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 1, 2026.
Liberty County, Texas, has about 115,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Liberty County is held at the county jail, run by the Liberty 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: Liberty County public records, Liberty County arrest records, Liberty County warrants, Liberty County criminal records, Liberty County court records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Liberty County
The county jail, run by the Liberty County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Liberty County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Liberty County Sheriff's Office at libertytxsheriff.com (page title: Liberty County Sheriff Office | Texas), phone 936-336-4500, 5345 N Main St. Liberty, TX 77575, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 1, 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 936-336-4500.
The Liberty County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 180 people on an average day, down from about 320 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 281 beds, and it is running at 63 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Liberty County has about 115,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 15 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Liberty County Jail
The Liberty County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Cleveland, Dayton, Liberty and Plum Grove make the arrests that end in a booking in Liberty County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Liberty County: the Cleveland Independent School District (other agency).
The Mont Belvieu Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Liberty County, so its arrests are not broken out for Liberty County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Cleveland's 644 for 2020, the Liberty County Sheriff's Office's 466 for 2025 and Dayton's 137 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in Liberty County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 699 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 Liberty 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 Liberty 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 Liberty County?
Ask the Liberty County Sheriff's Office at 936-336-4500; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at libertytxsheriff.com.
How many people are in the Liberty County jail?
About 180 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 281 beds.
What is the phone number for the Liberty County jail?
936-336-4500, the number on the page of the Liberty County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Liberty 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 Liberty 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.