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Lee County Jail Overview

Lee County Jail is operated by the Lee County Sheriff's Office in Giddings. The sheriff's official history page says the current facility opened in 2008 and houses the sheriff's office, the county jail, the 24/7 communications center, and the emergency operations center. That setup makes the jail the local intake point when a person is arrested by the sheriff, city police, DPS, constables, or another agency and is booked on Lee County charges.

The jail is not a TDCJ adult prison, a federal prison, or an immigration detention center. It is a local detention facility for people before court, after short local sentences, on warrants, or pending transfer. Once a person is sentenced to adult state custody and moved, the search shifts from Lee County Jail records to the TDCJ inmate search.

The official Lee County Sheriff's Office jail page publishes the local visitation, mail, commissary, and phone rules used for this facility.

The jail page is the key source for visitor limits, NCIC video visitation, scanned mail, legal mail, commissary timing, and jail contact information.

Lee County Jail Capacity

The Texas Commission on Jail Standards current population workbook lists Lee County Jail with a rated capacity of 107 beds. The June 1, 2026 Lee County row reported 57 people in custody, which was 53.3 percent of rated capacity. The TCJS incarceration-rate workbook listed an average daily population of 59 for Lee County and a countywide population basis of 18,451 for that same report set.

TCJS reports are snapshots. They count the population reported on the first day of the month, not every booking during the month. Lee County's last 12 reported rows ranged from 57 to 87 inmates against the same 107-bed capacity, so each roster check should still be treated as a live custody question rather than a monthly-statistics question.

Look Up Lee County Jail Custody

The sheriff has an official inmate roster endpoint, but the research pass found the module offline for maintenance. That means absence from the online page should not be treated as proof that a person is not in custody. Use the roster first, then use the jail phone and the sheriff open-records form for booking details that are not available online.

1. Open the Lee County Sheriff's Office inmate roster endpoint and check whether the module has been restored.
2. Call 979-542-2800 with the person's full name, date of birth or age, arrest date, and any event or booking number.
3. If written booking information is needed, use the sheriff open-records request form and check the Booking Info box.
4. If the person was sentenced and transferred, search TDCJ. For federal or immigration custody, use BOP or ICE instead of the county jail roster.

For notification rather than a roster result, Lee County Attorney links to VINELink, and Texas also uses IVSS for victim information and notification in current statewide materials.

Lee County Jail Address

The main jail and sheriff address should be used for in-person jail questions, official legal or medical mail, and confirmation before travel. General public-information requests may also be mailed to the sheriff's P.O. Box, faxed, or emailed through the records process.

Lee County Jail Visits

Lee County Jail requires each inmate to complete a visitation list before being housed in general population. Up to five people may be listed, including minors as unofficial visitors. Only people on that list may visit. Visitors must have current photo identification, and no one under 17 may enter except with a guardian.

Visits are limited to 20 minutes. Inmates are limited to two 20-minute visits per week, and no more than three designated visitors may attend a single visit. Purses, coats, cell phones, cameras, recording devices, packages, and similar items are not allowed in the visitation area. Visitors may be searched, and improper conduct, signs of alcohol or drug use, improper dress, or suspected contraband can end or block a visit.

Remote video visitation is available through NCIC. Local per-minute rates and remote scheduling windows were not published in the reviewed sheriff material, so confirm those details before setting an account.

Lee County Jail Mail and Money

General inmate mail is scanned through NCIC. The jail page lists NCIC-Lee County Jail, inmate name, PO Box 591, Longview, Texas, but the ZIP appears inconsistently in the sheriff material as 78606 in one place and 75606 in another. Confirm the ZIP with the jail before mailing. Envelopes must include the inmate name and a return address. Mail must fit within 8.5 by 11 inches, may not exceed five pages, and is scanned front side only.

Legal, medical, court mail, books, publications, and physical pictures should go directly to Lee County Jail using the inmate's last and first name and P.O. Box 98 in Giddings. Photos sent to the scanning address cause the whole letter and contents to be returned.

Lee County Jail Booking

A Lee County booking begins when an arresting agency transports a person to the jail or another appropriate holding site. Jail staff verify identity, arrest authority, warrants or charges, and basic intake information. Property is inventoried, the person is searched, and medical, mental-health, and safety screening may occur. Fingerprints and booking photographs may be taken.

Booking charges are not the same as final court charges. The County Attorney handles misdemeanor prosecution and, because Lee County has no dedicated district attorney, also handles felony prosecution and grand-jury presentation in district court. A person may remain in jail, post bond, be released on conditions, be held on another agency's detainer, or later transfer to TDCJ after sentencing.

About Lee County Jail

The Lee County Sheriff's Office serves unincorporated Lee County and works with Giddings Police Department, Lexington Police Department, Texas DPS, Texas Rangers, Texas Parks and Wildlife, constables, fire departments, and emergency services. The sheriff's official history page says Lee County was created in 1874 and that the sheriff's office covers 644 square miles.

Published jail programming detail is limited. The official jail page confirms visitation, video visitation, mail, commissary, indigent hygiene and writing supplies, and inmate phone-card access. No official Lee County page reviewed published a GED, work-release, substance-abuse, religious-services, grievance, PREA, or reentry-program schedule.