McCulloch County Law Enforcement Center Overview
The McCulloch County Law Enforcement Center / McCulloch County Jail is operated by the McCulloch County Sheriff's Office. Official sources also refer to the site as the McCulloch County Jail and Sheriff's Office. It is the only local detention facility found in official research for McCulloch County. No separate county annex, city jail, regional jail, state prison, BOP prison, or ICE detention center was located inside the county.
The facility holds local adults arrested in McCulloch County, pretrial detainees, county-sentenced inmates, people arrested on warrants, people awaiting court, and people awaiting transfer when applicable. The county roster should not be used for sentenced TDCJ prisoners, BOP inmates, or ICE detainees after transfer. Those records belong to state, federal, or immigration systems.
McCulloch County Jail Capacity and Population
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards current county jail population spreadsheet listed McCulloch County with 66 rated beds and 56 people in custody on June 1, 2026. That was 84.85 percent of capacity. Because the facility is small, a few bookings or releases can shift the percentage quickly. TCJS first-day counts are not annual booking totals and should be read with their date.
TCJS population categories also show why the facility count can include more than one kind of inmate. County jail reporting can classify local pretrial inmates, convicted misdemeanants, bench warrants, pretrial felons, parole violators, TDCJ-sentenced categories, state jail felony categories, other local or contract categories, and federal inmates. Not every category has a McCulloch-specific extracted count in the research, but the categories explain the range of people who may be present in a county jail snapshot.
The TCJS population reports page is the statewide source for current and historical county jail population reporting.
Lookup Inmates at McCulloch County Jail
Use the county-linked Kologik Public Jail Roster for current McCulloch County Jail custody. The official sheriff page links that roster, so it is the county-endorsed path for current inmate lookup. The roster can show name, arrest time, days jailed, demographics, arresting agency, charge rows, warrant number, bond amount, and booking photo if one is available.
- Open the McCulloch County Sheriff's Office page and follow the current jail roster link.
- Use RECENT BOOKINGS, ALL, a letter button, or Name Filter to locate the person.
- Check the roster card for arrest date, charge, warrant, bond, and booking photo fields.
- Call 325-597-0639 if the person was just arrested, released, transferred, or not listed.
- Use TDCJ, BOP, or ICE only when the person is no longer in county jail custody.
McCulloch County Jail Address and Contact
The sheriff page, TDLR project page, and county expunction address list all point to the same jail and sheriff location. Use the East Main Street address for jail visits, custody questions, and sheriff contact. Use the courthouse address only for clerk, court, or county open-records business.
McCulloch County Law Enforcement Center / McCulloch County Jail
900 East Main Street
Brady, TX 76825
325-597-0639
Fax: 325-597-1662
McCulloch County Courthouse
199 Courthouse Square
Brady, TX 76825
325-597-0733
Use for county open-records and clerk routing.
McCulloch County Jail Building History
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation project record gives unusually specific building details. It identifies the facility as the McCulloch County Law Enforcement Center at 900 East Main in Brady. The project was registered June 7, 2017, started August 1, 2017, and completed October 1, 2018. TDLR described the work as new construction using public funds or public land.
The scope was a 28,000-square-foot maximum-security jail with sheriff's administrative offices included. The estimated construction cost was $8,570,000, the design firm was Southwest Architects Inc. of Fort Worth, and the TDLR status was inspection complete. The official TDLR record is shown in the screenshot from the McCulloch County Law Enforcement Center project page.
The TDLR source explains why the facility name is a law enforcement center while the public custody function is the county jail.
Visiting McCulloch County Jail
Current official visitation schedules and visitor rules were not located in the inspected county sources. The county sheriff and jail pages did not publish public visit days, video-visit vendor details, dress code, locker rules, property rules, or attorney-visit procedures. Visitors should call the jail before travel and should not rely on rules from another Texas county.
| Visit Type | Schedule | Approval / ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family or public visit | Not published | Not published | Call 325-597-0639 before arrival. |
| Attorney visit | Not published | Attorney should call directly | Confirm entry, ID, and document rules. |
| Video visit | No official vendor found | Not published | Do not assume a remote-visit platform. |
Mail, Phone, and Money at McCulloch County Jail
No current official McCulloch County page was located with inmate mail format, commissary vendor, phone provider, video vendor, online deposit link, lobby kiosk rules, or deposit fees. The only safe researched instruction is to confirm directly with the jail before mailing items, sending money, or setting up a phone account.
Families should also confirm the person is still housed at the facility before sending anything. A release, court order, TDCJ transfer, federal hold, or outside warrant can change custody status quickly. If jail staff cannot provide a public detail by phone, ask whether the information must be requested through the county public-information process.
| Service | Official Detail Found | Practical Step |
|---|---|---|
| Mail address | Facility address found, inmate format not published. | Call before sending mail. |
| Phone or video | No vendor located. | Ask jail staff for current provider. |
| Money deposit | No deposit vendor or fee schedule located. | Verify accepted methods before payment. |
| Commissary | No commissary schedule found. | Confirm with jail. |
Booking at McCulloch County Jail
Booking creates the jail record after arrest. Staff may enter identity details, arresting agency, booking or arrest date-time, demographics, charge rows, warrant number, bond amount, and a booking photo. The public Kologik roster can then display parts of that record. The app is configured not to hide public photos for McCulloch, but a fallback image may appear when a specific photo is unavailable.
After booking, a person may have a first appearance or magistrate process, bond action, release, court filing, hold, or transfer. A booking charge on the jail roster is not the same as a final filed charge or conviction. Use court records after the arrest to follow formal charges and dispositions.
The facility's public record trail therefore has several parts. Kologik covers current jail custody. The sheriff or county open-records process covers existing jail records not shown online. LGS and docket pages cover filed court cases. TDCJ, BOP, and ICE cover later custody systems when the county jail is no longer the holding agency.
McCulloch County Jail Public Records
For jail records that are not shown on the current roster, use the county Open Records Request page. A written request should ask for existing records and include enough detail to identify the person and event. Useful details include full name, arrest date, booking date, arresting agency, booking number or CCN if known, and whether the request seeks a booking record, release record, booking photo, or incident record.
The county open-records page and form are the researched fallback because no separate sheriff records-unit page was found. Requests should be framed as requests for existing records, not questions asking staff to create a narrative. If the issue is a court filing, clerk or court channels are usually the better route.
Note: Call the jail before visiting, sending money, or mailing property because current public rules were not published in county sources.
State, Federal, and ICE Transfers
The McCulloch County Law Enforcement Center is a county jail, not a state prison or federal detention center. A sentenced state prisoner should be searched through TDCJ inmate search. A federal prisoner should be checked through the BOP inmate locator. An immigration detainee may be searchable through ICE ODLS. VINELink can help with custody-change notifications, but it does not replace the official roster or locator for each custody type.
No official source found a TDCJ unit, BOP facility, ICE detention center, or separate regional detention center in McCulloch County. That makes the East Main Street jail the local facility page for county custody, while every nonlocal custody path should be routed to the proper statewide or federal locator.
That routing keeps local jail records separate from prison, federal, immigration, court, and public-information request records.
It also prevents a county roster search from being mistaken for a statewide prison search.
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