Leon County Detention Facility Inmate Lookup

Leon County Detention Facility Overview

The Leon County Detention Facility, also called the Leon County Detention Center, is operated by the Leon County Sheriff's Office at 535 Appleyard Dr. in Tallahassee. The sheriff describes the detention department as the unit that books and holds people for all law enforcement agencies in the county and is responsible for the care, custody, and control of inmates. It holds adults before trial, people serving county sentences, and people held on a hold or transport order for another authority.

The current facility opened in late 1993 with room for 1,219 people. The sheriff's 2022 health services solicitation lists a maximum capacity of 1,250 and states the county has no satellite detention locations. That same document gives an internal housing inventory, with most large pods, areas A through L, rated near 94 beds each, and smaller units holding fewer. The sheriff's detention overview describes the booking role and lists public concern hotlines.

The detention facility role and hotline information appear on the sheriff's detention facility page.

The page confirms this single county jail handles booking and detention countywide, which is why the sheriff's roster stands in for the local jail population.

Leon County Detention Facility Capacity and Population

The facility carries two capacity figures from two documents. The county workshop lists a capacity of 1,219 from the 1993 opening, and the 2022 health services solicitation lists a maximum of 1,250. For population, state corrections data put the average daily population at 1,013 in October 2025, while a county snapshot counted 972 people in December 2024. Each number carries its own source and date, so they should not be blended into one figure.

Note: bed count is not the same as usable capacity, because the jail must separate inmates by sex, age, sentence status, and classification, which reduces the beds open on a given day.

How to Look Up an Inmate at the Leon County Detention Facility

Use the sheriff's free online inmate search for current custody at this facility. The form treats first name, last name, ethnicity, and gender all as required, which is stricter than most county rosters, so know the person's likely ethnicity and gender before you search. The results page says it displays inmates currently in custody, and each row shows a photo, name and age, arrest date, charges, and the arresting agency.

1. Open the official LCSO inmate search page.
2. Enter the first and last name in the required fields.
3. Choose an ethnicity and a gender, then click Search Roster.
4. Open the matching row, and use View Detail when it is offered, to confirm custody and read the charges.

For a release time or a bond question, call the detention center at 850-606-3500 or the releasing office at 850-606-3526. The jail inmate records page covers the roster fields and fallbacks in more depth.

Leon County Detention Facility Address and Contact

The detention center has its own phone line, separate from the sheriff's main administration office. The sheriff also publishes family concern hotlines for medical and mental-health issues, and asks callers to leave the inmate name, the concern, and contact information if staff do not answer.

Visiting Someone at the Leon County Detention Facility

In-person visits restarted in February 2024. Visitors must be 16 or older, show valid ID, clear a metal detector, and follow the dress code. Each visitor gets 30 minutes with one person per day, and time cannot be split between inmates. Most visitors may bring in only ID and keys and must leave other items in the vehicle, while lockers are provided for visitors arriving by public transportation. Video visits run through Securus on a wider schedule.

Note: the sheriff's visitation page renders the video-visit cost as a range per visit, so confirm the current cost and schedule before booking.

Mail, Phone, and Money at the Leon County Detention Facility

Mail goes to two different addresses, and sending personal mail to the wrong one gets it returned. Personal mail goes to the Securus Digital Mail Center for Leon County in Tampa, where it is scanned to the inmate's tablet. Legal mail goes to the detention facility's own PO Box in Tallahassee and is opened and copied in the inmate's presence. Money for the canteen goes through JPay online or by phone, with care packages through iCareGifts, and phones run on a Securus account.

The personal mail, legal mail, and digital mail rules appear on the sheriff's inmate mail page.

The page shows the split between the Tampa personal-mail address and the Tallahassee legal-mail PO Box, which is the detail people most often get wrong.

Booking and Intake at the Leon County Detention Facility

Booking begins when a person is arrested by the sheriff, the Tallahassee Police Department, a campus agency, the Florida Highway Patrol, or another agency working in the county. Intake includes fingerprints and a booking photo, a property and money receipt, a phone PIN, and medical and mental-health screening, then classification and a housing assignment. Within 24 hours, the person is brought before a judge for first appearance unless already released. The sheriff's FAQ covers first appearance, bond, and releasing office questions.

The booking, first appearance, and releasing details appear on the sheriff's detention facility FAQ.

The FAQ also points bond questions to the releasing office and notes that official sources differ on the exact first-appearance time, so confirm it before going.

Medical Care and Jail Fees at the Leon County Detention Facility

The jail charges several small fees, and the handbook spells them out. Medical care is never refused for inability to pay, and mental health or social worker visits carry no charge. Other services involve a copay, and a daily food fee and a one-time booking fee are deducted from the inmate account. Family members cannot get private medical details without a signed waiver, because privacy law applies.

About the Leon County Detention Facility

The facility is more than a building. It runs re-entry pods created in October 2019 for roughly 60 men and 48 women, along with spiritual, educational, and vocational programs. Distinctive local programs include E.A.R.T.H. Haven, which features beekeeping, citrus, and gardening with vocational certifications, the Pathways program formerly known as Work Camp, and Family Time and Tales, a child-friendly video-visitation program based at the main library. The county frames the jail as part of a wider population-management system that includes the courts, the state attorney, and the Supervised Pretrial Release Program.