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Levy County Detention Bureau Overview

The Levy County Detention Bureau is operated by the Levy County Sheriff's Office at the sheriff's campus in Bronson. It is the county's only active detention facility. The sheriff's office describes the bureau's job as safe, secure, and humane detention, proper care and supervision of people in custody, and help with re-entry into the community. It holds pretrial detainees, people on short local sentences, and people held on warrants or holds for other agencies. There is no separate work-release annex, city jail, or state prison in Levy County.

The bureau operates under the sheriff and command staff. The detention command listing names Captain Todd Horne as Detention Bureau Commander, Lieutenant Paul Johnson as Chief of Security, and Lieutenant Zachary Hinkofer as Support Services Commander. The sheriff's office is accredited by the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation.

Who Is Held at the Levy County Detention Bureau

Most people here are waiting on a court date. The jail's main job is pretrial custody, so it holds people who were arrested and have not yet had their cases resolved. A smaller group serves short local sentences on misdemeanor or county matters. Others are held on a warrant, a detainer, or a hold for another agency, which can keep a person in custody even when a local bond is otherwise handled.

People arrive here from across the county. An arrest may be made by the Levy County Sheriff's Office or by a city police department such as Cedar Key, Chiefland, or Williston, and the person is brought to the Detention Bureau when local custody is required. None of those cities runs its own jail roster, so they act as arresting and transfer agencies. Once a defendant is sentenced to state prison, that person leaves the Detention Bureau for the Florida Department of Corrections and no longer appears on the county roster.

Levy County Detention Bureau Capacity and Population

The sheriff's office lists a maximum capacity of 304 inmates for the Detention Bureau. The day-to-day count is far lower. Florida Department of Corrections county detention reports placed Levy's average daily population at 173 in both February and April 2024, and the Florida Legislature's EDR profile recorded the same 173 figure in June 2020. That puts the jail near 57 percent of its published maximum.

Note: The 304 figure is the sheriff's published maximum capacity, and 173 is an average daily population from official state reports, not a live head count for any single day.

How to Look Up an Inmate at the Levy County Detention Bureau

Current inmates at the Detention Bureau are searched on the county jail roster, run on JailTracker and linked from the sheriff's Detention Bureau page. The roster is free and needs no account. A name is enough to begin. For step-by-step roster help and a full field breakdown, see Levy County jail inmate records.

1. Open the Levy County JailTracker roster.
2. Search by last name, then add first or middle name to narrow the list.
3. Confirm the booking date and agency to make sure you have the right person.
4. Open the record for charges, bond, court time, and any holds.

If the person is not on the roster, call the Detention Bureau, file a records request, or check the state, federal, and immigration locators for custody outside the county jail.

Levy County Detention Bureau Address and Contact

The jail shares the sheriff's campus address in Bronson. The sheriff's office separates the jail phone line from the main administration line, which helps when you have a question about an inmate rather than general law enforcement.

Visiting Someone at the Levy County Detention Bureau

Visits here are remote only. The sheriff's office states that remote visits are the only visits allowed at this time and for the foreseeable future, scheduled through the jail's SmartJailMail and SmartInmate service. Any internet-connected device works. Each visit runs 15 or 30 minutes, and all visits are recorded and monitored. A visitor must provide a self-portrait and a valid photo ID with a matching name and address, and no one under age 16 may visit.

The sheriff's office also publishes firm visit rules and a dress code that apply to every remote session.

• No one under age 16 may visit, and a visitor may see only one inmate per day.
• Anyone not on the inmate's visitation list will not be allowed.
• Anyone under a court no-contact order with the inmate cannot visit.
• Anyone jailed at Levy County within the last six months cannot visit.
• Profanity, abusive language, or disruptive behavior can permanently end the visit.

The dress code bars short skirts or shorts above the knee, tank tops, hats or do-rags, see-through clothing, and any image or language that is profane or illegal. Shirts must have sleeves and cover the torso, and shoes are required.

Mail, Phone, and Money at the Levy County Detention Bureau

Mail at this jail is scanned, not delivered as paper. Regular inmate mail goes to the Smart Communications MailGuard address in Pinellas Park, where it is scanned for viewing on facility kiosks. Legal mail, court documents, bank statements, and publications are the exception and go to the Detention Bureau PO Box in Bronson instead. Phone, messaging, and video visits run through SmartInmate, and money for an inmate's trust account is deposited through Access Corrections.

The jail's phone, messaging, and video service is provided through SmartInmate.

The same vendor handles trust deposits and electronic photo delivery alongside the MailGuard scanning service.

Booking and Intake at the Levy County Detention Bureau

People arrested in Levy County by the sheriff's office or a city police department are brought here for booking when local custody is required. Intake creates an arrest-number record and logs the agency, name, and booking date and time. Standard steps include identity confirmation, a security search, fingerprints and a photo, a medical screening, and classification. Under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.130, a person not already released must see a judge within 24 hours, which is the move from booking into court oversight and bond review. Charges entered at booking are arrest charges and can change once the State Attorney decides what to file.

Public Records and Records Requests

When something is not on the roster, the sheriff's office handles it through a public records request. This is the route for an older booking record, an incident report, or a booking photo that the roster does not show. The sheriff's office runs the process online and advises describing the record when you do not know its exact name, such as a booking report, arrest report, or jail record.

Submit the request through the sheriff's NextRequest portal and keep it specific. Include the person's name, the Levy County Detention Bureau, the booking date, and whether you want a current or historical record. The office advises against putting sensitive personal data, such as a Social Security number, into the request. Once a court case is filed, the Clerk of Court may be the better custodian for charge and docket records than the sheriff's office.

About the Levy County Detention Bureau

The bureau runs some unusual operating details worth knowing before a visit or deposit. The sheriff's office describes the facility as non-smoking, with no inmate access to televisions or newspapers. It employs licensed medical staff, with the medical facility open ten hours a day, seven days a week, and outside physician services under monthly contract. Specific programs, a handbook, and grievance steps were not published in the official pages reviewed, and the sheriff's office maintains a PREA page within its detention navigation.