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 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Hewitt, Texas, in McLennan County, has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Hewitt is held at the county jail, run by the McLennan 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 Hewitt
The county jail, run by the McLennan County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Hewitt, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the McLennan County Sheriff's Office at mclennan.gov/185/Sheriffs-Office (page title: Sheriff's Office | McLennan County, TX), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 429), so open it in a browser.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The McLennan County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 1,410 people on an average day, up from about 1,340 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 1,774 beds, and it is running at 80 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
McLennan County has about 270,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 52 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the McLennan County Jail
The McLennan County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Hewitt (filed by the FBI as Hewitt Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Hewitt.
The FBI's agency list also places seven other agencies and three campus police departments in McLennan County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The Valley Mills Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including McLennan County, so its arrests are not broken out for McLennan County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Waco's 3,640 for 2025, the McLennan County Sheriff's Office's 741 for 2024 and Bellmead's 713 for 2025.
Together, the 11 agencies in McLennan County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,539 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 Hewitt arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in McLennan County serves the sentence in a facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, whose inmate locator is at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Hewitt?
Ask the McLennan County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at mclennan.gov/185/Sheriffs-Office.
How many people are in the McLennan County jail?
About 1,410 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 1,774 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in McLennan 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 Hewitt 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.