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Taylor Correctional Institution Annex Overview

The Annex is operated by the Florida Department of Corrections at 8501 Hampton Springs Road, Perry, FL 32348. It is an adult male prison and its parent institution is Taylor Correctional Institution. The two share the same address, phone, and warden structure, but the Florida Department of Corrections gives the Annex its own facility page and its own rated capacity, which is why it stands as a separate page here.

This is a sentenced-population state prison, not a county jail. People held at the Annex have already been convicted and are serving a state prison term. The county jail roster does not list them, and the Annex's inmates are found only through the statewide offender search. The campus sits west and southwest of Perry on Hampton Springs Road, separate from the county jail on U.S. Highway 27.

Taylor Correctional Institution Annex Capacity and Population

The Florida Department of Corrections lists a rated capacity of 1,409 for the Annex, which is larger than the parent institution's 1,301. Together the Hampton Springs Road prisons account for most of the state prison beds inside Taylor County. A Florida Legislature profile counted 2,239 Department of Corrections inmates physically housed in the county in mid-2020, a group that spans both the institution and the Annex and is drawn from courts across Florida. That figure dwarfs the county jail's average daily population, which has run under 100 in recent state reports, a reminder that the prison beds inside the county and the local jail count answer two different questions.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Taylor Correctional Institution Annex

Use the Florida Department of Corrections offender search. The state system covers sentenced prisoners and refreshes inmate information and photos weekly, with release dates and location changes updated nightly. A search will show the assigned facility, so you can confirm whether a person is housed at the Annex or the main institution.

1. Open the Florida Department of Corrections inmate search.
2. Search by last and first name, or by the six-character DC number.
3. Check that the assigned facility reads Taylor Correctional Institution Annex.
4. Open the record for the photo, sentence detail, and current location.

The Annex has its own facility page in the state system, separate from the main institution.

A person still awaiting sentencing would not be here yet and should be searched through the county jail inmate records instead.

Taylor Correctional Institution Annex Address and Contact

The Annex uses the same campus contact numbers as the parent institution. Address mail and visitor questions to the Annex by name so they reach the right unit.

Visiting Someone at Taylor Correctional Institution Annex

Visiting the Annex follows the statewide Department of Corrections process. A visitor must be approved before a first visit, which means completing the DC6-111A application, required for everyone age 12 or older, and submitting it to the classification department at the inmate's institution. Processing takes about 30 days. After approval, visits are booked through the weekly online scheduling form, open from Monday 5:00 a.m. to Wednesday 5:00 p.m. Eastern, and there are no walk-up visits.

Registration begins at 8:15 a.m., and processing usually stops after 2:00 p.m. unless the duty warden allows otherwise. Visitors 16 and older must show a valid photo ID with a current address, date of birth, and physical description.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Taylor Correctional Institution Annex

State mail rules apply here, not county jail rules. Routine mail is sent to a central scanning facility in Tampa and delivered electronically, while legal and privileged mail still goes to the institution under the state's legal-mail rules. Only USPS mail is accepted, and the state refuses nonstandard packaging.

Properly addressed routine mail is not held more than 72 hours after receipt. Confirm vendor details with the Department of Corrections before sending mail or money.

Reception and Classification at the Annex

An Annex inmate arrives through the state corrections system after a conviction and a prison sentence, not from a street arrest. Reception and classification set custody level, housing, and program placement, and the Annex shares that intake structure with its parent institution. Once a person is in state custody, the county jail roster no longer tracks them, and the statewide offender search becomes the way to follow location and status. The state has confirmed its data does not include county jail or county probation records, so a person awaiting trial in the local jail will not appear in the Annex search until after a conviction and transfer.

Directions and Visitor Notes for the Annex

The Annex shares the parent prison's campus, so the route is the same. The Florida Department of Corrections directions run from Highway 27 to U.S. 98, then west about 3 1/2 miles to County Road 356, then left and south for 6 miles, with the facility on the left. This is the Hampton Springs approach, not the U.S. 27 route to the county jail, so do not mix the two when setting a navigation app. The campus is well outside the center of Perry, so allow extra travel time.

Approved visitors should plan to register at 8:15 a.m. on a Saturday or Sunday and bring the required photo identification. Entry, dress, and search rules are set by the state at the gate, so confirm what is allowed before you arrive. A visit can be denied if the application is incomplete or the visitor's status is not eligible, which makes the approval and scheduling steps worth completing well in advance.

Inmate Population and Records Questions

When the offender search does not answer a question, the Florida Department of Corrections routes inmate population inquiries to its Bureau of Classification and Central Records at (850) 488-9859, and release questions to the Bureau of Admission and Release at (850) 488-9167. The agency warns that its public data can change quickly and may not reflect a person's true current location, status, or release date, so confirm anything time-sensitive. For ongoing custody-status alerts, VINELink can register a person for notifications once a matching Florida record exists. These are state channels, and none of them cover the Taylor County Jail, which keeps its own roster and records custodian for local pre-trial and short-term custody.

About Taylor Correctional Institution Annex

The Annex offers a program slate that overlaps with the main institution but has its own listed emphasis. The Florida Department of Corrections lists academic programs such as Adult Basic Education, Basic Literacy, ESOL, and GED, plus vocational tracks in carpentry, construction, and plumbing technology. Betterment programs include emotional intelligence, financial literacy, peer-to-peer mentoring, practical parenting, substance abuse outpatient and prevention, and chaplaincy services. Chaplaincy and worship options run across many faiths, and re-entry and language-mentoring programs round out the slate. These are state programs for the Annex population and should not be assumed to match the county jail, which publishes no comparable catalog. The Annex stands as its own facility in the state system, so a record, a visit application, and a mail item should each name the Annex rather than the parent institution when that is where the person is housed.

The state contact-an-inmate page sets the central mail, phone, and funds rules used at the Annex.

For the parent prison, see Taylor Correctional Institution, and for pre-trial custody before a state sentence, see the Taylor County Jail.