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Taylor County Jail Overview

The Taylor County Jail is operated by the Taylor County Sheriff's Office at 589 E. US Highway 27 in Perry. The sheriff describes the jail's goal as a secure, safe, and humane setting for staff and inmates while protecting the community. Its page states that the jail holds pre-trial, pre-sentenced, county sentenced, and state sentenced men and women, so a single roster can list people at booking, awaiting court, serving a county term, or held locally on a state matter.

The facility is a county detention center, not a state prison. A Taylor County Commission packet for a jail generator project describes the building at 184 beds and notes the jail houses dozens of sheriff's department employees. The Florida Department of Corrections publishes a monthly average daily population for the jail, which has run well below that bed count in recent reports. Taylor County sits in Florida's Big Bend region, and its justice offices are spread across Perry, so it helps to keep this U.S. 27 jail separate from the sheriff's Jefferson Street office and from the state prison campus west of town.

Taylor County Jail Capacity and Population

The capacity figure in official sources is 184 beds, from the county commission packet. The most recent state report reviewed listed a jail average daily population of 88 in April 2024, with 75.0 percent of that group held pre-trial. Earlier reports show 90 in December 2023 and 102 in November 2023. Compared with 184 beds, those averages sit near half of capacity, though any single day can run higher or lower than the monthly average.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Taylor County Jail

Use the sheriff's own roster, the SmartCOP/CTS "JAIL View" page at jail.taylorsheriff.org. It is free and needs no login, and it covers people in the county jail. Remember the default view shows only the last 24 hours of bookings, so search the fields rather than reading the front page as the full jail.

1. Open the roster at jail.taylorsheriff.org.
2. Search by last name, adding a first name or a booking date range to narrow it.
3. Confirm the entry is a Taylor County Jail booking, shown with a facility of TCSO.
4. Open the booking for the photo, charges, bond, cash-only amount, holds, and housing.

The deeper field-by-field walkthrough lives on the jail inmate records page. If a person has been sentenced to state prison and transferred, the search moves to the Florida Department of Corrections locator instead.

The sheriff's jail information page collects the roster link, visitation, and vendor details in one place.

It is the best first read before you search, because it names the phone, video, messaging, and mail systems the jail uses.

Taylor County Jail Address and Contact

The jail and the sheriff's administrative office are at different addresses, which trips up a lot of visitors. The jail is on U.S. Highway 27, while the records and administrative office is on Jefferson Street.

Visiting Someone at Taylor County Jail

The jail no longer offers in-person visits. All visiting is by video through Securus. Two kiosks sit in the old visitation room in the jail lobby for families without a home computer. The sheriff does not publish a fixed day-by-day schedule, and the roster ties a visitation schedule link to each cell assignment, so availability can depend on housing. Confirm a time through the roster schedule link, Securus, or the jail.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Taylor County Jail

Personal mail is scanned off site, not delivered on paper. It must carry a return name and address and a stamp, and it goes to a Waycross, Georgia processing address, where it is scanned and delivered to the inmate kiosk. Legal mail is handled differently and is accepted at the jail after a thorough search. Money for the canteen runs through Stewart, and messaging runs through a kiosk vendor.

The sheriff's page does not publish deposit fees or limits, so confirm those with the vendor before sending funds.

Booking and Intake at Taylor County Jail

After an arrest by the sheriff, the Perry Police Department, or another agency, the person is taken to the jail for intake. The booking system assigns a booking number and an MNI number, records the booking date and time and the age at booking, takes a booking photo, enters the charges and any holds, and assigns a facility, dorm, pod, and cell once the person is housed. Bond and cash-only totals appear on the record, and a holds table is added when another agency or court has an interest.

The roster does not promise a refresh time, so a brand-new booking may not appear at once, and a person may have limited phone or kiosk access until intake is complete. When timing matters for bond or release, call the jail rather than relying on the page. Booking records that are not online can be requested from the sheriff's records custodian, and a request moves faster when it includes the booking number, the full name, and an approximate booking date.

Records and Public Access at Taylor County Jail

The online roster is not the only channel. For a booking, arrest, or incident record that is not online, the sheriff accepts public-records requests under Florida Chapter 119. You can request in person, by phone, by mail, or by email to the records custodian, and the office says you do not have to give your name as long as it has a way to send the response. Requests are filled Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding holidays, and a large or complex request can take longer or carry a cost for extensive staff or copy time.

One limit is worth planning around. An active report, or one sent to the court for review, may be withheld from anyone but the victim or the victim's representative until the case reaches a disposition or closes. A victim must show identification, and a representative needs written confirmation. A helpful request includes the booking number if known, plus the full name, an approximate booking date, the incident location or date, and a case or offense number. Court charges and case outcomes are kept by the Taylor County Clerk, not the jail, and the path from a booking to those records is covered on the court records after a jail arrest page.

About Taylor County Jail

The jail page is short but practical. It names the phone and video provider, the messaging provider, the canteen vendor, the video-only visitation policy, the lobby kiosks, and the scanned-mail routing. The public roster runs on a SmartCOP/CTS "JAIL View" platform that exposes the last-24-hour booking view, a load-more control, a print option, and a per-charge expander. The roster's housing line can list a facility of TCSO with a dorm, pod, and cell, and a visitation schedule link tied to that assignment. Once a person is sentenced to state prison, custody shifts from this jail to a Florida Department of Corrections facility such as Taylor Correctional Institution.