Florida Inmate Search

Florida runs the third largest prison system in the country. The Florida Department of Corrections holds its prisoners in state institutions, annexes, work camps and private prisons under contract, and supervises a far larger number on probation and community control. County jails, run by each of the 67 sheriffs and a few county corrections departments, hold pretrial detainees and people sentenced to a year or less.

The FDC Offender Search is unusually complete. It has separate searches for the current inmate population, inmates released since October 1997, the supervised population, and absconders and fugitives from supervision, all keyed to the DC number.

Official sources on this page were checked on September 25, 2026.

The Florida Offender Search returns the DC number, name, photograph, race, sex, date of birth, hair and eye color, height and weight, the current facility, custody classification, the current release date, and the full list of offenses with the sentencing county and sentence length. The released inmate search returns the same history for people out of custody, and the supervised population search covers probation and community control with the supervising office. Aliases and tattoos are listed when recorded.

• Florida Department of Corrections Offender SearchInmate population, released inmates, supervised population and absconders, checked September 25, 2026
• Florida Department of CorrectionsInstitutions, visitation, mail, phone and money deposits, checked September 25, 2026
• Florida Commission on Offender ReviewParole for older cases, conditional release and clemency, checked September 25, 2026
• VINELink FloridaCustody alerts for Florida county jails and state prisons, checked September 25, 2026

The largest county systems run their own inmate searches: Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Broward Sheriff's Office, the Hillsborough County Sheriff in Tampa, Orange County Corrections in Orlando, the Palm Beach County Sheriff, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office for Duval County, the Pinellas County Sheriff and the Polk County Sheriff. Rosters show the booking date, charges, bond and the next court date, and most include the booking photograph. City police in Florida book into the county jail rather than holding prisoners.

• Florida County Sheriff DirectorySheriff offices and jail searches for all 67 counties
• Florida Police DepartmentsCity police records and arrest logs
• Florida Criminal RecordsCriminal history through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement
• Florida Most WantedFugitives and outstanding warrants

Florida's Public Records Law, Chapter 119 of the Florida Statutes, is one of the broadest in the country, which is why the FDC posts photographs, physical descriptions, offenses and release dates for current and former inmates. Booking photos from county jails are public too. Exemptions cover medical and mental health records, the substance of confidential informant files, active criminal intelligence, and the home addresses of victims and certain officers. A name based criminal history check from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is open to anyone for a fee.

Florida abolished parole for most crimes committed after 1983, so the Commission on Offender Review deals mainly with older cases, conditional release supervision for certain violent offenders and clemency. Most inmates serve at least 85 percent of the sentence under the 1995 truth in sentencing law and then leave with no supervision unless the court ordered probation. Probation and community control are supervised by FDC Community Corrections offices in every circuit. The judgment sits with the clerk of the circuit court of the county of conviction.

• Florida Court RecordsCircuit and county court case searches by clerk
• Florida ExpungementsSealing and expunction under Florida Statute 943

If none of the FDC searches returns the person, check the county jail search for the county of arrest, starting with Miami-Dade, Broward, Hillsborough, Orange, Palm Beach or Duval, since jails hold everyone before sentencing and all sentences of a year or less. Check the federal Bureau of Prisons locator for a federal case and the ICE detainee locator for an immigration hold at Krome or Glades.

These federal and national sources complement Florida's state-level records. They are the authoritative sources you should cross-check when Florida state records are incomplete or out-of-state activity matters.

Federal BOP, Inmate Locator The Federal Bureau of Prisons locator returns federal inmates held since 1982 in any BOP facility, contract facility, or community corrections center.

VINELink, Victim Notification Operated by Appriss for the U.S. Department of Justice's victim-notification program. Free, anonymous registration for custody-change alerts across participating states.

U.S. Marshals, Prisoner Tracking The USMS Prisoner Tracking System is the authoritative source for federal detainees in pre-trial custody (before BOP designation).