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Milam County Jail Overview

The Milam County Jail is the primary local detention facility for Milam County. It is a county jail, not a state prison, federal prison, or immigration detention center. The Milam County Sheriff's Office operates the jail from the sheriff's law-enforcement complex in Cameron, and the official facility map found no separate sheriff jail annex, county work-release center, BOP prison, ICE detention facility, or TDCJ prison unit inside Milam County.

People held at Milam County Jail include pretrial detainees, local sentenced inmates, people arrested by the sheriff or city police, people held on warrants, and inmates waiting on court, transfer, or another agency decision. A sample sheriff roster profile reviewed in the research listed Rockdale PD as the arresting agency, which shows how a city arrest can become a Milam County Jail booking after the person is brought into county custody. That same county jail roster is the public record path for those bookings.

Milam County Jail Population

The local population figures come from the sheriff's message and Texas Commission on Jail Standards reporting. Sheriff Mike Clore's official message says the Milam County Jail has 160 beds and houses an average of 135 to 150 inmates. That range places normal jail use near the rated bed count, so a roster count can change quickly as bookings, releases, court appearances, and transfers move through the system.

The Texas Commission on Jail Standards is the state agency that oversees Texas county jails and receives population reports. The May 1, 2022 TCJS abbreviated population report search result listed Milam County at 144 total inmates, with 130 local inmates and 14 contract inmates, against a 160-bed capacity. The April 1, 2022 incarceration-rate report search result listed 116 ADP, 160 capacity, a county population basis of 24,754, and an incarceration-rate figure of 4.67. The research did not locate an official current-day dashboard, annual booking total, or average length of stay.

Milam County Jail Roster Lookup

The correct first search for someone at Milam County Jail is the official Milam County current inmate roster. The roster is free to use and did not require a login during research. Sheriff Clore's message says the roster updates automatically through the office's records-management system programming. The roster page has current and released views, name search, date and name sorting, pagination, mugshot thumbnails, booking numbers, and profile links.

Milam County Jail profile details can change after court. The inspected sample profile warned that charges and bail amounts may not be current after court appearances and directed bond companies or people posting bail to call detention staff for the correct bail amount, charges, and case numbers. That makes the online roster a starting point, while the detention phone is the confirmation channel for bond and case-number decisions.

1. Open the sheriff's current roster and decide whether the person may still be in county custody.
2. Use the name search box, which accepts either a first or last name, or browse by booking date.
3. Switch to the released inmate roster if the person no longer appears in current custody.
4. Open the inmate profile to review booking number, arresting agency, booking date, charge text, bond, and booking photo.
5. Call detention staff before posting bond or relying on charge and case-number data.

When a person has been sentenced and transferred to state prison, the county jail roster may no longer be the right tool. Search the Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate locator for state custody, the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator for sentenced federal custody, and ICE ODLS for immigration detention. Texas VINELink can also be used for custody notification, but it is not a replacement for the originating agency record.

Milam County Jail Contact

The jail and sheriff's office share the public law-enforcement complex address in Cameron. The main sheriff number is listed as a 24-hour line, while the detention-specific number is the practical line for visitation questions, bail confirmation, current charges, and case numbers. Administrative office hours apply to the sheriff public counter and records routing, not to the fact that jail operations run around the clock.

For records beyond the public roster, the sheriff's Records page says public-information requests must be written and should identify the requester, contact information, the records sought, useful details such as dates or case numbers, and the preferred delivery method. Requests may be submitted by mail or in person to the sheriff's office address. The same records page says the office is not required to create new information, answer legal questions, or do legal research.

Milam County Jail Visits

Milam County Jail posts a simple visitation schedule for Tuesday and Sunday. The official jail page lists morning visitation, a lunch break, and an afternoon block on both days. The research did not locate detailed published rules for dress code, required identification, visitor approval, children, maximum visit length, holiday changes, attorney visits, or lockdown changes. Call the jail before travel, especially when a visit depends on distance, work schedules, or a same-day custody change.

County jail visits can be affected by transport, medical needs, housing restrictions, attorney movement, court schedules, and staffing. The sheriff's research materials identify jail staff and transport deputies as part of the local operation, so a public roster match alone should not be treated as a visit approval. Confirm custody status and visiting access with detention staff before going to the facility.

Milam County Jail Mail

Inmate mail for Milam County Jail is not addressed to the Cameron street location in the published jail instructions. The official jail page lists a Phoenix, Maryland P.O. Box with the inmate's name. That address strongly suggests outside mail processing or scanning. The sheriff page did not publish envelope rules, book-in number requirements, photo limits, legal-mail handling, postcard-only rules, or returned-mail rules, so those details should be confirmed with the jail before sending anything that cannot be replaced.

Friends and family who want to add funds or order care packages must use JailATM according to the official jail page. The jail page states that cash, money orders, cashier checks, and any other form of currency are not accepted in person or through the mail. That detail matters because many county jails still allow some lobby or mailed payments, while Milam County Jail directs account activity to the vendor channel.

Milam County Jail Booking

Milam County does not publish a complete booking manual, but the visible roster fields and TCJS record standards show the practical custody flow. A person is arrested by the sheriff, a city police agency, or another authorized officer, then transported to Milam County Jail. Intake creates or updates the jail record, assigns a booking number, records identity and arrest data, creates the booking photo, enters the charge and bond information, and moves the person into internal classification and housing.

The public roster exposes only part of the jail file. It can show booking number, name, booking photo, age, gender, race, city and state address, arresting agency, booking date, charge text, and bond. It did not show height, weight, full date of birth, housing unit, court date, warrant number, projected release date, or full medical and classification information in the inspected profile. Under TCJS standards, the internal jail record is broader than the public roster.

Booking

The jail intake event that creates the public booking record and internal custody file.

Bond

A release amount or condition set while the criminal case proceeds through court.

Hold

A court or agency reason that may prevent release even when one charge lists a bond.

TDCJ

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, used for sentenced state-prison custody after transfer.

Milam County Jail Operations

Official sheriff pages identify the jail as one part of a broader rural-county public safety office. The sheriff's listed responsibilities include public safety, jail management, district and county court security, judicial process, traffic enforcement, records, dispatch, patrol, criminal investigations, civil process, special operations, alerts, crime tips, and public information. The divisions page also lists Patrol and Mental Health, but it did not describe a jail mental-health program in detail.

Jail leadership and staff names published in the research include Jail Administrator B. Shelton, Jail Captain J. Knaus, Jail Lieutenant J. Schneebeli, jail sergeants R. Ferguson, B. Collier, J. Hall, and D. Trevino, along with transport deputies C. Domel, A. Duncan, J. Hernandez, and J. Murrow. Those transport roles help explain why a jail status can shift during court, medical, or transfer movement. The research did not locate official GED, work-release, vocational, substance-abuse, tablet, formal reentry, or religious-program details for the Milam County Jail.

County jail oversight comes from state jail standards as well as local sheriff operation. The TCJS non-compliant jails page was checked during research, and no current Milam County non-compliance listing was located in the searched snippets. That is not the same as a broad conditions guarantee. For custody, roster, visit, mail, money, bond, or release questions, use the sheriff roster, detention phone, or written records-request process. The broader Milam County inmate records route is useful when the question is about a booking record rather than visiting or sending money.