rated capacity of 96 beds. On June 1, 2026, the TCJS population workbook reported 47 total jail inmates, which placed the facility at about 49.0 percent of rated capacity. The same row reported no federal inmates in Burleson County custody. The legal-status categories included pretrial felons, Class A/B misdemeanants, convicted misdemeanant, parole violators, people sentenced to TDCJ divisions but still held, and one local pretrial state jail felon.
| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Local pretrial Class A/B misdemeanant | 3 | 1 |
| Local convicted misdemeanant | 1 | 0 |
| Local pretrial felons | 25 | 5 |
| Local parole violators / blue warrants | 2 | 1 |
| Parole violators with new charge | 3 | 0 |
| Sentenced to TDCJ divisions but held locally | 4 | 1 |
Lookup Burleson County Jail Inmates
Use the official sheriff roster for people held at Burleson County Jail. The roster has current and released views, a name search box, date and name sorting, mugshot cards, charges, bond amounts, and View Profile links. A profile can show the booking number, age, gender, race, arresting agency, booking date, charge list, bond, and photo.
- Open the Burleson County inmate roster.
- Select Current for present jail custody or Released for a person who may have left custody.
- Search by name or browse by date if spelling is uncertain.
- Open the profile and record the booking number, booking date, listed charges, and bond field.
- Call 979-567-4343 ext. 5005 to confirm charges, bail, and case numbers before posting bond.
Once a person is transferred to state prison, use TDCJ and IVSS. For federal or immigration detention after transfer, use BOP or ICE, not the county jail page.
Burleson County Jail Contact
The sheriff site lists the same main number for the sheriff office and jail. The public roster profile warning gives a specific detention extension for correct bail amount, charges, and case numbers. The records request path uses a separate extension and email contact.
Burleson County Jail
1334 State Highway 21 E
Caldwell, TX 77836
979-567-4343
Fax: 979-567-0615
Bond / charge confirmation: ext. 5005
Records contact: Lynda Sowders, ext. 5011
Public office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Burleson County Jail Leadership
The sheriff jail page identifies Sammy Davee as Jail Administrator and Lieutenant Al Horak as jail lieutenant. Davee's biography says he began in corrections in 1983, worked for the Federal Bureau of Prisons at several institutions beginning in 1988, retired from the BOP in 2012, worked as Burleson County jail administrator, later worked in private-prison settings, and returned to Burleson County in 2022. The page summarizes 42 years of correctional experience.
Lieutenant Horak's official biography says he started with BCSO in January 2011 as a jailer, obtained a Texas Peace Officer License in January 2014, and has served as jailer, jail sergeant, patrol deputy, jail administrator, school resource officer, and current jail lieutenant. The jail page says he holds Advanced Jailer and Peace Officer certificates.
Visit Burleson County Jail
In-person visitation is limited to Thursdays and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. as of January 1, 2025. Visits must be scheduled through HomeWAV on the app 24 hours before the visit, and the inmate must accept or decline the time. One 20-minute visit is allowed per person in jail, and visitors must visit during that session.
| Visit item | Official rule |
|---|---|
| Days and hours | Thursdays and Sundays, 1 p.m.-5 p.m. |
| Scheduling | HomeWAV app, 24 hours prior, inmate approval required. |
| Length | One 20-minute visit per person in jail. |
| ID | Current state-issued picture ID, driver's license, or valid passport. |
| Items allowed | Only car keys and ID may be brought into visitation. |
Visitors released from any jail or TDCJ may not visit a Burleson County Jail inmate for 180 days or six months from release. Children under 16 must be with an adult and must be a dependent of the inmate. Late visitors are not allowed into visitation.
Burleson County Jail Money
HomeWAV handles phone-time funding and visit scheduling. Tiger Commissary handles commissary orders and money for inmates through Tiger Commissary / tigersnack.com. The official county menu lists item-level prices and says prices do not include sales tax. Money orders have not been accepted since January 1, 2022.
| Service | Vendor / note |
|---|---|
| Phone time | HomeWAV; inmates can also buy phone time from commissary. |
| Commissary orders | Tiger Commissary; choose state, county, inmate, then order or add money. |
| Commissary menu | County PDF lists beverages, hygiene, snacks, writing supplies, clothing, and phone transfer items. |
| Money orders | Not accepted as of January 1, 2022. |
Mail and Jail Records
The inspected official Burleson County pages did not publish a jail mail format, scanning policy, banned-item list, legal-mail rule, or book/vendor rule. Call the jail before mailing books, photos, cards, money, or legal mail. Do not rely on a generic Texas jail mail format unless Burleson County staff confirms it.
For jail records, use the sheriff open-records form. Submit by mail to Burleson County Sheriff's Office, 1334 SH 21 E., Caldwell, TX 77836, by fax to 979-567-0615, or by email to Lsowders@burlesoncounty.org. The form lists fees for pages, photographs, disks, flash drives, labor, and postage, and it warns that active investigations or cases not disposed of by the court may not be released.
Burleson County Jail Booking
A person arrested in Burleson County by BCSO, a city police officer, DPS, a constable, a warrant officer, or another law-enforcement agency is delivered to the Burleson County Jail. Staff create a booking record, assign a booking number, enter demographics, record the arresting agency, add booking date and time, enter charge or hold language, and create or attach the booking photo that may appear on the public roster.
The roster record usually appears after intake data is entered. Housing-unit names and classification details are not published on the inspected roster profiles. The jail population report shows legal-status categories, but the public profile is focused on the individual booking and does not show aggregate demographic data.
Note: Confirm custody and visit approval with Burleson County Jail before traveling or sending funds.
Burleson County Jail Arrival
The jail is east of central Caldwell on State Highway 21 E. Official sources did not publish cross-streets, public-transit routes, visitor parking rules, overflow parking details, or a specific ADA visitor-door description. From the Caldwell courthouse office cluster, travel east toward State Highway 21 E and follow the highway to the sheriff office address. From Bryan, College Station, Somerville, or Lake Somerville, verify the live route before leaving because highway and county-road conditions can change.
Visitor entry rules are stricter than the directions. Bring a current photo ID and no items other than car keys and ID. Cell phones, bags, purses, wallets, recording devices, writing instruments, lighters, weapons, liquids, and foods are listed as prohibited in the visitation area. Late visitors are not admitted, so the scheduled HomeWAV time should be treated as a hard arrival target.
Burleson County Jail Programs
The inspected official pages did not publish a GED, vocational, work-release, religious-services, grievance, tablet, medical-request, or reentry-program schedule for Burleson County Jail. The sheriff navigation includes Crisis Intervention and Community Relations, but no jail-specific program eligibility page was found. Families should call the jail for current program, medical-access, or religious-service questions instead of relying on assumptions from another Texas county.