Check Cameron County Detention Center 2 Custody

Detention Center 2 Overview

Cameron County Detention Center 2 is listed separately from Detention Center 1 on the sheriff's contact page, even though both use the researched address 1145 E. Harrison St., Brownsville, TX 78520. Detention Center 2 has its own published phone number, (956) 544-0814. The operator is the Cameron County Sheriff's Office, and the facility functions as part of the county jail system for people held on local and state matters.

The public records located for this project do not publish a stand-alone Detention Center 2 operating page. No official separate bed count, housing classification, visitation schedule, or program inventory was found for this building. The reliable route is to use the countywide jail rules for roster lookup, visitation, mail, commissary, phone, messaging, and medical restrictions, then direct building-specific questions to the facility phone number.

Detention Center 2 is also part of a larger local justice pathway. A person can appear on the county roster after booking, go before a magistrate, have bail reviewed, and later appear in Tyler Smart Search or clerk records if charges are filed. The jail roster is useful for current or very recent custody. Court records are a separate track. For an overview of how booking records relate to filed cases, use Cameron County Court Records After Jail Arrest.

The official county Jail Division page provides the shared jail services used when no separate Detention Center 2 page exists. The screenshot below is from the Cameron County Jail Division page.

Those countywide jail services include inmate funds, phone access, video visits, messaging, medical handling, and property instructions.

Detention Center 2 Capacity

Cameron County Detention Center 2 is included in Cameron County's countywide jail capacity, but the researched public sources did not locate a facility-specific bed count. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards population reports provide the official countywide frame. For June 1, 2026, the TCJS current population workbook lists Cameron County at 1,746 beds and 1,514 total jail inmates, or 86.7 percent of reported countywide capacity.

That count helps readers understand jail scale, but it does not say how many people were in Detention Center 2 on that date. Public users should avoid assuming that a person is at Detention Center 2 just because the person appears on the county roster. The safer method is to find the roster entry, note the booking number or SO number, and call (956) 544-0814 for location and visit routing.

Detention Center 2 Lookup

The correct first lookup is the Cameron County Sheriff's Department inmate list. It is a table-style roster, not a separate first-name and last-name form. The county inmate-list page says the roster can be filtered by typing into the search box. The direct page shows the columns Picture, BookingDt, Defendant, BookingNumber, SONumber, and Charges, and the roster states it is updated every two hours.

Detention Center 2 creates one extra lookup step because the roster table captured in research does not publish a visible building assignment. If a person appears on the roster, the next step is not to assume a Harrison Street building. Call the facility or another jail information line to confirm whether the person is housed in Detention Center 2, Detention Center 1, Cameron County Jail, or Carrizales-Rucker.

1. Open the direct sheriff inmate list or the county's embedded inmate-list page.
2. Search for the defendant name, then try booking number or SO number if available.
3. Read BookingDt to judge how recent the booking is and Charges as booking-reference information.
4. Call Detention Center 2 at (956) 544-0814 for building confirmation.
5. Use TDCJ, BOP, or ICE locators if the person may be sentenced, federal, or immigration custody.

Detention Center 2 Contact

The key Detention Center 2 distinction is the phone number. It shares the 1145 E. Harrison Street address with Detention Center 1 in the researched facility map, but the sheriff contact page lists Detention Center 2 separately. Keep the two phone numbers separate when checking a roster entry or planning a visit.

The county contact image below comes from the official Sheriff's Office contact information page.

The separate phone listing is why Detention Center 2 should have its own facility page rather than being merged into Detention Center 1.

Detention Center 2 Visits

Apply Cameron County's countywide jail visitation rules to Detention Center 2 unless staff gives a current building-specific instruction. Visitors age 18 and older must have valid photo identification. The inmate is responsible for filling out and giving the visitation list to jail division staff. If no list is in the system, a shift supervisor may approve a visit, but that should be confirmed by phone before travel.

Late arrival is a common risk because the county requires visitors to be signed in 20 minutes before visitation begins. Visitors also cannot sign in more than one hour before the visit begins. The county limits adult visitors to a combination of five adults per visit day, and only two children age 16 or younger may accompany one adult at a time. Children must be supervised, quiet, and kept from running.

Full visitor restrictions are shown on the county's Rules of Visitation page.

The countywide rules are detailed enough to use for visit planning, but the facility phone remains the best source for current access.

Detention Center 2 Mail

Detention Center 2 uses the Cameron County jail mail rules found in the Jail Division and visitation materials. Incoming mail is inspected for contraband. Mail can be returned if it has perfume, powder, glue, glitter, staples, clips, tape, stickers, or stationery items. Inmates may possess up to three pictures at a time. Internet printouts are returned to sender, and greeting cards larger than 5 by 7 inches are returned.

For money, the county accepts mailed money orders or certified checks for the inmate trust fund. No cash is accepted by mail. Money at booking is deposited into the trust fund, commissary purchases are deducted from that fund, and trust balances are returned at release or transfer. A money release to family, attorney, or bondsperson may be possible only with shift supervisor approval.

Detention Center 2 Booking

Booking information visible to the public comes from the county roster rather than a Detention Center 2-only booking log. The roster displays booking date, defendant name, booking number, SO number, charges, and picture column controls. The county warns that people listed are innocent until proven guilty and that a displayed charge is for reference only. Users should independently verify information before relying on it for legal action.

Medical and property questions also have countywide rules. The jail does not give inmate medical information to family members for security reasons. Prescribed medicine may be brought for the inmate, but it must be approved by the medical department. Family calls are not transferred to the medical department. Those limits apply even when the family knows the person is held at a particular Cameron County jail building.

About Detention Center 2

Cameron County Detention Center 2 is useful as a separate facility page because the sheriff publishes a separate phone number for it. The researched public material does not show a separate facility profile, separate capacity, or separate rules. That creates a simple public workflow: use the county roster for the person, use the Detention Center 2 phone for location, and use countywide jail rules for visits, mail, money, phones, and messages unless staff says otherwise.

The Harrison Street location also means Detention Center 2 sits in the broader Brownsville justice district context. Jail custody questions go to the sheriff. Filed court case questions go to the clerk or Tyler portal. Prosecutor file questions go to the District Attorney. Mixing those channels can waste time, so start with the record type: custody, court case, prosecutor record, or state/federal transfer.