Lamar County Jail Overview
Lamar County Jail is operated by the Lamar County Sheriff's Office. Official county pages place the sheriff's office and jail administration at the Brown Avenue public-safety complex in Paris. The sheriff page names Sheriff Scott Cass, and the jail-administration page identifies Captain Lorie Hardy as Jail Administrator/Captain. The staff-directory page for Lamar County Jail Administration repeats the jail address, jail phone, jail fax, and jail staff listing.
This is a county jail, not a state prison. It holds local pretrial defendants, misdemeanor detainees, felony pretrial defendants, parole violators, people awaiting transfer paperwork, and other county-jail categories reported to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. The county research found no separate TDCJ prison, BOP prison, ICE detention facility, or regional contract detention center physically in Lamar County. That leaves Lamar County Jail as the only local detention facility in the site facility list.
The official jail-administration page is shown in the screenshot from Lamar County Jail Administrator.
The screenshot supports the local jail contact details used for custody, visitation, and records questions.
Lamar County Jail Population
The official population source for Lamar County Jail is the Texas Commission on Jail Standards population reports. The June 2026 TCJS reporting file lists Lamar County with 196 beds and a total jail population of 153 on June 1, 2026. That equals about 78.1 percent of rated capacity. The same research found that Lamar County was below capacity in the current report reviewed, so generic overcrowding claims should not be used for this facility.
The June 2026 custody mix was driven mainly by felony pretrial defendants and state-prison or state-jail related sentenced and transfer groups. TCJS also listed no federal inmates in the Lamar County row for that reporting date. Those categories help explain why a person may still be in county custody even after a sentence or parole issue appears in court records.
Lookup Lamar County Jail Inmates
The correct local lookup route is Lamar County Odyssey Public Access when Jail Records or Jail Bond Records are visible in the live portal. If a booking has already become a court case, Criminal Records and Court Calendar may give better results. A very recent arrest may not appear online, and the Paris Police FAQ directs people looking for someone in Lamar County Jail to call 903-737-2400.
- Search Odyssey Jail Records or Jail Bond Records first for current county custody and bond entries.
- Try Criminal Records by defendant name if a jail module does not return a match or the case has moved into court.
- Call 903-737-2400 if the arrest is recent, the portal is down, or current custody must be confirmed.
- Use TDCJ only after a felony sentence sends the person to state custody.
- Use BOP or ICE only when federal or immigration custody is the issue.
For broader Lamar County inmate record workflow, the Lamar County inmate records page compares the county portal, phone line, records request path, TDCJ, BOP, ICE, VINELink, IVSS, and the sheriff app.
Lamar County Jail Contact
The jail and sheriff office use the same Brown Avenue address in the official county pages, but the phone numbers serve different needs. Use Jail Administration for jail-specific questions about facility rules, professional visits, mail, and public-counter procedures. Use the sheriff's main line for general sheriff routing and current custody confirmation when the record is too new or unclear.
Lamar County Jail
125 Brown Avenue
Paris, TX 75460
903-737-2404
Fax: 903-737-6991
Lamar County Sheriff's Office
125 Brown Avenue
Paris, TX 75460
903-737-2400
Fax: 903-783-0668
Lamar County Jail Visits
The official sources reviewed did not locate a public Lamar County Jail visitation schedule, video-visit window, commissary lobby schedule, or attorney-visit calendar. That gap should be treated as a fact, not filled with a borrowed schedule. Call jail administration before travel and ask about current days, times, required ID, dress code, approval lists, child visitor rules, lockdowns, and whether remote video is available.
| Visit type | Schedule | Research status |
|---|---|---|
| In-person public visits | Not located in official sources | Call 903-737-2404 before travel. |
| Remote or video visits | Not located in official sources | Confirm whether NCIC or another provider handles visits. |
| Attorney visits | Not located in official sources | Attorneys should call jail administration for professional access rules. |
| Holiday or emergency visits | Not located in official sources | Confirm changes by phone before relying on a normal schedule. |
Lamar County Jail Mail
Lamar County publishes detailed NCIC mail-scanning rules. Non-exempt physical mail for Lamar County Jail inmates goes to NCIC at PO Box 591, Longview, TX 75606, not straight to the jail. The envelope must include inmate name, SO number, facility name, processing address, and return address. The rules also allow NCIC electronic messaging through an account, with documents and photos sent through the messaging system.
| Service | Provider or detail | Fee status |
|---|---|---|
| Physical scanned mail | NCIC PO Box 591, Longview, TX 75606; front side only; maximum five pages; 8.5 by 11 inches; one photo | Mail is scanned and destroyed after processing. |
| Books, magazines, newspapers | Not accepted at the Longview scanning address | Must follow facility rules. |
| Legal or medical mail | Not sent to the Longview scanning address | Call the facility for proper handling. |
| Messaging | NCIC account at NCIC.com | Exact fees were not published in the county PDF. |
| Commissary deposits | Not located in official Lamar County sources | Call before sending funds. |
| Phone calls | Not located in official Lamar County sources | Call for provider and fee details. |
Note: Do not send original papers through scanned mail because processed mail is not returned or reimbursed.
Lamar County Booking and Bond
Booking at Lamar County Jail follows the usual county-jail path: arrest or warrant service, transport to the Brown Avenue jail, identity and charge entry, property inventory, screening, fingerprints, photo, bond review, and classification. The public record can lag while those steps are still happening. A person can also be held on a bench warrant, parole warrant, other-county warrant, federal hold, ICE detainer, or no-bond order.
Bond information belongs with jail bond records and court records. The Odyssey portal advertises Jail Bond Records, and Texas bond procedure is governed by Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 17. Before posting bond, confirm the exact charge, bond type, amount, posting location, accepted payment method, and every hold. A paid bond on one case does not release a person who has another active hold.
When Custody Leaves Lamar County
Lamar County Jail is not the search tool for every stage of a case. After a felony sentence, a person may remain at the county jail while transfer paperwork is completed, then move to TDCJ intake and a state unit. The TDCJ Inmate Search becomes the better source once state custody starts. TDCJ profiles focus on the state-prison record, not the Lamar County booking sheet.
Federal and immigration custody are different. Use the BOP Inmate Locator for federal prisoners and the ICE Online Detainee Locator System for immigration detention. Texas VINELink and IVSS can help with custody notifications, but notification systems do not replace the sheriff, jail, court, TDCJ, BOP, or ICE record. If the person was released from Lamar County Jail and then taken by another agency, the next search has to follow that agency.
Lamar County Sheriff App
The Lamar County Sheriff TX app is listed in the Apple App Store and Google Play. Store descriptions say the app supports crime reporting, tip submission, interactive communication features, and public-safety news. The app store text reviewed did not advertise an inmate roster, warrant search, most-wanted list, or records-request portal. Use it as a sheriff communication and news channel unless a later official app inspection confirms inmate lookup tools.
Note: Confirm custody and visitation with Lamar County Jail before travel, mail, bond payment, or money deposit.