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Jefferson County Correctional Facility Overview

The Jefferson County Correctional Facility is operated by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's official inmate mail instructions identify the facility address as 5030 Hwy 69 S., Beaumont, TX 77705 for legal mail, court documents, bank statements, money orders, and publications. Beaumont Police and other local agencies route arrestees into the Jefferson County jail system rather than maintaining their own long-term jail for public inmate lookup.

This facility holds the local jail population: pre-trial detainees, county-sentenced inmates, people held on warrants, bond holds, state-ready holds awaiting transfer, and other agency holds accepted by the sheriff. It is described in official PREA material as a short-term Texas county jail certified under Texas jail standards. Classification language in the research includes high risk, medium risk, low risk, trustee, maximum security, administrative separation, discipline, protective separation, and special conditions. That classification framework matters because the public visitation schedule is organized by local housing groups such as Q side/FB, Maximum Security/FA, General Population/Youths, Females, P side, and P side Dorms.

Jefferson County Correctional Facility Capacity and Population

The current county jail population source is the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, or TCJS. The TCJS current population spreadsheet used in the research had a report date of June 1, 2026 and listed the Jefferson row with a capacity of 1,268 and total population of 986, or 77.76 percent of capacity. Older Jefferson County PREA material reported that the correctional facility processed 36,984 persons in 2014 and had a daily average population over 1,000. The same PREA material identified two maximum-security buildings with 186 beds. Those numbers should be read by source and date because the daily roster changes constantly.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Jefferson County Correctional Facility

The correct lookup path for this county jail is the Jefferson County Sheriff Inmate Search. The sheriff roster is an OCV-powered public roster with a Type to Search field, paginated inmate cards, and profile links. The research also found that the page may sometimes post a notice saying inmate search is down for the website and asking users to check the app or come back later. For that reason, the current inmates PDF, daily/current arrests PDF, jail-detail phone line, records request route, and sheriff app are important fallback channels.

1. Open the official sheriff Inmate Search page and search by last name first if you know it.
2. Compare age, sex, race, booking date, and arresting agency when more than one person has a similar name.
3. Open the inmate profile for arrest ID, booking photo when available, charge descriptions, degree codes, bond amount, and bond conditions.
4. If the site search is unavailable, check the current inmates PDF and Daily Inmate Log/current arrests PDF, or call 409-726-2540 for jail details.
5. If the person has already moved to TDCJ, BOP, or ICE custody, switch to the statewide or federal locator instead of the county roster.

Jefferson County Correctional Facility Address and Contact

Use the Highway 69 South address for facility-specific mail categories and jail campus planning. The sheriff's public office address at 1001 Pearl St #103 is the administrative/courthouse-area address, while the jail facility address in the mail rules is the Beaumont correctional facility campus. Call before traveling for bond, release, or visitation questions because the PDF roster states that all data is subject to change.

Visiting Someone at Jefferson County Correctional Facility

Jefferson County's official visitation page says the current schedule took effect September 6, 2023. All visits must be scheduled before the day of the visit, and inmates are allowed two 30-minute visits per week. Visitors should call 409-726-2565 to set an appointment. The rules allow only ID, keys, and cash or credit card for the kiosk inside the building. Cellphones and smart devices are not allowed, and visitors must remain in the Visitation Building from arrival until the visit is complete.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Jefferson County Correctional Facility

Jefferson County uses a split mail system. Ordinary postcards, letters, and greeting cards go to Smart Communications MailGuard in Humble, Texas, where they are scanned and made available through kiosks. The envelope or postcard must clearly show the inmate name and booking or ID number. Legal mail, court documents, bank statements, money orders, and publications still go directly to the Beaumont facility address. Money and phone options use SmartInmate, Access Securepak, Access Corrections, kiosks, phone deposits, and money orders depending on the service.

Booking and Intake at Jefferson County Correctional Facility

Jefferson County booking starts when an arresting agency transports a person to the jail system or causes a Jefferson County booking record to be created. Staff record identifying details, secure property under jail procedure, take fingerprints and a booking photo when applicable, enter charges and degree codes, and record bond amounts or bond conditions where available. Medical screening is described in sheriff corrections material as an initial check by a state-certified paramedic, followed by later medical history, physical, and a permanent medical chart. Classification uses agency records, current charges, prior history, conduct, and sometimes mental-stability considerations. The public roster profile does not show every internal housing detail, but the visitation schedule shows that housing groups affect visit scheduling.

About Jefferson County Correctional Facility

Official Jefferson County corrections content documents law-library access, medical screening, PREA compliance materials, communications tools, and programs such as Anger Management, GED, Auto Body repair, parenting classes, AA meetings, and reading classes. The facility also appears in county procurement and oversight material, including a 2025 professional needs assessment item and jail health-care procurement material. A current official TCJS non-compliance listing identifying Jefferson County as non-compliant was not located in the research pass, so the accurate statement is that the available research did not find a current non-compliance entry, not that no problem could ever exist.