For Bellville custody checks, families use the state’s IVSS County Inmate Search. Type the last name, then the first, choose Austin County, and open the matching record: the record says if the person is held and names the holding jail, which matters here because Austin County boards some prisoners out, including women held in Fort Bend County. Each Bellville booking, release or transfer updates it, and one free registration on that record brings a phone call, text or email at release (help 866-268-8959).
Someone picked up in the last few hours may not be on IVSS yet. The jail desk at 979-865-5321 has every booking from the moment intake starts and gives the booking ID, each charge and the bond set by the magistrate within 48 hours of arrest; bring a birth date so the right record comes up.
After a prison sentence the person drops off the county record and shows up in TDCJ inmate search; federal prisoners from Austin County are on the BOP inmate finder, and ICE holds by the ICE detainee locator. Charges, hearing dates and bond filings for Austin County cases are on Austin County Public Access. Picked up in Waller County, Fort Bend County, Wharton County, Colorado County, Fayette County or Washington County instead? See the map of neighboring jails.
Which portal covers people booked in Bellville?
A deputy said my aunt was sent to Fort Bend County. Why would that happen?
What is the booking ID used for?
Not in the county system at all: what next?
Is there a Tyler portal for Austin County case files?
IVSS-Counties, the TDCJ victim-notification site. A recent arrest that has not reached it yet can be confirmed by phone with the jail.
Yes. Austin County contracts for beds in other counties, and the Sheriff has named Fort Bend County as where women are kept. Her case still runs through Austin County courts.
It goes on letters and on deposits so they reach the right account; Bellville jailers will read it to a caller who gives the full name.
Check TDCJ if a prison sentence is possible, the Bureau of Prisons for federal charges, and ICE for an immigration hold.
Both clerks use the same Tyler court records search, which covers district and county court cases.
Austin County Jail Inmate Services Information
Phone: 979-865-5321
Physical Address:
417 N. Chesley Street
Bellville, TX 77418
Mailing Address (personal mail):
Inmate's Full Name & Inmate ID# (call 979-865-5321 to get this)
Austin County Jail
417 N. Chesley St.
Bellville, Texas 77418
Mailing Address (legal mail or subscriptions):
Inmate's Full Name & Inmate ID# (call 979-865-5321 to get this)
Austin County Jail
417 N. Chesley St.
Bellville, Texas 77418
Every year Austin County law enforcement agencies arrest and detain 1,780 offenders, and maintain an average of 89 inmates (county-wide) in their custody on any given day.
The weekly turnover rate of inmates is approximately 55%, meaning that every week more than half of these inmates are released and then replaced with new offenders being booked into jail.
The charts below break down the men, women, races, ethnicities and the types of crimes that people are arrested and incarcerated for in both Austin County and state prisons throughout the country. This information is compiled from local police and the Austin County Sheriff's Department, as well as the state of Texas and the United States Department of Justice and Census Bureau.
If you are looking for a prisoner in Texas or Federal custody, click on the appropriate institution below.
If you are searching for an inmate being held in another county in Texas, click below.
If you are searching for a prisoner in a Texas State Prison click below.
If you are searching for a United States Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate click below.
Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Search
For ICE Detainees (Immigration) being held at a detention facility in the United States, click below.
| Race | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| White | 20 | 29.85% |
| Black | 9 | 13.43% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 35 | 52.24% |
| American Indian/Native Alaskan | 1 | 1.49% |
| Asian | 1 | 1.49% |
| Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian | 1 | 1.49% |
| Other | 0 | 0.00% |
| Total | 67 | 100.0% |
(many inmates have multiple charges)
| Charge | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| Felony (3rd Degree) | 15 | 22.39% |
| Felony (2rd Degree) | 15 | 22.39% |
| Felony (1st Degree) | 1 | 1.49% |
| State Jail Felony | 5 | 7.46% |
| Felony (Uncategorized) | 15 | 22.39% |
| Misdemeanor (Class A) | 16 | 23.88% |
| Misdemeanor (Class C) | 0 | 0.00% |
| Holds | 0 | 0.00% |
| Uncategorized | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sex | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 59 | 88.06% |
| Female | 8 | 11.94% |
| Total | 67 | 100.0% |
| Age | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 2 | 2.99% |
| 18-20 | 4 | 5.97% |
| 21-24 | 7 | 10.45% |
| 25-30 | 13 | 19.40% |
| 31-35 | 11 | 16.42% |
| 36-40 | 10 | 14.93% |
| 41-45 | 7 | 10.45% |
| 46-50 | 4 | 5.97% |
| 51-55 | 3 | 4.48% |
| 56-60 | 3 | 4.48% |
| 61-65 | 1 | 1.49% |
| 66-75 | 1 | 1.49% |
| 76-85 | 1 | 1.49% |
| Total | 67 | 100.0% |
The Austin County Jail serves the following cities and towns of Austin County: Bellville, Brazoria, Cat Spring, Industry, Sealy and Wallis.