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Nassau County Jail & Detention Center Overview

The Nassau County Jail & Detention Center sits in Yulee, the county's government and justice-center area. It is operated by the Nassau County Sheriff's Office Division of Corrections, not by the state. The division runs intake, housing, medical screening, property storage, cell assignment, commissary, mail, telephones, and video visitation. It is an adult facility. Juveniles from Nassau County are held under a separate state system at the Duval Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Jacksonville, not at the county jail.

The people booked here include adults arrested anywhere in Nassau County. The jail holds pretrial detainees who are waiting for first appearance or case resolution. It also holds sentenced misdemeanants serving short county time, plus people awaiting transfer, extradition, purge payment, bond, or final release processing. Once a person is sentenced to state prison on a felony, custody shifts to the Florida Department of Corrections. From that point you track the inmate through the state offender locator rather than the county roster.

Nassau County Jail Capacity and Population

The sheriff's public pages do not publish a rated bed count for the jail, so the rated capacity is listed as not published below. The Florida Department of Corrections does report the jail's population. In its County Detention Facilities report for October 2025, the FDC listed the Nassau County Jail average daily population at 249. That figure is shown as the current population stat here, labeled to its source month.

The same report shows how pretrial-heavy the jail is. Of the October 2025 average, 164 inmates were felony pretrial and 33 were misdemeanor pretrial, a combined pretrial share of 79.1 percent. About four in five listed inmates were awaiting case resolution rather than serving a final local sentence. Measured against a county population of 103,990, the jail's incarceration rate was 2.4 per 1,000 residents, slightly above the statewide county-detention rate. Do not rely on any third-party bed-count figure for capacity, since no official source published one.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Nassau County Jail

Current custody for a recent Nassau County arrest is searched through the sheriff's own roster. The Nassau County Sheriff's Office links its New World inmate inquiry portal as the official county inmate search. The sheriff states that the system shows current in-custody status and bond information. The portal was not inspectable during research because of a web application firewall, so follow the field labels shown on the official page rather than expecting a fixed last-name-only form. If the search is unavailable or a brand-new arrest has not posted yet, call the booking desk for help.

The roster covers local jail custody only. A felony offender sentenced to state prison is found through the Florida Department of Corrections, not the county search. Use the steps below to start with the right system.

1. Open the official NCSO inmate search and follow the search fields shown on the page.
2. Search by the person's name, using the exact spelling from the arrest notice if you have it.
3. Confirm the result is a current Nassau County Jail booking, then check the listed in-custody status and bond.
4. If the online search fails or the person was just arrested, call the booking desk at 904-548-4006, since intake and identification clearance must finish before a record is final.

The Official Nassau County Inmate Search

The sheriff's roster is the single official channel for current county custody, and you can reach it directly through the NCSO inmate search portal.

Because the portal confirms current in-custody status and bond information, it is the fastest way to learn whether a person is still held at the jail and what it would take to post bond. When the portal is down, the booking desk and a public-records request through NCSO Records remain the backup channels.

Nassau County Jail Address and Contact

The jail and its mail drop box use the Nicholas Cutinha Road address in Yulee. The sheriff's headquarters and public records counter use a separate address on Citizens Circle. For inmate processing and bond questions, the booking desk is the right line. The medical unit handles inmate health-care questions, the records department handles public-records help, and the non-emergency line routes general calls.

Visiting Someone at Nassau County Jail

Friends and family visit by video, not by normal in-person contact visits. Visitors must set up an account with GettingOut, then pre-register and schedule the visit online. Video visitation runs on weekdays in two daytime blocks. Private attorneys and public defenders may visit at any time, which is separate from the family video schedule. Children of any age may take part when an adult is with them. Visits can be denied for safety or security reasons, a no-contact order, an injunction, a victim relationship, or another legal bar.

Dress and behavior rules apply during video calls. Transparent or tight clothing, headwear, shorts, and clothing that reveals the back, stomach, breasts, or buttocks are not allowed. Staff who monitor the calls decide whether attire is acceptable. Loud, obscene, or disruptive conduct can end a call, and an inmate can lose video visitation privileges for up to 90 days. Bringing contraband into a detention facility is treated as a third-degree felony under Florida Statutes section 951.22.

For help with an account or a scheduled visit, GettingOut customer service is 1-866-516-0115. Confirm your visit and the inmate's eligibility before you travel, since custody status can change.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Nassau County Jail

Regular mail is handled through a vendor, not delivered as paper at the jail. Family and friends send letters to the GTL drop box, where staff inspect them for contraband under jail standards and then scan them into the inmate tablet system. Non-legal envelopes sent straight to the jail are returned to sender unopened. Legal mail from attorneys, courts, and public officials is accepted at the jail. Address regular mail with the inmate's name and number, then the jail address.

Phones in the housing areas allow collect calls, except for calls to the public defender. Service is provided through GTL and ConnectNetwork, with customer service at 1-877-650-4249. Inmates cannot receive incoming calls. Commissary is supplied by Keefe, with deposits taken at the lobby kiosk, by phone to Keefe at 1-866-345-1884, or online through Access Corrections, and orders delivered weekly. The sheriff's pages do not publish the service fees charged by these vendors, so fees are not listed here.

Note: Because vendor service charges are not posted on the official jail pages, confirm any fee with GettingOut, GTL, or Keefe before you pay.

Bond, Purge, and Holds at Nassau County Jail

The roster shows bond information, but posting bond follows specific rules at the jail. A cash bond is paid in the full bond amount at the public reception area. Despite the name, the jail does not take cash or credit cards for it. Payment must be a certified or cashier's check drawn on a local bank and subject to verification, or a money order, made payable to the Nassau County Clerk of Courts. A bonding agency can post a surety bond instead. Deputies are not allowed to recommend a bondsman, so families choose one on their own.

A purge applies when a person is held on a civil matter such as a writ of attachment and a judge sets an amount that must be paid for release. A purge is paid the same way as a cash bond, by certified or cashier's check or money order, but the payee is the Nassau County Sheriff's Office rather than the Clerk. Some holds prevent release no matter what is paid. A failure-to-appear warrant, an out-of-county or extradition hold, or a state or federal detainer can keep a person in custody until that matter is resolved.

Booking and Intake at Nassau County Jail

Booking starts at the jail's booking desk after an arrest in Nassau County. Before a person is considered for release or visitation, the jail completes a set sequence. The sheriff says intake processing and identification clearance are finished as soon as possible, but no fixed number of hours is promised.

1. Arrest by NCSO or another agency, then transport to the jail booking desk.
2. Property inventory, where money and personal items are logged for custody and later release.
3. Booking, where identifying details and arrest paperwork are processed.
4. Medical screening for immediate health, chronic-condition, medication, mental-health, or dental needs.
5. Identification clearance, then cell assignment to housing.

A very recent booking may not appear online right away because these steps come first. When that happens, the booking desk at 904-548-4006 is the fastest way to confirm custody. For older booking records or reports that are not online, NCSO Records handles public-records requests, and giving a case number, date and time, location, deputy name, and involved names helps speed the request.

Programs and Health Care at Nassau County Jail

The Division of Corrections offers several education and reentry programs. The sheriff's Corrections page lists GED preparation and testing, substance-abuse recovery groups, Parenting 101, InsideOut Dad, faith-based reentry mentoring, and chaplain services. These programs aim to support people in custody and ease the return to the community after release.

Health care is provided on site. Inmates have a right to medical care, and the jail offers medical, emergency dental, and mental-health services, with referrals to outside agencies when needed. If a person has a chronic condition, families are asked to provide the condition details, prescribed medications, the doctor or clinic name, address, and phone, and the pharmacy name, address, and phone, so treatment can continue. The jail environment changes diet, exercise, and stress, which can affect medication choices. Medical questions go to the medical unit at 904-548-4043. For more on roster fields and the full search process, the jail inmate records page covers each access channel in detail.