Alachua County Inmate Population and Jail Roster Lookup

The Alachua County Inmate Population

The adult inmate population in Alachua County sits in one main building, the Alachua County Sheriff's Office Department of the Jail at 3333 NE 39th Avenue in Gainesville. The Florida Department of Corrections counted an average daily population of 906 there in its June 2025 county detention report, near 1.66 percent of the statewide county jail count of 54,564. The Alachua County Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff Chad D. Scott, operates the jail and reports its own yearly figures. Most people in the jail have not been convicted. The county roster is the public window into that group, while sentenced felons are counted separately by the state prison system.

The count rises and falls with daily arrests, first-appearance and bond rulings, sentencing, and transfers to state prison. A booking adds a person within a few hours. A bond payment, a dismissal, or a move into Florida Department of Corrections custody takes one out. Because the figures are monthly averages rather than a live headcount, the number you see on any single day can differ from the reported average daily population.

Alachua County Inmate Population Statistics

The headline numbers come from two sourced places: the sheriff's annual reports and the Florida Department of Corrections county detention reports. The jail page describes a 1,148-bed, 314,000-square-foot building, while annual reporting uses a design capacity of 970 and a maximum operating capacity of 1,140. The most recent full-year average daily population the sheriff published was 889 for 2024.

The table below pulls the most reliable sourced measures together. Each figure carries its source and year so the data can be checked against the original report through the ACSO annual reports index.

The U.S. Census QuickFacts page puts the county population near 290,028 as of July 2025, which is the denominator behind that incarceration rate.

Alachua County Inmate Population Trends

Across several years the average daily population has climbed from a COVID-era low. The sheriff reported 680 in 2020, 838 in 2023, and 889 in 2024. State county-detention reporting then showed 880 in January 2025, 886 in February 2025, and 906 in June 2025. One month stands apart: the state March 2025 report listed 553, far below the months on either side, so it should be treated as a figure to verify rather than a clean trend point.

The longer arc is a slow rise back toward design capacity. Booking volume grew too, from 5,273 in 2020 to 6,176 in 2024.

Note: the June 2025 average of 906 ran above the full-year 2024 average, a sign the count has edged up rather than settled.

Who Makes Up the Alachua County Inmate Population

Most of the people held are waiting for their cases to resolve, not serving sentences. The Florida Department of Corrections June 2025 report counted 627 felony pretrial and 51 misdemeanor pretrial detainees, a combined pretrial share of 74.8 percent. The sheriff's facility holds adult men and women, and county sentences there top out at one year. Detailed jail breakdowns by race and age are not published in the official local sources, so only the categories below can be sourced.

• Pretrial vs sentenced - About three of every four people held are pretrial, per the state June 2025 county report.
• Felony vs misdemeanor - Felony pretrial detainees far outnumber misdemeanor ones, 627 to 51 in that report.
• Male and female - The jail is built for adult male and female inmates, with separate housing and infirmary units.
• Holds and detainers - Some are kept on warrants, other-agency detainers, or no-bond status even when a bond is otherwise possible.

You can read more about the county's residents on the Census QuickFacts page for Alachua County, which reports a 2025 estimate of 290,028 residents, a median household income of $61,949, and a poverty rate of 22.9 percent.

That same page is shown below.

The county headcount on that page is the base used to turn a raw jail population into the per-1,000 incarceration rate the state reports.

Alachua County Jail Capacity and Overcrowding

Capacity in Alachua County depends on which number you use. The public jail page frames the building as 1,148 beds with an optimum housed population of 975. Annual reporting uses a design capacity of 970 and a maximum operating capacity of 1,140. Measured against the 970 design figure, the June 2025 average of 906 ran about 64 below capacity. Measured against the 1,140 maximum, it ran roughly 234 below. The jail has not reported a sustained overcrowding crisis in its recent annual reports, though daily peaks can run higher than a monthly average.

The county has framed the jail's future around programs and reentry rather than new construction. A September 2025 county feature said the County Commission has contracted with the sheriff for nearly three decades to run the jail, with the county funding maintenance, programming, and staffing.

Laws Governing the Alachua County Inmate Population

Florida law is the reason this data is open at all. Chapter 119 sets the baseline that state, county, and city records are public unless an exemption applies, which is why a jail roster and booking information can be searched by anyone. A separate chapter sets the standards every county jail must meet, and the Florida Model Jail Standards spell out the operating rules and inspections. The statutes below carry the core points, each in plain English.

Exemptions still apply. Active investigative information and certain victim or personnel data can be withheld under the records law, so not every detail about every inmate appears online.

Alachua County and the State Prison Population

When a person is sentenced to state prison, they leave the county count and join the Florida Department of Corrections population. A state compliance report listed 663 Alachua County commitments to prison in 2024-2025, about 2.4 percent of the statewide total and the 15th highest county. Statewide, Florida held 85,174 prisoners as of June 30, 2023. Two state corrections settings sit inside Gainesville, the Gainesville Work Camp and the Bridges of Santa Fe Community Release Center, and people there are searched through the state system rather than the county roster. The Florida Department of Corrections inmate population search is the right tool for anyone serving a state sentence.

How to Search the Alachua County Inmate Population

The sheriff hosts a current-inmate search through an outside portal. The path starts at the ACSO inmate search page, which links to the public lookup at asosite.alachuasheriff.org. The official instructions say you can enter a last name, a first name, or a booking number, that incomplete entries are allowed, and that the search is not case sensitive. There is also a view-all option that returns every current inmate, though it can take a few minutes to load.

You only need a name to begin. A booking number narrows the result when a name is common.

1. Open the sheriff's inmate search page, not a third-party mugshot site.
2. Follow the official link to the lookup at asosite.alachuasheriff.org.
3. Enter any mix of last name, first name, or booking number; a partial last name returns broader results.
4. Open the linked name to view the profile, then click the plus icons to expand case, bond, and charge detail.
5. If the person was sentenced and moved to prison, search the state corrections locator instead.

The lookup form on the public inmate lookup portal is shown below.

The simple form is the front door to the live county roster, and the same fields drive both a single-name search and the full view-all list.

Current Inmate Lookup in Alachua County

The county portal covers people held in the jail right now. The sheriff's official text describes it as a tool to see whether a person is currently an inmate in the Alachua County Jail, so it is not a history database. A list result shows last name, first name, full name, booking date, race, sex, age, pod, and arrest agency. Opening a profile reveals the case and charge rows. No login or fee was observed on the public portal.

Past and Released Inmate Records

The county lookup is built for current custody, so a released person may drop off the public list. The sheriff does not publish how long a released name stays visible or a separate archive of old bookings, so the reliable route for a past record is a public-records request. The Alachua County Sheriff's Office accepts requests online through its JustFOIA portal, in person at the records window, and by phone, with fees that begin at 20 pages or more than 15 minutes of staff time. A sentenced person who moved to state prison will instead appear in the state corrections locator, not the county roster.

What an Alachua County Inmate Record Shows

A profile is layered. The top row carries identity and custody basics, a case row sits under it, and a charge row sits under that. Readers click plus icons to expand each layer and reach the court case number, bond amount, status, statute, and charge description. The table lists the main fields a profile returns.

County Jail vs. State Prison: Where to Look

The single most common mistake is searching the wrong system. The county jail holds pretrial detainees and people serving up to one year locally, and they appear on the sheriff's roster. Sentenced felons are moved into state prison and tracked by the Florida Department of Corrections in a separate locator. The county roster may no longer show a person once they transfer.

State and Federal Inmate Search

Each custody type has its own locator, and each covers a different slice of the population. The Florida Department of Corrections inmate population search covers felons sentenced to state prison or supervision, refreshed weekly with nightly updates to release dates and locations. The federal Bureau of Prisons locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to the present. The ICE Online Detainee Locator covers people in immigration custody. For movement alerts on a state inmate, VINELink is the Florida notification channel, though live county jail coverage there should be confirmed.

None of these federal systems map to a facility in Alachua County. No Bureau of Prisons prison and no ICE detention center was located in the county, so a federal search points to facilities elsewhere.

Alachua County Detention Facilities

Five facilities sit in or near Gainesville, and they cluster so tightly along NE 39th Avenue that their names are easy to confuse. Only the first is the adult county jail; the rest are state corrections or juvenile settings with their own lookup systems.

• Alachua County Sheriff's Office Department of the Jail - The adult county jail for pretrial detainees and county-sentenced inmates.
• Gainesville Work Camp - A state work camp for sentenced male prisoners on community work squads.
• Bridges of Santa Fe Community Release Center - A state contract reentry center for male community-release residents.
• Alachua Regional Juvenile Detention Center - A state juvenile-justice center for youth detained before placement.
• Alachua Academy - A state residential program for female youth ages 12 to 18.

Alachua County Inmate Population FAQ

How big is the Alachua County inmate population?

The Florida Department of Corrections reported an average daily population of 906 in June 2025, and the sheriff reported a full-year average of 889 for 2024. The jail is built for a design capacity of 970 and a maximum operating capacity of 1,140, so recent averages have run below capacity.

How do I search the Alachua County inmate population?

Start at the sheriff's inmate search page and follow the official link to the public lookup at asosite.alachuasheriff.org. Enter a last name, first name, or booking number, or use the view-all option to see every current inmate. The search is not case sensitive and accepts partial names.

Can I look up a released or past inmate?

The county portal is built for current custody, so a released name may not appear. For a past booking record, file a public-records request with the sheriff online, in person, or by phone. A person who was sentenced to state prison will appear in the Florida Department of Corrections locator instead.

Is the county jail the same as the Gainesville Work Camp?

No. The Gainesville Work Camp and the Bridges of Santa Fe Community Release Center are state corrections settings for sentenced inmates, searched through the state system. The county jail holds pretrial detainees and people serving up to a year locally.