Leon County FL Jail

County Jail

Last Updated: July 14, 2023
Address
535 Appleyard Dr, Tallahassee, FL 32316
Beds
1000
County
Leon
Phone
850-922-3500
Fax
850-921-3697
Email
lcsocpu@leoncountyfl.gov
Mailing Address
PO Box 2278 , Tallahassee, FL 32316 

Leon Co Jail is for County Jail offenders sentenced up to twenty four months.

All prisons and jails have Security or Custody levels depending on the inmate’s classification, sentence, and criminal history. Please review the rules and regulations for County - medium facility.

If you are unsure of your inmate's location, you can search and locate your inmate by typing in their last name, first name or first initial, and/or the offender ID number to get their accurate information immediately Registered Offenders

Satellite View of Leon County FL Jail

You can support your loved ones at Leon Co Jail on InmateAid, if you have any immediate questions contact the facility directly at 850-922-3500.

The Leon Co Jail is a low/medium-security detention center located at 535 Appleyard Dr Tallahassee, FL which is operated locally by the Leon County Sheriff's Office and holds inmates awaiting trial or sentencing or both. Most of the sentenced inmates are here for less than two years. Leon County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, Tallahassee Police Department, and the US Marshal's Service.

New detainees arrive at the jail regularly, with some being released on bail, placed under pretrial services caseloads, supervised by probation agencies, or released on recognizance with a court appearance agreement. Those who are not released await their court appearances at the jail, receiving accommodations including bedding and meals. You can see all the arrest records for Florida here.

Leon County Detention Center - Inmate Handbook

The Leon County Detention Center houses pre-trial, pre-sentenced, county and state sentenced males and females, as well as juvenile offenders who have been adjudicated as adults. Our goal is to provide a safe, secure, functional and humane environment for staff and inmates, while protecting our community.

The Leon County Detention Center is a direct supervision facility based on the unit management concept. Most programs, services and activities are decentralized to the housing units. These units are attached to a central core which contains administrative areas, program services, a medical unit, support services and booking and release.

This facility opened its doors August of 1993 with an inmate population of approximately 600 inmates and was staffed at 274 positions. This facility currently houses over 1,000 inmates and staffs approximately 300 positions.

Direct supervision has allowed our staff to have more control of the inmates, and because the services and programs are delivered to the housing units, there is less inmate movement and better security.

Inmate Property and Communication

Inmate Mail

All incoming mail will be inspected for contraband. The following items will be returned to sender:

  • Stained with powder, perfume, glue or glitter
  • Envelopes with tape or stickers
  • Mail from other Detention Centers or Prison Institutions, unless approved by both Institutions
  • Note pads
  • Greeting cards larger than 5" by 7"
  • Paper, envelopes, pencils, pens or stamps
  • Music lyrics
  • Cell phones

Inmate Mail Censorship

Inmate mail shall not be censored and/or denied unless for legitimate facility interests for order and security, and in the interest of upholding the law. Such interests include, but are not limited to, the following statements, threats and/or plans of:

  • Physical harm or threats of physical harm against persons inside or outside the facility;
  • Extortion, blackmail or other criminal activity;
  • Escape;
  • Activities in violation of facility rules;
  • Whose nature is such that, if communicated, would create a clear and present danger of violence and physical harm; or
  • Correspondence that is in code or for which there is reasonable belief that a code is contained therein.

If correspondence is censored or rejected the inmate shall be informed of the action in writing by the Canteen Supervisor or designee, including a statement of why the correspondence is being censored and/or rejected [FCAC 12.03 FMJS 9.03].

Notice of censorship or rejection will also be provided via U.S. Mail to the sender/author within (5) business days by the Canteen Supervisor or designee.

  • The sender/author of the censored or rejected mail, within five (5) business days of receipt of the notification of the decision to censor or reject the item of mail, may protest the decision to censor or reject the subject item of mail to the Support Services Bureau Commander (SSBC) or designee. A protest may be made verbally or in writing. The protest should include the reasons why the item of mail should not be subject to censorship or rejection.
  • The SSBC or designee will review and respond to the protest within five (5) business days of receipt of the same.
  • If the original censorship or rejection is upheld by the SSBC or designee, the SSBC’s decision may be appealed to the Detention Center Director within five (5) business days. An appeal may be made verbally or in writing. The Detention Center Director will respond to the appeal within five (5) business days. The Detention Center Director’s decision on appeal is final.

Pod Attorney Booths Pass Through Slots

Effective May 15, 2017, the pass through slots located in the Pod Attorney Booths will no longer be utilized. The new procedure for requesting inmate signatures on documents will be as follows:

  • Documents may be dropped off Mon-Fri.
  • Any documents dropped off from 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. will be processed and ready for pick-up the same business day from 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • Any documents dropped off after 10:00 a.m. will be processed and ready for pick-up the next business day from 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

*When exigent circumstances arise, the Watch Commander may approve the facilitation of action outside the above parameters.

Books and Subscriptions

All books and subscriptions must be soft backed and come directly from a publisher or book store. No hardback books or books containing staples will be accepted. Books and subscriptions must be paid for in advance and can not contain any nudity, profanity or advocate violence/hatred toward any individual, organization, religion or nation. Books and subscriptions can not contain instructions for the manufacturing of explosives, weapons, drugs, drug paraphernalia, alcoholic beverages, escapes paraphernalia, or to affect and/or facilitate an escape. Inmates may have a total of five (5) books per shipping order and are only allowed five (5) books in their possession at any given time.

Pictures

  • May be sent through the mail.
  • Inmates are allowed to have five (5) pictures.
  • Once the inmate is at their limit there are No Exchanges.
  • We will not accept pictures with nudity or sexually explicit material.
  • No Polaroid pictures accepted.

Mailing Address

Leon County Detention Center
Inmates name (SPN number if available)
Post Office Box 2278
Tallahassee, Florida 32316

Telephones

  • All calls from the Detention Center inmate will be Collect, Prepaid Collect, or Debit.
  • Prepaid Calling Assistance, call 888-506-8407 (Available 24 Hours 7 Days a Week).
  • Debit Deposit Accounts, call 888-888-8413 (Available 24 Hours 7 Days a Week)
  • If you wish to have your telephone number blocked to prevent collect calls or have the block removed from your telephone, you may come to the Detention Center Visitation Lobby and present valid picture identification and ownership of the telephone number.
  • We have provided for your usage a Pay-Phone located in the Visitation Lobby waiting area.
  • We do not take or give inmates messages unless there is a family emergency (critical condition in the hospital or death).

Religious Items

  • We no longer accept Religious Items to be dropped off at the Detention Center front lobby. The religious items must come directly from the publisher or a book store.

  • All items will be searched for contraband.

Detention Work Camp

Perhaps one of the best crime prevention programs is the Inmate Work Crew. This program began with the Sheriff's commitment to the taxpayers that inmates would be afforded the opportunity to pull their weight as citizens of Leon County. The program started with no money, equipment, tools or staff. Instead of allowing inmates to lay around the Detention Center
and be supported by tax dollars, the Sheriff devised a plan to let them help clean up our community for six to ten hours each day during a six day work week.

Out of this plan evolved multiple benefits to the community. Even the weekend sentenced inmates benefited from the program by completing their sentence on a fast track. The real crime prevention benefit comes from these work crews being seen working along roadways, in vacant lots, cleaning up graffiti, and picking up trash.

The Leon County Detention Center Work Crew operates Tuesday through Friday. Inmates sentenced to the Leon County Detention Center are screened and selected for outside work assignments and are assigned and supervised by County, City and Correctional Staff. Inmates leave each day from the Detention Center 0700 hours and return at 1630 hours.

The Leon County Detention Center Work Camp operates seven days a week. Inmates are sentenced to this program by the courts as a condition of their probation. Inmates are allowed to choose and sign up for days they want to work. They must work at least one day a week. Inmates report to the Leon County Detention Center Work Camp at 0630 hours, dress in Detention Center stripe uniforms and are assigned to and supervised by Leon County Sheriff's Office Correctional Staff. They are released each day at 1630 hours.

Inmate Locator

Leon County FL Jail publishes the names of the inmates currently in their facility in Florida. Your search should start with this locator first to see if your loved one is there.

The second box is the InmateAid Inmate Search. This database of inmates is user-generated content to access and utilize any or all of the InmateAid services. If you need our assistance creating your inmate profile to keep in touch, email us at aid@inmateaid.com and we will assist you in locating your inmate.

As a last resort, you might have to pay for that information if we do not have it. The Arrest Record Search will cost you a small amount, but their data is the freshest available and for that reason, they charge to access it.

Visitation Information

Leon County Detention Center - Visitation

The Leon County Detention Center encourages visitation for the inmates incarcerated here. We firmly believe that ties to family and friends are extremely important. However, there are rules that we need to make you aware of so your visiting privileges are not denied, terminated or suspended.

Visitation Hours

Visitation hours are Monday through Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Visitation will resume again after official count and shift change and run from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Lobby Doors are open 8:00 a.m. through 8:00 p.m.

Visitation Rules

Starting on April 16, 2017
Inmates housed in pods N, O, P and Unit Five (5), may have video visitation with children 15 years old and under. Visitors 15 years old and younger must be accompanied by their parent or legal (court appointed) guardian at all times while in the video visitation area. The parent or legal guardian is responsible for the child’s conduct at all times. A certified copy of the birth certificate with the parents’ names on it is required on the first visit. Court appointed guardians need to bring the original court ordered paperwork signed by a Judge, which names them as the child’s guardian or notarized authorization of custody of child on their first visit. Only one child per adult is allowed to visit at a time per visit. At no time will the child be left unattended by an adult. The child must be listed on the inmate’s visitation card in order to visit. Visitors under the age of 16 are prohibited in all other housing areas.

During the admission process, the Booking Unit will enter (at least one, and up to five) visitor names chosen by the inmate, into the system for visitation. Requests for visitor changes will only be made the last calendar day of the month. Visitation Forms will be provided for the Pods the evening of the last day of each month. Each Inmate is allowed five (5) Thirty (30) minutes visits not to exceed 2 ½ hours per week. Inmates who are being confined in special housing pods are restricted to two (2) visits per day. Inmate visit times will not exceed two and one half (2 1/2) hours per week.

Individuals that are authorized visitors are only allowed to visit the designated inmate and will only be allowed to visit one inmate per day. Split visits (visits of more than one inmate) shall not be allowed and are grounds to have ALL visitation privileges revoked. All visitors must be at least 16 years of age to visit.

For security reasons inmates admitted to a hospital will not be permitted visitors unless approved by the Sheriff, the Detention Center Director or his/her designee.

  • There are no split-time visits.
  • You must see the inmate you sign in to see during your visit.
  • You may not return later that day to see a different inmate.
  • Profanity will not be tolerated. Any violation can result in permanent suspension.
  • No communications with working inmates in and around the facility as you pass by the perimeter fence.
  • Children under the age of 16 are not allowed on the premises without someone who is at least 16 years of age with them.
  • You may not leave your children unattended anytime or with other visitors.
  • If you leave your child unattended in a vehicle, your visitation will be suspended.
  • Leave all personal items other than car keys, locked inside your car.
  • Persons believed to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs will not be allowed to visit.
  • Cell phones are prohibited inside the Detention Center.

Security

Visitors must comply with standard security measures (metal detection devices etc.) prior to being permitted to enter the secure area of the Detention Center. Failure to comply and/or successfully pass these measures will prohibit the visitor from entering the Detention Center.

Visitors with medical or religious claims, which prohibit exposure to metal detector devices must provide the medical documentation if applicable. A supervisor shall review all medical/religious claims.

All Detention Facilities visitors must be dressed appropriately. Failure to comply with the following guidelines will result in denial of admission to this facility and/or suspension of the visit.

Visitors are NOT to wear garments which contain metal including underwire bras, or other items e.g. jewelry, hairpins, etc., as they may cause the metal detector to alert, and/or prevent their admission into the facility. When able, metal items should be removed prior to entering the Detention Center. All items shall be subject to further search.

Dress Code for Visitors

Visitors must remain properly dressed at all times. Visitors are prohibited from wearing:

  • Clothing that resembles a correctional employee (officer or civilian) uniform, such as all green or a green and brown skirt/pants and shirt combination.
  • Tight fitting, see-through, provocative and/or revealing clothing of any kind e.g., spandex, sheer, netting, torn or frayed attire, bathing suits, body suits, athletic shorts, hot pants and pajamas.
  • Tops that are cut low; reveal more than 2 inches of cleavage, more than 4 inches of the back, or any portion of the abdomen; halter tops, tube tops, tank tops, spaghetti straps, sleeveless/muscle shirts, strapless shirts.
  • Shorts should be no more than 1 inch above the knee e.g., micro/mini shorts.
  • Skirts and dresses should be no more than 1 inch above the knee e.g., micro/mini- skirts. Slits in skirts/dresses must not exceed mid-thigh when seated.
  • Non-prescription sunglasses

All visitors must wear shoes at all times. Visitors are encouraged to wear low footwear with sufficient traction. Flip-flops, bed room shoes, high heels more than 3 inches and sandals which are not secured to the ankle by at least one strap are prohibited.

The Shift Supervisor will make the final determination as to compliance with this policy and admission into the facility.

Out of Town Visitors

You are required to conform to our set forth Visitation Rules and Dress Code policy outlined above.

** Violation of Detention Center Visitation Rules may result in suspension of your visitation privileges. **

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