The Fayette County Inmate Population
The Fayette County inmate population is held locally at the Fayette County Jail, the county jail operated by the Fayette County Sheriff's Office in La Grange. The official sheriff page says the agency is responsible for incarceration of all persons arrested in Fayette County. That means the local count can include sheriff arrests, city police arrests, Department of Public Safety arrests, pretrial detainees, people serving short local sentences, and holds waiting for court, release, or transfer.
Fayette County does not publish a separate jail annex, regional detention center, TDCJ prison unit, federal prison, or ICE detention center in the county. The local inmate population is therefore not spread across a long list of facilities. Once a person is sentenced to state prison, that person leaves the county jail count and is searched through the Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate search. Federal and immigration custody have their own lookup paths.
Fayette County Inmate Population Statistics
The official corrections page lists the Fayette County Jail as a 45-bed facility. The sheriff profile describes the inmate population as approximately 45, while the Texas Commission on Jail Standards workbooks captured in the research show dated snapshots below that local approximation. These numbers should be read by source. The sheriff page gives a local operating description; TCJS gives dated reporting rows for the jail population.
| Measure | Figure | Source / date |
|---|---|---|
| Rated / bed capacity | 45 beds | Fayette County Jail corrections page, page metadata modified 01/08/2026 |
| Approximate inmate population | Approximately 45 | Fayette County Sheriff profile page, page metadata modified 12/01/2025 |
| TCJS population snapshot | 32 total population | TCJS abbreviated population workbook, May 1, 2024 row |
| TCJS percent of capacity | 71.1% | TCJS May 1, 2024 row, 32 people and 45 beds |
| Certified jailers | 16 | Fayette County Jail corrections page |
Fayette County Inmate Population Trends
TCJS workbook snapshots show the Fayette County jail population moving within the jail's 45-bed capacity during the representative months pulled for research. The highest extracted snapshot was 39 people in the February 2024 workbook, or 86.7% of capacity. The May 1, 2024 row showed 32 local inmates and no contract population.
| Workbook month | Total population | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| March 2023 upload | 25 | 14 pretrial felons, 0 contract, 55.6% of capacity |
| December 2023 upload | 28 | 9 pretrial felons, 3 convicted felons, 62.2% of capacity |
| January 2024 upload | 26 | 13 pretrial felons, 57.8% of capacity |
| February 2024 upload | 39 | 19 pretrial felons, 86.7% of capacity |
| April 2024 upload | 32 | 20 pretrial felons, 71.1% of capacity |
| May 1, 2024 row | 32 | 14 pretrial felons, 6 convicted felons, 0 contract |
Who Is in Fayette County Jail
The Fayette County inmate population is best understood by legal status, not by a public demographic dashboard. The county pages do not publish a race, age, or ethnicity breakdown for jail custody. The TCJS row for May 1, 2024 does identify custody categories: pretrial felons, convicted felons, convicted felons sentenced to county jail time, parole violators, parole violators with new charges, state-jail felony categories, and no contract population.
- Pretrial felony custody: the May 1, 2024 TCJS row listed 14 pretrial felons.
- Convicted felony custody: the same row listed 6 convicted felons and 4 convicted felons sentenced to county jail time.
- Parole-related custody: the row listed 1 parole violator and 3 parole violators with a new charge.
- Contract custody: TCJS listed 0 contract inmates for Fayette County in that row.
The official corrections page also posts separate female and male visitation windows. That is an operational detail, not a full gender count. The page does not publish housing-unit totals, medical-unit counts, or a daily booking total.
Fayette County Jail Capacity
The local corrections page gives the Fayette County Jail a 45-bed capacity. The sheriff profile's approximate inmate population is close to that capacity, while the TCJS rows extracted from 2023 and 2024 show the jail below capacity in the sampled months. No official county page reviewed for the research announced a new jail construction project, active overcrowding order, consent decree, or jail expansion.
Capacity still matters. Bond decisions, out-of-county holds, parole holds, state-jail felony transfers, and TDCJ intake timing can all change the local count without changing the number of beds. A person may appear to be a Fayette County case at arrest but later move into state, federal, or immigration custody. That move changes both the count and the correct search system.
Laws for Fayette County Jail Data
Texas law shapes how Fayette County inmate population data and jail records are created, reported, and released. The Sheriff's Office is the first local office for current jail custody, but state law controls what must be open, what may be withheld, and which agencies oversee county jail standards.
Key statutes:
Texas Government Code Chapter 552 is the Texas Public Information Act and is the main public-records law for requests to the sheriff.
Texas Local Government Code Chapter 351 governs county jails and local jail administration duties.
Texas Government Code Chapter 511 creates the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, the state body tied to county jail standards and reporting.
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.17 covers the first magistrate appearance after arrest.
Fayette County State Prison Lookup
No TDCJ prison unit was located in Fayette County on the official TDCJ unit directory. That does not mean Fayette County defendants disappear after sentencing. A sentenced felony prisoner is transferred into TDCJ custody and searched through the state prison system, not the county jail. The TDCJ locator can use name, TDCJ number, SID number, and narrowing fields such as race or gender when available.
The state prison profile may show a unit, offense, sentence, projected release or parole data, and a photo when available. Those are prison records. They are different from a Fayette County booking record made at the jail after arrest.
Search Fayette County Inmate Population
Fayette County's official site does not publish a confirmed online county jail roster link, current-inmate search page, recent-bookings report, or mugshot gallery. The correct local search path starts with the jail phone line or an open-records request. The sheriff links page also points users to VINELink, which can help with custody notifications, but VINELink is not the same as a certified booking record from the Sheriff's Office.
- Call the Fayette County Sheriff's Office or jail at 979-968-5856 for current custody, release, bond, or transfer status.
- Ask whether the person is still in the Fayette County Jail or has been released, transferred, or moved under another agency's hold.
- For a record copy, contact Open Records Custodian Renee Moreland through the sheriff contact page or by phone.
- Use VINELink Texas when notification of release or transfer is the goal.
- Use TDCJ, BOP, or ICE tools if the person is in state prison, federal custody, or immigration custody.
Fayette County Current Inmate Lookup
Because no official Fayette County online roster was located, the search-field table for local jail custody is the sheriff's open-records contact form, not a roster portal. Use the form for booking records, arrest reports, mugshot requests, and historical custody details. Use direct phone contact when time matters.
| Field label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| First & Last Name | Text | Yes | Required field on sheriff contact forms. |
| Phone Number | Text | Yes | Required; format not published in the research. |
| Yes | Invalid-email validation is present. | ||
| Confirm Email | Conditionally validated | Must match email when present. | |
| Question or Comment | Textarea | Yes | Use for the booking or custody-record request details. |
| reCAPTCHA | Captcha | Yes | Required anti-spam check. |
Past Fayette County Inmate Records
Released or older jail records are not searched through an official public archive on the county site. The Sheriff's Office open-records path is the better fit for booking records, booking photos, incident reports, or custody details that are not posted online. A request should identify the person, arrest date, arresting agency, and charge if known. The Texas Public Information Act applies, but law-enforcement exceptions can still affect active or sensitive records.
Court-filed charges are separate. The District Clerk page states that Fayette County has no public court records online and that an in-office computer portal is available for public cases. When the question is custody, start with the jail. When the question is filed charges, settings, or disposition, use the courthouse record path described on the Fayette County court records after jail arrest page.
Fayette County Inmate Record Fields
No official public roster profile was available to inspect. A requested booking record may include fields that are common in Texas jail records, but those fields should not be described as visible on a Fayette County web roster. The sheriff can confirm current custody and process records that can be released under state law.
| Record field | What it may show |
|---|---|
| Name and identifiers | Full name and other identifiers used to match the arrest record. |
| Booking date and time | When jail intake was recorded after arrest. |
| Arresting agency | The sheriff, city police, DPS, or another agency involved in the arrest. |
| Charge or warrant reference | The booking charge, warrant, or case reference available at intake. |
| Bond or hold status | Whether release may depend on cash, surety, PR bond, no-bond order, or another hold. |
| Booking photo | A photo may be requested, but release can depend on Chapter 552 exceptions or court orders. |
Fayette County Jail or TDCJ
Many failed searches come from using the wrong custody system. The Fayette County Jail is for recent arrests, pretrial custody, short local sentences, and holds. TDCJ is for sentenced state prisoners. BOP is for sentenced federal prisoners. ICE ODLS is for immigration detention. A person can move from one system to another after court action, a hold, or transfer.
| Custody type | Where to look | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| County jail | Call 979-968-5856 or request records from the sheriff | Current Fayette County jail custody, booking, bond, release, transfer status |
| State prison | TDCJ inmate search | Sentenced Texas prisoners after transfer from county custody |
| Federal prison | BOP inmate locator | Sentenced federal prisoners, not county booking records |
| Immigration custody | ICE Online Detainee Locator System | ICE detainee location when ODLS criteria are met |
Fayette County Detention Facility
The facility map resolves to one local detention facility for this county. The Fayette County Jail at the Justice Center is the place tied to local arrests, jail intake, visitation, phone funds, and open-records requests. The county also operates an inmate work detail for minimum-security inmates, but the research describes that as a jail program, not a separate facility.
- Fayette County Jail - county jail for Fayette County arrests, pretrial detainees, short local sentences, holds, and transfers.
Fayette County Jail Programs
The strongest local program detail is the Inmate Work Detail Crew. The corrections page says inmates classified as minimum security risk may work outside the jail under armed-officer supervision. The work includes landscaping, about 30 miles of Adopt-A-Highway trash pickup, and jobs for nonprofit organizations. The same page states that inmates receive a nutritional diet and adequate medical care and are treated fairly without regard to race, gender, religion, or age.
- Classification
- A jail security and housing review that helps decide work-detail eligibility and supervision level.
- Detainer
- A hold or notice from another agency that may keep a person in custody after a local bond issue is addressed.
- PR bond
- A personal bond, or release on a promise to appear, when a magistrate or court allows it.
Fayette County Jail Source View
The official Fayette County Jail corrections page is the source for the jail address, capacity, visitation windows, phone-money vendor, commissary vendor, and work-detail description.
The screenshot shows why the Fayette County inmate population search depends on official contact channels rather than a county-published online roster link.
Fayette County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Fayette County inmate population?
The county corrections page lists 45 beds, and the sheriff profile describes an approximate jail population of 45. TCJS snapshots in the research showed 25 to 39 inmates in sampled 2023 and 2024 workbooks, with 32 inmates in the May 1, 2024 row.
Can Fayette County inmates be searched online?
No official Fayette County online jail roster was located in the county pages reviewed. For current jail custody, call 979-968-5856 or use the sheriff open-records contact path. Use TDCJ, BOP, or ICE only when the person is in that separate custody system.
Does VINELink replace the sheriff's records office?
No. VINELink Texas is useful for custody notifications and alerts. It does not replace the Sheriff's Office for a formal booking record, booking photo request, or verified local release information.