Johnson County Jail Overview
The Johnson County Law Enforcement Center / Johnson County Jail is operated by the Johnson County Sheriff's Office. Official sources use several name variants for the same custody point, including Johnson County Law Enforcement Center, Johnson County Jail, Johnson County LEC Inmate Search, and Johnson County TX-Correctional Facility in the ConnectNetwork system. The jail receives adults arrested in Johnson County and people routed from cities that do not run their own long-term jail. Cleburne Police states that adults it arrests are taken to the Johnson County Law Enforcement Center, while Burleson uses this jail for crimes committed on the Johnson County side of that city.
The jail population is mixed. It includes local pretrial detainees, sentenced misdemeanor inmates, people held on warrants or parole issues, state-ready prisoners waiting on transfer, and federal, contract, or immigration-related detainees when those categories are reported. That mix matters for a Johnson County inmate search because the county roster is best for a person who is still in local custody. Once a sentenced felony inmate is received by TDCJ, the statewide state-prison locator is the better search path. For a broader county-level explanation of the current custody count, the Johnson County inmate population page separates county jail, state prison, and federal search channels.
The jail sits in Cleburne, but it is not the same building as the courthouse or the sheriff's administrative office. Court records, prosecutor questions, and clerk filings route to the justice-center or clerk systems. Custody questions, visits, inmate mail, phone accounts, and jail population questions route to the jail or the vendor tools tied to the jail.
Johnson County Jail Population
The strongest official population source for Johnson County Jail is the Texas Commission on Jail Standards current population workbook. The June 2026 workbook lists Johnson County with a rated capacity of 1,100 beds and a total jail population of 861 on the June 1, 2026 report row. That equals 78.27 percent of capacity. TCJS also cautions that the report counts people on the first day of the month. It is not a monthly total and it is not an average daily population figure.
Those figures come from the TCJS population-report system, where counties report jail population and capacity. The same research set shows early 2026 first-day counts of 894 in January, 881 in February, 855 in March, 859 in April, and 840 in May before the June count of 861. The jail was below rated capacity in those rows, but still held hundreds of people across pretrial felony, misdemeanor, state-ready, federal, contract, and other reported groups.
| Measure | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Facility type | County jail | Johnson County Facility Map |
| Capacity | 1,100 beds | TCJS June 2026 current population workbook |
| Total population | 861 | TCJS June 1, 2026 row |
| Capacity use | 78.27 percent | TCJS June 1, 2026 row |
Lookup Johnson County Jail Records
The official lookup for this facility is the Johnson County LEC Inmate Search. The form asks for the full last name and at least one first-name letter. No login, fee, password, or account registration was observed in the public roster form. A result row shows Name, SO Number, Sex, and Race, and clicking the row opens booking detail through the roster system. If the detail page does not load or the name is not found, the jail phone and sheriff records office are the practical fallbacks.
- Open the Johnson County LEC Inmate Search through the county portal or the direct roster link.
- Enter the person's full last name. The public form instructs users to use the full last name.
- Enter at least one first-name letter, then select the form button labeled "Find an Inmate."
- Review the result row for name, SO Number, sex, and race, then open the row for booking detail.
- If the person was sentenced and moved to prison, switch to the TDCJ inmate search instead of the county roster.
The LEC roster is not a state prison locator. Sanders "Sandy" Estes Unit is in Johnson County, but it is a TDCJ prison and uses the statewide TDCJ search. Federal sentenced prisoners use BOP, and immigration custody uses ICE ODLS. For current county jail booking and custody status, the Johnson County LEC system remains the correct first search.
Johnson County Jail Contact
Use the Ridgemar Drive jail address for custody, visitation, and inmate communications. The sheriff's administrative office is a separate county facility, so it should not be confused with the jail entrance or the inmate lookup line. Public counter and lobby hours for the jail were not located in the official accessible jail text. Call before traveling for visit timing, entry rules, accessible entrance needs, or records routing.
Johnson County Law Enforcement Center / Johnson County Jail
1800 Ridgemar Drive
Cleburne, TX 76031
(817) 556-6000
Jail information line; public visit hours must be confirmed with the facility or vendor portal.
Johnson County Sheriff's Office Records Division
1102 E. Kilpatrick
Cleburne, TX 76031
(817) 556-6058
Administrative office hours are listed as Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Johnson County Jail Visits
Johnson County Jail visitation is tied to GTL/ViaPath scheduling. The ConnectNetwork facility listing for Johnson County TX-Correctional Facility, Site ID 99, lists visitation scheduling and points visitors to the GTL VisitMe portal. Detailed visit hours were not located in official accessible text during the research. That means families should use the scheduling portal and call the jail before driving, especially when a visit may be affected by lockdowns, court transport, housing moves, or account issues.
The GTL/ViaPath VisitMe portal is the official scheduling channel located for Johnson County Jail visits.
| Day or Channel | Hours | Type |
|---|---|---|
| GTL/ViaPath VisitMe | Use portal for available slots | Scheduled visit |
| Jail phone confirmation | Call before arrival | Current status and entry rules |
| Attorney or official visit | Confirm with facility | Professional visit |
| Holiday or lockdown period | May change without public table | Confirm-before-travel |
Bring government photo identification and follow the vendor and jail rules for visitor approval, dress, check-in, and prohibited property. A scheduled slot is not the same as a guarantee of entry if the visitor, inmate, or housing unit is restricted that day.
Johnson County Jail Mail
The sheriff's jail page says personal mail is digitally delivered to incarcerated people through the GettingOut tablet. Paper personal mail is not treated as a direct housing-unit delivery to Cleburne. It is routed to a centralized scanning address with the facility name, state, inmate full name, inmate identifier, and the Phoenix, Maryland post office box. The sender must include a full name and physical address. Use the inmate's SO number or other jail identifier when available so the mail can be matched to the right person.
The Johnson County Sheriff's jail page shows the mail routing that supports the GettingOut tablet delivery process.
The screenshot matches the local mail rule that families most often miss: personal mail uses digital delivery after it is routed through the approved address format.
| Service | Provider or Detail |
|---|---|
| Personal mail | GettingOut tablet delivery after centralized processing |
| Mail format | Johnson County Jail, TX; inmate full name; inmate identifier; PO Box 247, Phoenix, MD 21131 |
| Phone accounts | ConnectNetwork/ViaPath AdvancePay Phone |
| Money deposit | ConnectNetwork Trust Fund; Johnson County Site ID 99 |
| Voicemail | ConnectNetwork Inmate Voicemail listed for the facility |
Johnson County Jail Intake
Johnson County booking begins when a law-enforcement agency delivers an arrested adult to the county jail. The public sources did not publish a full intake workflow, so the most accurate public description is limited to the confirmed custody routing. Cleburne arrests go to the Johnson County Law Enforcement Center. Burleson arrests for Johnson County offenses go to Johnson County Jail after police routing. Other local agencies may also book adults into the county jail when the case belongs in Johnson County.
During intake, jail staff normally confirm identity, record the arrest and agency information, handle property under jail rules, and classify the person for housing and safety. The public roster may not show a new arrest until booking has reached the searchable stage. A person may also move off the county roster after release, transfer to TDCJ, federal movement, or a hold from another agency. If the roster is blank but the arrest is recent, call the jail rather than assuming the person is not in custody.
Note: Confirm custody and visit status with the jail before traveling, because roster records and visit slots can lag behind housing moves.
About Johnson County Jail
The Johnson County Law Enforcement Center is the county-level jail for a large North Texas county with city, sheriff, state, and federal custody paths crossing through the same public search questions. Its local details are unusually important. The roster requires a full last name and at least one first-name letter. The ConnectNetwork facility uses Site ID 99. Personal mail routes through a Phoenix, Maryland processing address for tablet delivery. Burleson arrests depend on which county side of the city the offense occurred in. Estes Unit is in Johnson County but is not part of the county jail roster.
Those distinctions keep a Johnson County jail record search from going to the wrong system. Use the LEC roster and jail phone for current county custody, the sheriff records division for existing jail records that are not online, TDCJ for sentenced state prisoners, BOP for federal sentenced custody, and ICE ODLS for immigration detention. The systems overlap in real cases, but they do not replace each other.