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Pinellas County Jail Overview

The Pinellas County Jail is operated by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office Department of Detention and Corrections. It sits on the 49th Street North public-safety corridor near the Pinellas County Justice Center. This is a county jail, not a state prison, so the people here are mostly local. Some are waiting for trial. Some are serving county sentences of a year or less. Others are held on flags from outside agencies, including the state prison system, the U.S. Marshals, and immigration authorities. The jail also holds a small number of juveniles who are charged as adults.

The sheriff describes one jail organized into three operational divisions plus support and health services. South Division holds about 1,600 inmates and runs higher-custody, protective custody, and special-management housing. Central Division has a capacity of 1,000 and handles intake, release, and direct-supervision housing. North Division holds 785 and includes the on-site Healthcare Facility. Added together, those published division capacities come to roughly 3,385 beds. The detention department is the largest part of the sheriff's office, with more than 1,000 members and an annual budget over $155 million, according to the PCSO Department of Detention and Corrections page.

That overview lays out the three divisions and confirms the roughly 3,000-inmate daily average that anchors the population figures below.

Pinellas County Jail Capacity and Population

The strongest current numbers come from two official sources. The sheriff's corrections overview reports an average daily population of about 3,000. The Pinellas Public Safety Coordinating Council, known as the PSCC, publishes monthly indicator reports for the county. The PSCC report dated December 1, 2025 lists an average daily population of 3,128 for October 2025. The combined capacity of the three divisions works out to about 3,385 beds, so the jail was running near 92 percent of that combined division capacity in late 2025.

Most people in the jail have not been convicted. The October 2025 PSCC status breakdown shows pre-trial detainees as the bulk of the count. Pre-trial means a person is held while a case is pending, before any trial or plea. The same report tracks holds for outside agencies, and one of them changed sharply in 2025. The table below pulls together the headline figures with the source for each.

The standout figure is the ICE and Border Patrol hold count. The PSCC report puts it at 625 in October 2025, up from 73 a year earlier and 41 in 2023. The same month, 60 people were held for the state prison system and 51 for the U.S. Marshals.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Pinellas County Jail

The county jail roster is the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office Arrest Inquiry, embedded on the sheriff's Who's in Jail page. It is free and needs no account for a normal search. The roster covers people currently in custody plus anyone released within the last 30 days. A detailed walkthrough lives on the jail inmate records page, but the basic path is short. Before you start, have the person's last name ready, or a docket number, booking date, or charge.

1. Open the Arrest Inquiry from the PCSO Who's in Jail search form.
2. Enter the inmate's last name, or search by docket number, booking date, or a charge filter.
3. Narrow broad results with first name, race, sex, arresting agency, or arrest type.
4. Open the linked name to read the Subject Charge Report with charges, bond, housing, and status.
5. If the person was sentenced to state prison, search the Florida Department of Corrections locator instead.

The roster lists current inmates and anyone released within 30 days. For booking records older than that window, the sheriff directs people to the PCSO public records portal. Custody and bond questions can also go to the jail's Inmate Records line at (727) 464-6415. A person sentenced to state prison moves to the Florida Department of Corrections offender search, federal inmates are found through the Bureau of Prisons locator, and immigration detainees through the ICE Online Detainee Locator.

Pinellas County Jail Address and Contact

The jail complex is on 49th Street North on the Clearwater and Largo public-safety campus, just north of the Justice Center. Jail custody, bond, and inmate-records questions go to the Inmate Records line. The line below is the public number the sheriff and county list for inmate information.

The Justice Center sits at 14250 49th Street North, just south of the jail, which is why the cross streets along the corridor are easy to follow once you reach 49th Street North. PSTA Route 49 serves that corridor and lists the Justice Center among its stops, so the campus is within reach by bus. Official visitor parking lots and rates were not listed in the sheriff's pages reviewed, so confirm where to park before you arrive.

Visiting Someone at Pinellas County Jail

Public visits at the Pinellas County Jail are remote video through Smart Communications, the vendor known as SmartInmate. The current sheriff's page lists no face-to-face public visits except approved professional or special visits. Each inmate receives four 30-minute pre-scheduled remote or on-demand video sessions per week. Sessions run from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., seven days a week, and start on the hour or half-hour. Extra sessions beyond the free four can be bought at $0.16 per minute.

To set up a video visit you create a Smart Communications account, then schedule a maximum of 7 days in advance or a minimum of 24 hours ahead. Attorneys and other professionals visit remotely through the same vendor. Florida attorneys may visit in person on weekdays with a Florida driver license and a valid Florida Bar card. Out-of-state or after-hours professional visits need division-commander approval. The schedule below summarizes the visitation rules from the PCSO visitation page.

That page is the controlling source for current video-visit windows, session limits, and the rule that there are no face-to-face public visits.

Note: Visitation rules change, so confirm a video session and the in-person attorney hours with the jail before you rely on a trip to the facility.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Pinellas County Jail

Personal mail is handled through Smart Communications, which scans incoming postal mail and makes it available on an inmate tablet or wall kiosk. Mail missing the inmate name and ID number is returned to sender, so send only copies and photos you do not need back. Legal mail follows a separate path and is opened in direct view of the inmate. Inmates cannot receive incoming calls. They buy Smart Communications credits for outgoing calls, and every inmate gets eight free messages per month.

Money for an inmate account goes through ConnectNetwork online, with customer service at (877) 650-4249, or through cash kiosks and money orders at the jail. Commissary packages run through iCare. At booking, all non-federal inmates are charged a $20 non-refundable subsistence fee, and each inmate-initiated sick call carries a $10 co-pay. Bond by credit or debit card runs through GovPayNow and AllPaid, up to $2,500 per charge, using pay location code 6343, with bond questions on the same (727) 464-6415 line. The table below sums up the mail, phone, and money channels.

Booking and Intake at Pinellas County Jail

Intake happens through Central Booking and Release, which handles the physical intake and release of all arrestees and inmates at the jail. The process starts with a medical and mental-health screening on arrival, and staff tell each person to report any special medical or emotional needs. Money found on the person is credited to the inmate account, except foreign or contaminated currency. No inmate may keep cash, checks, or money orders in their possession.

Classification staff interview the person during booking to decide housing and custody level. Each person has a photograph and fingerprints taken and receives an identification card to wear with the photo showing. A booking photo is taken at intake, but no mugshot appeared on the public Subject Charge Report inspected, so the online roster confirms charges and status rather than showing a photo. The roster says information may be updated periodically, and PCSO does not publish a precise time for how fast a new booking appears.

About the Pinellas County Jail

The jail is heavily accredited. The sheriff says it holds the Triple Crown Award and maintains accreditation from CALEA, ACA, NCCHC, ANAB, and APSA, with first accreditation years going back to the 1980s. The Healthcare Facility is a notable piece of the campus. It opened in 2007, was paid for through the Penny for Pinellas sales tax, and provides 432 beds over four floors, with isolation cells, a dialysis area, dental chairs, a mental-health clinic, and space for video court appearances. The detention department runs more than 400 program groups and classes each month, covering substance-abuse prevention, anger management, GED study, and discharge planning.

The sheriff also operates Pinellas Safe Harbor, a jail-diversion homeless shelter with a 400-bed design capacity that aims to keep chronically homeless residents out of the justice system. It is a diversion program, not part of the jail itself. One recent shift stands out in the population data. The PSCC report shows ICE and Border Patrol holds rising to 625 in October 2025 from 73 a year earlier, a large change in the makeup of the people held at the jail. Once a person is sentenced to state prison, they leave this jail and move into the Florida Department of Corrections system, where they are searched through the state offender locator rather than the county roster. For a broader view of the local custody picture, the Pinellas County inmate population overview ties the jail figures to the wider county.

The healthcare page shows the on-site medical facility and the sick-call co-pay that applies to inmate-initiated care.