Official Burleson County Inmate Roster
The official Burleson County inmate roster is hosted on the sheriff's website and is free to view. During research it showed current inmates, released inmates, name and date tabs, sort controls, search-by-name, page navigation, mugshot cards, charges, bond amounts, and profile links. Sheriff Bill Rios's message says the website and roster are fully operational and show people booked into and released from the county jail in real time.
The roster covers Burleson County Jail custody. It does not replace the TDCJ inmate search for sentenced state prisoners, the BOP Inmate Locator for sentenced federal prisoners, or the ICE detainee locator for immigration custody. Some local roster entries may show hold language such as ICE HOLD, parole violation, fugitive, out-of-county, or TDCJ commit language, but the correct next search depends on which agency has legal custody.
The sheriff message page is relevant because it describes the newer website and real-time booked/released roster function.
That source supports using the sheriff roster as the first county-jail lookup path rather than treating it as an unofficial listing.
Search Burleson County Jail Records
Use the roster when the person may be in the Burleson County Jail now or may have been released recently. A last name is the best first search when spelling is uncertain. The official roster does not publish wildcard rules, so a broad name search plus the Date, Current, and Released filters is often more useful than a single exact-name try.
- Open the sheriff's inmate roster and select Current for people believed to be in custody now.
- Use Released if the person may have bonded out, finished a short sentence, been transferred, or been released.
- Type a name in Search By Name. If no result appears, try the last name only and browse by date.
- Use newest-to-oldest sorting for recent arrests and name sorting when spelling is the main issue.
- Open View Profile for the booking number, booking date, charges, bond, photo, arresting agency, and warning notes.
- Call 979-567-4343 ext. 5005 before posting bond or relying on the charge or bail fields.
Burleson County Roster Fields
The roster's search controls are limited but practical. The current and released filters are important because a person may disappear from the current view after release while still appearing in a released view. The date sorting helps with new bookings. Pagination can matter because the current roster inspection showed more than one page of results.
| Field label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search By Name | Text | Optional | No first/last-name format rule or wildcard rule was posted. |
| Name | Tab/filter | Optional | Name view supports A-Z or Z-A sorting through roster links. |
| Date | Tab/filter | Optional | Date view supports newest-to-oldest and oldest-to-newest sorting. |
| Current | Filter | Optional | Current county-jail custody roster. |
| Released | Filter | Optional | Released-roster view for people no longer in current custody. |
| Pagination | Links | Optional | Page numbers, Next, and Last appeared during inspection. |
Burleson County Inmate Profile
A full profile gives more detail than the list card. The inspected sample profile showed a photo, booking number, age, gender, race, arresting agency, booking date, charges, bond, and a local warning about bail and charges. It did not show housing location, court date, warrant number, magistrate, scheduled release date, date of birth, height, weight, hair color, eye color, cell, pod, tank, detailed case number, or exact charge statutes.
| Field | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Mugshot | Booking image displayed on roster cards and profile pages when published. |
| Name | Public identity as listed by the jail. |
| Booking # | Numeric booking number for the jail record. |
| Age / gender / race | Public demographic fields on the full profile. |
| Arresting agency | Agency abbreviation or name for the arresting agency. |
| Booking date | Date and time booked into county jail. |
| Charges | Booking charges or hold language entered by jail staff. |
| Bond | Public bond amount that can change and must be verified. |
The inspected sample roster profile shows the field layout and the warning about changing charges and bail.
The profile is useful for identification, but it is not the final court record after prosecutor review.
Burleson County Charges and Bond
Burleson County roster cards can show a single bond amount, including $0.00 on some entries. A zero-dollar field is not a safe sign that release is free or automatic. It can reflect a hold, a motion-to-revoke issue, a parole or TDCJ status, a fugitive matter, an immigration hold, or a bond that has not yet been updated. The local profile warning is the key instruction: charges and bail amounts may change after court appearances and may not be current.
Anyone posting bond should write down the name, booking number, booking date, and charges from the profile, then call Detention Center staff at 979-567-4343 ext. 5005 for the correct bail amount, charges, and case numbers. If using a bonding company, verify that it is currently accepted. The sheriff jail page notes that the approved bonding-company list can change at any time.
Note: Verify custody, charge, case-number, and bond information with jail staff before paying anyone.
Request Older Booking Records
If the roster does not show the record, use the sheriff open-records process. The sheriff's records page says to print the Open Records Request Form, complete it, and follow the instructions at the bottom. Requests may be mailed to Burleson County Sheriff's Office, 1334 SH 21 E., Caldwell, TX 77836, faxed to 979-567-0615, or emailed to Lsowders@burlesoncounty.org. The listed records contact is Lynda Sowders at 979-567-4343 ext. 5011.
| Item | Fee from sheriff form |
|---|---|
| Pages | $1.00 per page |
| DVD | $3.00 per disk |
| Photographs | $1.25 each |
| Flash drive | $14.00 each |
| Labor | $15.00 per hour |
| Postage | Varies if mailed |
The form says active investigations or cases not disposed of by the court may not be released, and some records may require subpoena. It also states Texas Public Information Act production should be prompt within 10 business days.
Burleson County Jail Contact
The main facility and sheriff office contact is the same address used for the jail and the public roster. Call the main number for jail questions, use the detention extension for bond and charge confirmation, and use the records extension for public-information requests.
Burleson County Jail
1334 State Highway 21 E
Caldwell, TX 77836
979-567-4343
Detention Center bond confirmation: ext. 5005
Records contact: Lynda Sowders, ext. 5011
Fax: 979-567-0615
Public office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Burleson County Jail Visitation
Visitation is tightly scheduled. As of January 1, 2025, in-person visits are Thursdays and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Visits must be scheduled through HomeWAV 24 hours in advance, and the inmate must accept or decline the requested time. Visitors need valid identification, must arrive before the visit begins, and may bring only car keys and ID into visitation.
| Visit type | Days / hours | Scheduling rule |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visits | Thursdays and Sundays, 1 p.m.-5 p.m. | Schedule through HomeWAV 24 hours before; inmate must approve. |
| Visit length | 20 minutes | One 20-minute visit allowed per person in jail. |
| Remote/video details | Not separately published | HomeWAV is the scheduling and phone-time provider. |
The official visitation and commissary page lists HomeWAV scheduling, Tiger Commissary, visitor restrictions, and dress-code rules.
Use that page before a visit because the local rules are more specific than a generic jail-visitation summary.
TDCJ BOP and ICE Records
After sentencing and transfer, a Burleson County jail record may no longer be the best lookup source. TDCJ records can be searched by name, SID number, or current TDCJ number, and IVSS supports notification features. TDCJ email requests require a full name and TDCJ number or, if unknown, date of birth and county of conviction. TDCJ says public email responses will not include inmate photographs or Social Security numbers.
Federal and immigration custody are separate. The BOP locator searches by number or by name and can show register number, age, race, sex, release date, and location. ICE uses its own locator. Burleson County roster entries can show immigration hold language, but an ICE hold is not the same as being held in an ICE facility in Burleson County.
| Lookup path | Use it for | Do not use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Sheriff roster | Current or released Burleson County Jail bookings | State prison location after TDCJ transfer |
| TDCJ / IVSS | Sentenced Texas prison custody and notifications | New county bookings before transfer |
| BOP | Sentenced federal inmates | Local misdemeanor or felony county jail records |
| ICE | Immigration detainee lookup | General county jail roster searching |
Burleson County Booking Timeline
Local official sources do not publish a full intake manual, but the roster fields show the practical sequence. After arrest or warrant service, the person is delivered to Burleson County Jail. Staff identify the person, create a booking number, enter demographics, list the arresting agency, add the booking date and time, record charges or hold language, and attach the booking photo that may appear on the public roster.
Several later steps can change what a family sees online. A magistrate or court can change bond. A prosecutor can file a different formal charge. A detainer can keep someone in custody even when a listed local bond appears available. A sentenced person can remain in the county jail while TDCJ admission, paperwork, or transport is pending. Those are the reasons the jail's public profile warning should be treated as controlling for bond and case-number confirmation.
For older jail records, a precise request works better than a broad one. Include the name, booking number, booking date, arresting agency if known, and the exact record sought. The sheriff form gives the local route, but it also warns that active investigations and cases not disposed of by the court may not be released.
Burleson County Record Terms
Several jail-record terms appear often on roster pages and phone calls. Plain meanings help prevent mistakes when a charge list, hold, or bond field looks confusing.
- Booking
- The jail intake record created after arrest or surrender.
- Detainer
- A hold request from another agency, such as immigration, parole, or another jurisdiction.
- PR bond
- Release on a promise to appear, usually with conditions set by a court.
- Blue warrant
- A parole-related hold tied to TDCJ parole supervision.
- Indictment
- A felony charging instrument returned by a grand jury.