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 on September 23, 2026.
Bee County, Texas, has about 31,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Bee County is held at the county jail, run by the Bee 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.
Related guides: Bee County public records, Bee County arrest records, Bee County warrants, Bee County criminal records, Bee County court records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Bee County
The county jail, run by the Bee County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Bee County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Bee County Sheriff's Office at beecounty.gov/159/Sheriffs-Office (page title: Sheriff's Office | Bee County, TX), phone 361-362-3221, 1509 Galloway Dr Beeville, TX 78102, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 361-362-3221.
The Bee County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 110 people on an average day, down from about 120 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 145 beds, and it is running at 77 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Bee County has about 31,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 36 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Bee County Jail
The Bee County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Beeville make the arrests that end in a booking in Bee County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Bee County: the Beeville Independent School District (other agency).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Beeville's 308 for 2025 and the Bee County Sheriff's Office's 101 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Bee County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 409 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 Bee County 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 Bee 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 Bee County?
Ask the Bee County Sheriff's Office at 361-362-3221; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at beecounty.gov/159/Sheriffs-Office.
How many people are in the Bee County jail?
About 110 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 145 beds.
What is the phone number for the Bee County jail?
361-362-3221, the number on the page of the Bee County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Bee 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 Bee County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.