Chief Richard Elliott is responsible for maintaining a
jail system that houses a daily population of approximately 650 inmates. The
County-owned and operated facility in Georgetown handles all the Intakes and
Releases of approximately 14,000 people a year that are arrested within
Williamson County. A new Direct Supervision facility was opened in late
2003. Initially, with this expansion, the County Jail has bed space for 768
inmates with a plan in place for a future expansion that will make the
completed capacity of the Williamson County Jail 1,544 beds.
The current Jail staff of 284 officers and civilian
personnel provides 24-hour a day security for the jail and performs many
other tasks. These tasks include the transportation of inmates to and from
court, the pick-up of inmates from other counties and states, supervision of
inmate recreation, visitation and other activities along with the record
keeping and administration of the Corrections Bureau fourteen-million dollar
annual budget. Williamson County also provides food service and medical,
mental and dental care to all incarcerated individuals. Education and
religious services are also available to all inmates. In addition, the
security of the Williamson County Courts Complex is administered by a group
of eleven bailiffs attached to the Williamson County Corrections Bureau.
For more information on the Williamson County Jail, please
see the Sheriff's
Frequently Asked Questions.
