Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 25, 2026 and October 1, 2026.
Bryan, Texas, in Brazos County, has about 92,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Bryan is held at the county jail, run by the Brazos County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Bryan
The county jail, run by the Brazos County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Bryan, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Brazos County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.brazoscountytx.gov/justice-web (page title: Justice Web | Brazos County Sheriff's Office), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Brazos County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 750 people on an average day, up from about 640 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 1,089 beds, and it is running at 69 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Brazos County has about 250,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 30 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Brazos County Jail
The Brazos County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Bryan (filed by the FBI as Bryan Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Bryan.
The FBI's agency list also places six other agencies and one campus police department in Brazos County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Bryan's 2,460 for 2025, College Station's 2,160 for 2025 and the Brazos County Sheriff's Office's 484 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Brazos County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,104 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Bryan arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice lists its inmates at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Bryan?
Ask the Brazos County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sheriff.brazoscountytx.gov/justice-web.
How many people are in the Brazos County jail?
About 750 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 1,089 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Brazos County go?
To a facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; its inmate locator is at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
Is this the official Bryan website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.