DeWitt County Jail Overview
DeWitt County Jail is operated by the DeWitt County Sheriff's Office as the county jail and local booking center. It holds local pretrial detainees, people serving local misdemeanor or county-jail sentences, warrant holds, parole or TDCJ holds, and some contract or federal hold entries when the person is booked through the jail. Arrests may come from the sheriff's office, Cuero Police Department, Yorktown Police Department, constables, DPS, Texas Parks and Wildlife, TABC, U.S. Marshals entries, or other agencies shown in the county roster's arresting-agency search.
The jail is not the same as the Clarence N. Stevenson Unit. A person sentenced to state prison custody is searched through TDCJ, while a person newly arrested in DeWitt County is normally checked through the county jail roster or the jail phone. The sheriff's detention page also sets clear public-information limits: jail staff may provide custody status, charges, and bond amount, but not court dates, medical information, messages to inmates, or private commissary account details.
The DeWitt County detention information page shows the jail rules for visits, mail, inmate money, public information, property, and PREA reporting.
That official detention page is the source to check before sending mail, traveling for a visit, or trying to release property from DeWitt County Jail.
DeWitt County Jail Population
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards population reports are the strongest official source for DeWitt County Jail capacity and population. The June 1, 2026 TCJS inmate population report lists DeWitt with a rated capacity of 161 beds and a total jail population of 88. That count is a first-day-of-month snapshot submitted through the TCJS reporting process, not an annual total, not a daily live roster count, and not a promise that the same number is held today.
TCJS also publishes category counts for local pretrial misdemeanants, pretrial felons, parole violators, state jail felons, TDCJ paper-ready categories, housed-elsewhere counts, and federal inmates when reported. For DeWitt County Jail, the extracted July 2025 through June 2026 trend stayed below capacity, with monthly snapshots from 77 to 94 against the same 161-bed capacity. No official source in the research published housing pod names, a work-release unit, annual bookings, average length of stay, or race and age demographics for the jail.
Lookup DeWitt Jail Inmates
The official online roster is the DeWitt County Inmate Confinements portal in Southern Software Citizen Connect. Use it for county jail custody, recent admits, charge searches, and arresting-agency searches. It is not the right source for sentenced TDCJ prisoners at Stevenson Unit after transfer. If the portal is throttled or asks for human verification, call DeWitt County Jail at 361-275-0034 to ask about custody, charges, and bond amount.
- Open the Citizen Connect Inmate Confinements page and start with Current Confinements for someone believed to be in DeWitt County Jail now.
- Use Last 24 Hour Admits, Last 7 Days Admits, or the Admits by Date Range tab when the booking is recent but not easy to find in current custody.
- Search by charge or arresting agency when a known charge term, sheriff's office entry, Cuero PD entry, Yorktown PD entry, constable entry, or DPS entry can narrow the list.
- Open the live result to check whether the person is still in custody and compare the jail charge with later court records.
Citizen Connect's inmate confinement page shows tabs for current confinements, admits, charges, and arresting agency searches.
The tabs matter because DeWitt County Jail records can be searched by current custody, recent intake date, charge language, or the agency that made the arrest.
DeWitt Jail Contact
Use the jail contact line for jail custody questions. The sheriff's detention page lists the jail address as 208 E. Live Oak St., Suite C, Cuero, TX 77954, the jail phone as 361-275-0034, and the fax as 361-275-5005. The broader DeWitt County Sheriff's Office contact block lists administrative phone 361-275-0899 and 24/7 dispatch at 361-275-5734. The county government sheriff page lists Sheriff Carl Bowen at the Live Oak Street office.
DeWitt County Jail
208 E. Live Oak St., Suite C
Cuero, TX 77954
361-275-0034
Call before travel to confirm custody, visit status, property release, and entry rules.
The jail page does not publish lobby hours, booking counter hours, visitor parking rules, public transit information, or accepted bond payment methods. Do not infer that the commissary kiosk can be used for bond. For bond, first confirm custody, charge, bond amount, and any hold through the roster or jail phone, then confirm payment method and timing directly with the jail or the bonding company.
DeWitt Jail Visitation
DeWitt County Jail publishes visit windows by inmate group. Visits are generally 20 minutes. If the visitor lives more than 300 miles away as shown on valid ID, the visit may be 40 minutes. The jail lists one visit per person per day. Valid ID is important for the distance rule and for property release, and visitors should confirm the person is eligible for visitation before driving to Cuero.
| Group | Days | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Males | Wednesday and Saturday | 0800-1100 and 1300-1530 |
| Females | Sunday and Monday | 1300-1500 |
| Trustees | Sunday and Monday | 0800-1100 and 1500-1600 |
The sheriff's page did not publish a dress code, child visitor rule, remote video vendor, attorney visit rule, holiday schedule, or lockdown cancellation policy in the harvested text. Confirm those details with DeWitt County Jail before a visit. The jail also states that property can be released during normal scheduled visitation hours only if the inmate consents and the recipient has valid ID.
DeWitt Jail Mail and Money
Mail to a DeWitt County Jail inmate should use the sheriff's published format: inmate name, c/o DeWitt County Jail, 208 E. Live Oak St., Cuero Texas 77954. The jail says writing a letter is the best way to start contact because the public cannot call and speak directly with an inmate. Inmates must start outgoing calls through collect calling or a prepaid phone card. No official per-minute rate or video visitation vendor was located in the research.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail Address | Inmate's Name, c/o DeWitt County Jail, 208 E. Live Oak St., Cuero Texas 77954 |
| Phone Calls | Inmate-initiated collect call or prepaid phone card; the public cannot call directly into housing |
| Money Deposit | Lobby kiosk accepts credit cards and paper currency; Access Secure Deposits phone deposits at 866-345-1884; online deposits at www.inmatedeposits.com |
| Money Orders | Not accepted by mail; returned through USPS |
DeWitt County Jail says it provides necessary items and does not accept personal property items from the public. Friends and family may add money for commissary instead. Property left behind after a person leaves jail is stored for 14 calendar days and then destroyed, so released people and families should handle property questions promptly.
DeWitt Jail Booking
Local intake begins when an arresting agency brings a person to DeWitt County Jail. Official local sources do not publish a full intake manual, but the roster terms show how the public side is organized: current confinements, admits by date range, last 24 hour admits, last 7 day admits, charges, and arresting agency. Normal Texas jail intake includes identity checks, property inventory, medical and mental-health screening, booking photo and fingerprints, charge entry, bond or magistrate processing, classification, and housing assignment.
A jail booking is not the same as a filed court case. The jail may confirm custody, charges, and bond amount, but the jail does not schedule or maintain court dockets and does not have pending court-date information. Use the DeWitt County Clerk or District Clerk for court records after arrest, depending on whether the case is a county-court criminal matter or a felony or district-court matter.
Note: Another agency hold, warrant, parole matter, or federal hold can delay release even when a local bond is listed.
About DeWitt County Jail
The jail is part of the DeWitt County Sheriff's Office detention operation in Cuero. The detention page lists jail leadership contacts and states that the jail is a PREA compliant facility. PREA concerns involving sexual harassment or sexual abuse should be reported immediately to jail administration or the sheriff's office investigations division. The research did not locate an official jail construction year, housing pod list, local work-release center, jail grievance form, or recent official jail litigation narrative.
The jail's strongest local details are practical: the roster is a Citizen Connect Inmate Confinements system, jail staff publicly limit what they can disclose, commissary money has kiosk, phone, and online deposit routes, mailed money orders are returned, and property left after release has a 14-day storage rule. Those details make DeWitt County Jail different from Stevenson Unit, where TDCJ rules, TDCJ visitation approval, and the state prison locator control access.
Note: Confirm custody, visit eligibility, and release rules with DeWitt County Jail before traveling or sending money.