Navarro County Jail Overview
Navarro County Jail, also called the Navarro County Justice Center, is operated by the Navarro County Sheriff's Office. It is a county jail, not a state prison. Its population includes pretrial detainees, local misdemeanants, state-jail felony defendants, parole violators, blue-warrant holds, and people waiting on transfer after sentencing. The official roster interface is branded Navarro County Justice Center.
The facility is at 312 W. 2nd Ave. in Corsicana, near the county courthouse area and other county offices around W. 2nd and W. 3rd Avenue. The Sheriff's Office home page says the agency has served Navarro County since 1846 and lists Detention among its operating divisions. Sheriff Elmer Tanner is the current sheriff, with NCSO service dating back to 1989 according to the March 2025 service press release.
Navarro County Jail Capacity
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards reported Navarro County Jail with a 290-bed rated capacity and 200 people in custody on June 1, 2026. That was 68.97 percent of capacity. The TCJS incarceration-rate workbook for the same date listed an average daily population of 208, a countywide population basis of 56,533, and a rate of 3.68.
| Measure | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Rated capacity | 290 beds | TCJS current population workbook and NCSO history |
| Total population | 200 | TCJS, June 1, 2026 |
| Average daily population | 208 | TCJS incarceration-rate workbook, June 1, 2026 |
| Vera 2026 jail population | 209 | Vera Institute county trend row |
Justice Center Building History
The current Justice Center opened in 1988 at a reported cost of $6,000,000 and with an original capacity of 162 inmates. The Sheriff's Office says an annex completed in 1996 expanded the facility to the current 290-inmate capacity because of overcrowding. That local building history explains why the current bed count is larger than the original jail design.
Navarro County also has older jail history. The Sheriff's jail page identifies the Old Corsicana Jail House as built in 1892 north of the courthouse, with an enclosed gallows in the third-floor middle section. The modern Justice Center is a different building and is the operative location for current county jail custody.
Lookup Navarro County Jail Inmates
The correct lookup for this facility is the county jail roster linked from the Navarro County Sheriff's Office inmate roster page. Use it for people booked into the Justice Center. Do not use the TDCJ locator for a new local arrest unless the person has already been sentenced and transferred to state prison custody.
- Start with the sheriff's inmate roster page to confirm the official path.
- Open the Justice Center roster host and search by name.
- Use View all inmates when spelling, age, race, sex, or admit date need review.
- Use charge-description search or View all charges if only the alleged offense is known.
- Call the 24-hour sheriff number if a very recent arrest is not yet clear online.
The roster did not publish a confirmed refresh rate in the research. It also did not confirm bond, housing, mugshot, or court-date fields in the visible public list. Those details should be checked in the live roster detail, by phone, or through the written public information process.
Navarro County Jail Contact
Use the 24-hour number for custody questions that cannot wait for administrative office hours. Use the administrative phone, fax, and records email for written business and public information request routing. Emergency matters still go to 911.
Navarro County Jail / Justice Center
312 W. 2nd Ave.
Corsicana, TX 75110
903-654-3001 / 903-654-3002
Administrative office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
| Contact Need | Route |
|---|---|
| 24-hour jail or custody question | 903-654-3001 |
| Administrative sheriff contact | 903-654-3002 |
| Records request fax | 903-654-3044 |
| Records request email | records@ncsotx.org |
Visiting Navarro County Jail
Visitation is conducted seven days a week at the Detention Center, but the research did not locate a full daily public timetable. Population inmates receive two 30-minute visits per week, while holding-cell inmates receive three 30-minute visits. Visitors must set up an account through NCIC InTouch and present valid state or government identification.
| Visitor or Inmate Category | Allowance / Rule | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| General visitation | Seven days a week | Exact daily time blocks were not published in inspected text. |
| Population inmates | Two visits per week, 30 minutes each | Visitor account required. |
| Holding-cell inmates | Three 30-minute visits | Confirm status with the jail. |
| Attorney visits | Face-to-face or video | No access 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4 p.m.-6 p.m. daily. |
Visitors under 17 must be with a legal guardian. Cell phones are not allowed in the Detention Center lobby or during visitation. Visits may be monitored and recorded except attorney visits. Intoxicated visitors are not permitted, and the jail page publishes dress-code limits for shirts, shoes, straps, short clothing, exposed undergarments, and profane or sexually explicit clothing language.
Navarro Jail Mail Phone Money
Navarro County Jail has a specific mail split. Beginning September 1, 2024, ordinary non-legal and non-medical inmate mail goes to a Longview scanning address, not the Corsicana jail address. Legal mail, medical mail, packages, and trust-fund money order mail continue to use the Corsicana jail address with the inmate's first and last name and booking number.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Non-legal mail | Navarro County Jail, PO Box 591, Longview, TX 75606, with inmate name and booking number. |
| Legal/medical mail | 312 W. 2nd Ave., Corsicana, TX 75110, with inmate name and booking number. |
| Phone and messaging | NCIC, customer service 1-800-943-2189. |
| Text message | $0.25 per message, according to the jail page. |
| Picture/document message | $0.35 per picture or document, according to the jail page. |
| Online commissary | Tiger Commissary / orders.tigercommissary.com with Navarro County facility code. |
Standard correspondence must be letters only, in an envelope no larger than 8.5 by 11 inches, with no more than five one-sided pages and one photo if it fits a standard envelope. Cards, internet printouts, envelopes, stamps, and contraband are not allowed. Processed scanned mail is destroyed and is not returned or reimbursed.
Navarro County Commissary Timing
The jail page gives specific commissary timing. Orders are processed Tuesdays at noon and delivered Thursdays. Funds must be on the inmate's account by Tuesday noon. Money orders are payable to Inmate Trust Fund and must be mailed with the trust-fund slip available through jail sources.
| Item | Rule |
|---|---|
| Order processing | Tuesdays at 12 p.m. |
| Delivery | Thursdays. |
| Deposit deadline | Funds must be on account by Tuesday at 12 p.m. |
| Money order payee | Inmate Trust Fund. |
| Release pickup window | Orders placed before release are held 72 hours; after that they become detention center property. |
Booking at Navarro County Jail
Booking follows arrest by a sheriff's deputy, Corsicana Police, or another local agency when county jail intake is required. Jail staff create the admit record, identify the person, collect property, perform intake screening, and move the person toward bond, first appearance, housing, or transfer. The roster's Admit Date is the public date marker confirmed in the visible grid.
During booking, the jail page says an inmate can make three free local calls. Those phones are provided so inmates can arrange bail, notify family, or reach an attorney. Population inmates later can make collect calls between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. daily. Bond types listed by NCSO include own recognizance, pre-trial release program, private bonding company, property bond, and cash bond.
Navarro Jail Standards Notes
TCJS oversees Texas county jail standards under Government Code Chapter 511. Navarro County had a June 27, 2024 TCJS notice of non-compliance tied to medication administration records. A later Sheriff's Office release dated June 24, 2026 said TCJS inspected the jail on June 9, 2026 and the 38-year-old facility remained compliant with Texas Minimum Jail Standards.
Note: Confirm custody, visitation eligibility, and mail rules with Navarro County Jail before traveling or sending funds.
When Navarro Jail Is Wrong
Use TDCJ, BOP, ICE, or victim notification systems only when the custody type calls for them. A person sentenced from Navarro County to state prison is searched through the TDCJ inmate search after transfer. Federal sentenced prisoners are searched through the BOP inmate locator. Immigration detention questions use ICE ODLS. Texas IVSS-Counties and TDCJ IVSS support notification, not ordinary roster browsing.