Leon County Jail Overview
Leon County Jail is operated by the Leon County Sheriff's Office. The official county page identifies Sheriff Kevin Ellis, gives the sheriff and jail address, and links VINELink as the online custody-status channel. No separate official jail division page, jail administrator block, local roster, daily booking report, mugshot gallery, inmate mail page, money-deposit vendor, or visitation schedule was located in the county source reviewed.
The facility should be treated as the county's local detention point for adult arrestees and detainees. Research describes the population as local misdemeanor and felony custody before disposition, bench-warrant arrests, people with holds or detainers, and some immigration-detainer cases reported to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. No separate jail annex, work-release center, regional jail, Texas Department of Criminal Justice unit, federal prison, or ICE detention center was located in Leon County official sources.
The official Leon County sheriff page shows the public contact block and the VINELink custody-status direction. That screenshot was captured from the same source.
The image supports the key local rule for this facility: Leon County Jail lookup starts with VINELink and the sheriff's office, not a county-hosted roster page.
Leon County Jail Population
Texas Commission on Jail Standards data is the main official population source located for Leon County Jail. The TCJS incarceration-rate workbook showed Leon County with an average daily population of 41 and a countywide population of 16,698 on June 1, 2026. The research also found recent ADP rows between 39 and 41 from July 2025 through June 2026. Rated bed capacity was not located in the official current sources inspected, so no capacity-use percentage should be stated.
TCJS cautions that jail data is submitted by each county jail or facility and can be modified over time. Its county jail population reports also distinguish local, contract, and housed-elsewhere categories and include charge and custody status groupings. Those reports are useful for the Leon County inmate population, but they do not replace a custody check for a named person.
Leon County Jail Lookup
The correct online starting point for Leon County Jail custody status is VINELink, because the sheriff links it directly. VINELink is built for custody status and notification, so it may not provide the same fields that a county roster would show. For a booking record, bond question, release confirmation, or transfer detail, the next step is direct sheriff contact.
- Open VINELink and select Texas or follow the location path shown by the current interface.
- Search by the person's name and compare details carefully if more than one result appears.
- If VINELink does not answer the question, call the Leon County Sheriff's Office at 903-536-2749.
- Ask whether the person is held at Leon County Jail, whether bond has been set, and whether another agency has a hold.
- For a copy of a Leon County Jail booking record, make a written Texas Public Information Act request to the sheriff.
For a deeper discussion of the lookup chain and record fields, use the Leon County inmate records page. Court charges are separate from jail custody status, so filed misdemeanor and felony records may require the County Clerk or District Clerk after prosecutors and courts act.
Leon County Jail Contact
The sheriff's office contact block is the main official public contact for Leon County Jail. The county site does not publish separate jail lobby hours, records window hours, or a detention division phone line. Call first for custody, visitation, records, mail, money, and bond questions, especially before visiting the facility in Centerville.
Leon County Jail
Leon County Sheriff's Office
606 E. St. Mary's Street
Centerville, TX 75833
Mailing: PO Box 278
Centerville, TX 75833
903-536-2749
Fax: 903-536-4357
Sheriff: Kevin Ellis
Public lobby hours: not published in the sheriff source.
Leon County Jail Visits
No official Leon County Jail visitation schedule was located on the sheriff page. No local source confirmed whether visits are in person, by video, appointment based, or limited to an inmate-approved visitor list. That lack of a local schedule means a traveler should not rely on general Texas jail assumptions. Confirm the day, time, entrance, visitor ID rule, dress code, and minor visitor rule with the sheriff before going to the jail.
| Visitation Topic | Official Detail Located | Action Before Travel |
|---|---|---|
| In-person schedule | Not published | Call 903-536-2749. |
| Video visitation | No vendor or schedule located | Ask whether video visits are offered. |
| Visitor approval | Not published | Ask whether the inmate must list visitors. |
| Photo ID | Not published | Bring government photo ID and confirm rules. |
| Attorney visits | Not published | Attorneys should contact the jail directly. |
Note: A person may appear in custody but still be unavailable for a visit because of intake, classification, court transport, discipline, medical status, or another agency hold.
Leon County Jail Mail Money
The official sheriff source did not publish an inmate mail format, book policy, scanned mail rule, commissary vendor, money-deposit vendor, deposit fees, phone vendor, or tablet service for Leon County Jail. No provider should be named unless the sheriff later confirms it. The sheriff's PO Box is the office mailing address, but the research does not prove that it is the correct format for inmate mail.
| Service | What Was Located | What to Ask the Jail |
|---|---|---|
| No separate inmate-mail page | Exact address format, identifiers, and banned items. | |
| Books | No local book policy located | Whether books must ship from a publisher or approved vendor. |
| Money | No deposit vendor located | Accepted deposit methods, limits, fees, and timing. |
| Phone | No phone provider located | Whether calls are collect, prepaid, or account based. |
| Commissary | No ordering rule located | Who may fund commissary and when orders are processed. |
Leon County Jail Booking
Leon County Jail intake begins after an arresting agency brings a person into county custody. Jail staff verify identity, inventory property, screen for medical and mental-health concerns, fingerprint and photograph the person when required, enter arrest and charge information, and make an initial classification decision. Classification is the jail's process for reviewing housing and supervision needs. Texas county jail standards also require reporting and operational safeguards through TCJS resources.
After intake, the legal track can move to bond, first appearance, prosecutor review, court filing, or transfer. A booking charge is not the same as a conviction. It may be declined, amended, reduced, enhanced, or replaced by an information or indictment. For misdemeanor criminal court in Leon County, the County Clerk page routes users to Deputy Criminal Clerk Melissa Herren. For district-level criminal/search matters, the District Clerk page identifies Deputy Clerk Keri Hawthorne. The District Attorney page lists James "Caleb" Henson as the prosecutor.
Leon County Jail Compliance
The current TCJS non-compliant jails page inspected for the research did not list Leon County. That statement is limited. It does not prove there are no complaints, incidents, lawsuits, or operational issues. It only means the official TCJS current non-compliant list reviewed did not include Leon County at that time. No official source located during this pass documented a current Leon County Jail expansion, closure, consent decree, DOJ investigation, or active non-compliance entry.
TCJS forms and resources show the statewide framework that applies to county jails. These include classification audits, medical and mental screening, serious-incident reporting, sanitation checks, observation logs, recreation logs, disciplinary due process forms, and custodial death reporting. Those documents show what Texas county jails must report or maintain, but they do not prove a specific Leon County program exists. No local sheriff page located published education, work release, substance-abuse treatment, religious services, grievance procedures, or reentry partnerships.
Note: Confirm custody, visit approval, mail format, and money rules directly with Leon County Jail before traveling or sending funds.
Leon County Jail Transfers
Leon County Jail is the local custody point, but not every case stays there. A sentenced felony prisoner may transfer from county jail to the TDCJ inmate search after state prison intake. A federal defendant may be in U.S. Marshals custody before any later BOP inmate locator record appears. A person with immigration detention may need the ICE Online Detainee Locator System. Leon County Jail may also hold people with local bench warrants, parole-related holds, or detainers from other agencies.
For local court follow-up, the sheriff's custody status is only one piece. Filed charges, dockets, copies, and case status may require the District Clerk for district criminal records or the County Clerk for misdemeanor criminal court. Bond questions may involve the sheriff, the court, and a licensed surety under the Leon County Bail Bond Board framework.