The Brazoria County Detention Center in Angleton, Texas the county jail facility for Brazoria County, Texas.  The Brazoria County Jail is run by the Brazoria County Sheriff, Charles S. Wagner.  The Brazoria County Sheriff’s Department is the oldest Sheriff’s Department in the State of Texas.  Sheriff Wagner has a long history of law enforcement in Brazoria County, having served as Chief Deputy for years before being elected as Sheriff.

The Brazoria County Detention Center is considered a medium-security facility.  However, because it is a detention center for both pretrial detainees and post-conviction inmates awaiting sentencing or movement to another facility, it actually holds inmates in security classifications ranging from minimum to maximum.  There are no long-term inmates at the Brazoria County Detention Center.

It is the building, itself, that is considered a medium security facility.  The structure is a large concrete building and even outdoor recreation is in cages.  Inmates at Brazoria County Detention Center are in pods, and they share cells with another roommate.  Pods refer to the design of the jail, which has a large common area in the center of housing or cells.  Once cell doors are open, inmates are allowed to move in the pods.  In the pods, inmates can engage in various activities, such reading, watching television, playing cards, or playing games.  The jail has a library, commissary, gym, and chapel.  Inmates can use those facilities, but do not have free access to those facilities.  Any movement outside of the pod means that the inmate needs to be accompanied by one or more correctional officers.

The jail has a high guard-to-inmate ratio, which allows it to hold higher-security inmates in a medium-security facility.  In addition, it has a number of restrictions on inmates for inmate and guard safety.  For example, recreation is not in an open yard but in “cages.”  Inmate movement is highly restricted throughout the facility.  In fact, inmates do not leave pods unless they are escorted by armed correctional officers.

As a county jail facility designed to hold detainees for a short-term, the Brazoria County Detention Center does not have many of the programs or services that other long-term detention facilities may have.  This is because inmates are not expected to be at the jail for extended periods of time.  In fact, the Brazoria County Detention Center is designed to deal with a constantly fluctuating inmate population.  It is the main detention center for the county, which means that a number of inmates arrive daily.  In addition, a number of those arriving are drunk, high, injured, or dealing with physical or mental illness.  In some cases, inmates are removed to a more appropriate facility or released after they no longer pose a danger to themselves or the public.  Others are in the facility until they are able to post bail to secure their release.

Brazoria County Jail Address:

Brazoria County Detention Center
3602 CR 45
Angleton, TX 77515

Mailing Address:

The Brazoria County Jail mailing address is:

Brazoria County Detention Center
3602 CR 45
Angleton, TX 77515

Inmate Mailing Address:

To send inmate mail via the U.S. Postal Service, you send it to the following address:

Inmate Name
Brazoria County Detention Center
3602 CR 45
Angleton, TX 77515

Inmates can send mail to and receive mail from individuals using the United States Postal Service.

The Brazoria County Detention Center does not list its mail rules, publicly. However, most jails have similar rules about the types of material inmates can or cannot receive in the mail.  If you have any questions about a specific piece of mail, contact the jail to inquire about it before sending.

All inmate mail will be open and scanned for contraband before being delivered to an inmate.  Contraband includes items like weapons, drugs, and escape plans.  Contraband also often includes items that are considered incendiary, such as racist materials or any materials likely to increase the risk of violence in the jail.  Generally, inmates are not allowed to receive mail from other jail facilities, unless the mail has been pre-approved by the jail facility.  In addition, inmates may be prohibited from receiving mail from someone who has been incarcerated in the Brazoria County Detention Center for a specific period of time prior to the date of the mail.

Inmates may be able to receive photographs in the mail, but they might be limited in size, number of photograph, type of photograph (usually Polaroids are prohibited), and the content of the photograph (inmates generally cannot receive obscene, sexually explicit, gang-related, or violent content).

Letters should be plain writing on plain paper.  The jail may not allow inmates to send or receive mail with drawings, signs, or symbols.  In addition, the paper should be free of perfumes, suspicious materials, foreign materials like lipsticks or perfumes, stickers, and stamps.

All incoming mail must have the sender’s name and return address; mail without a return address will be refused.

Jail Phone Numbers:

There is a main contact number for the Brazoria County Jail: 979-864-2338. You can reach the booking desk at extension 2240.  You can reach central control at extension 2333.  You can reach jail ID at extension 2340.  You can reach the jail kitchen at extension 2245.  You can reach the jail lieutenant at extension 2261.  You can reach the jail nurse at extension 2243.  You can reach the jail property room at extension 2334.  You can reach the jail sergeants at extension 2514.  You can reach the visitor information center at extension 2338.   The fax number is 979-864-8003.  To contact the Brazoria County Sheriff via email, you can reach him at [email protected].

Brazoria County Jail Inmate Search:

Brazoria County  has a court records search function, and, within that function is the ability to search jail records.  The jail records search function allows you to look for inmates by last name and first name as required fields.  To narrow the search, you can add middle name, date-of-birth, date booked (or a range of dates booked), and date released (or a range of dates released).

Once you have located an inmate, you can then select the inmate’s record.  The record provides greater details about the inmate, including booking number, date of birth, address, race, height, weight, hair color, eye color, charge, bond type, amount of bond, and the disposition of the case.  Some of these records have mugshots, but older records do not.

Jail Records / Recent Arrests:

Brazoria County does not maintain a list of recent arrests and you cannot search its jail records only by arrest dates.  However, you can use a first and last name and enter a range of booking dates to see if someone has been arrested recently.

To get copies of criminal misdemeanor records, you must send a written request to the County Clerk’s office.  You need to send your contact information and a form of payment.  A search from 1986 to the present is $5.00; searches prior to 1986 are $10.00.  Copies are $1.00 per page, and certified copies are $5.00 per document.  You can send your request via email to [email protected] or via regular mail to:

Joyce Human
County Clerk
111 E. Locust, Suite 200
Angleton, TX 77515

Mugshots:

Brazoria County  has a court records search function, and, within that function is the ability to search jail records.  The jail records search function allows you to look for inmates by last name and first name as required fields.  Once you have located an inmate, you can then select the inmate’s record.  Some of these records have mugshots, but older records do not.

Brazoria County Jail Visitation:

All visitors must comply with visitation rules at all times or the visit may be terminated and the visitor’s visitation privileges may be revoked. 

All visitors must register at male visitation at least 15 minutes prior to the start of any visitation time. 

All visitors must have a valid form of identification.  Valid identification includes: current state-issued picture ID or driver’s license, a valid passport, an armed forces ID card, or a state DPS ID Card/ Current Paper Driver’s License. 

A maximum of two adults may visit at one time.  A maximum of three visitors, total.  Minors must be accompanied by a legal guardian or parent.  All children must be supervised at all times.

Any person incarcerated within the last 6 weeks is not allowed to visit.

No cell phones or electronic devices are permitted at visitation.

All visitors must wear appropriate clothing.  The jail’s dress code prohibits: tube tops, halter tops, spaghetti straps, tank tops without bras for women, clothing with gang affiliation, low-cut tops, see-through tops, shorts shorter than the knee, dresses shorter than the knee, skirts shorter than the knee, net clothing, tights worn as pants, or spandex.  All visitors must wear shoes.

Visitation hours are:

Monday: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM and 7:00 PM-10:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM and 7:00 PM-10:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM and 7:00 PM-10:00 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM and 7:00 PM-10:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM and 7:00 PM-10:00 PM
Saturday: 8:00 AM-4:00 PM
Sunday: 12:00 PM-8:00 PM

Inmate Phone Privileges:

Inmates can place outgoing calls, but cannot receive incoming calls.  If you have an emergency and you feel like the inmate needs to be contacted, you can contact the jail, but the jail will not take messages for inmates and generally will not relay information to inmates.

Inmates are only permitted to talk to people at the number they are directly contacting.  Three way calls are call-forwarding are both prohibited and may result in loss of phone privileges. The person assisting you in making your three-way call will have their number removed from the system as well as the number the call is forward to.

All phone calls are monitored automatically by the phone system.  Calls may be recorded.  If you are an attorney who needs to have non-monitored privileged communications with a client, you need to print and fill out an Attorney Request to Block Recording form and bring it, in person, to the Brazoria County Detention Center.  You must present your identification and bar card with the request.

Inmate Trust Accounts / Commissary:

Brazoria County Jail uses Access Corrections to provide inmate trust account.  You can deposit money in a number of ways.

Online, you can visit www.accesscorrections.com, which allows you to use a credit or debit card to make online deposits to an inmate’s account.

You can make phone deposits by calling 866-345-1884 to make deposits with Visa or MasterCard. There are bilingual agents available at that phone line.

There is a Kiosk in the lobby of the Sheriff’s Office, where you can use Visa or MasterCard to make deposits into accounts.

You can also make cash deposits at the Sheriff’s Office at the Information Center Window.  You can also make cash deposits at participating Dollar General or Family Dollar stores.

Inmate trust funds can be used to pay for phone calls and for inmates to make purchases from inmate commissary accounts.  While jails provide inmates with their essential needs, such as regular meals, clothing, and basic toiletries, inmates can purchase additional or alternate items from the inmate commissary.  These items include snack foods, toiletries, some clothing items, some recreational items, and things like stationery.

Bail Information:

In Brazoria County, Texas, bail bonds are overseen by the Brazoria County Bail Bond Board.  The Brazoria County Bail Bond Board supervises and regulates every aspect of the bonding experience, which means it regulates commercial bail bondsmen.  You do not pay bond directly to the Brazoria County Bail Bond Board.

A judge sets the bail in Brazoria County.  You will be taken in front of one of the County Courts at Law for your bail to be set.  To contact the various County Courts, use the following numbers:

County Court at Law #1 Clerk: 979-864-1383
County Court at Law #2 Clerk: 979-864-1382
County Court at Law #3 Clerk: 979-864-1384
County Court at Law #4 Clerk: 979-864-1065

In Texas, judges look at a number of factors when determining bond amounts.  The goal of bond is to ensure that a defendant appears for trial.  Therefore, a judge takes into account: the crime allegedly committed, the defendant’s criminal history, the defendant’s financial resources, and the defendant’s ties to the community in order to determine how much of a flight risk a defendant is.

In Texas, there are basically three types of bond: cash bonds, surety bonds, and personal recognizance (PR) bonds.  Cash bonds are bonds for the exact amounts of money that need to be paid in full in order for an alleged offender to be released from jail. Though called cash bonds, the exact amount must be paid in cash or by a money order or cashier’s check.  PR bonds release the defendant without the payment of money, based on the defendant’s promise to appear at a later court date.  Surety bonds are bonds posted by professional bonds people.  The bonding company and the person guaranteeing the bond (usually not the inmate, but a friend or family member) enter into an agreement for the bonding company to post bond on behalf of a defendant in exchange for a fee, which is usually 10% of the bond amount.  If the defendant fails to appear at the later court date, then whoever entered into the agreement with the bondsperson is liable for the entire amount of the bond.

If you need the services of a bondsman, you can find one in the Yellow Pages or online.  Neither the jail nor the county will recommend any particular bondsman or bond company.

Conclusion

The Brazoria County Detention Center, located at 3602 CR45, Angleton, TX 77515, is the county jail facility for Brazoria County, Texas.  It is run by the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office, which is the oldest Sheriff’s Office in the State of Texas.

A medium-security facility, the Brazoria County Detention Center is designated as a temporary holding facility.  It houses both pretrial detainees and post-conviction inmates awaiting sentencing or movement to another facility. There are no long-term inmates at the Brazoria County Detention Center. The facility does not provide many amenities to inmates because they are intended to be short-term residents, only.  However, inmates do have access to some recreational facilities, such as a library and a recreational yard.  In addition, inmates have access to visitation, inmate mail, and inmate phone services.