Look Up Inmates at the Lafayette County Jail

Lafayette County Jail Overview

The Lafayette County Jail is operated by the Lafayette County Sheriff's Office under Sheriff Brian N. Lamb, with corrections led by the jail administrator and Corrections Captain Geoff Condy. It is a local county detention facility, not a state prison, and it serves the whole county, including Mayo and the communities of Day, Cooks Hammock, and Hatchbend. The jail holds people who were recently arrested, those awaiting trial, county prisoners, and people serving short local sentences.

The sheriff's jail page is short on the structural details larger jails publish. No bed capacity, housing-unit diagram, classification system, or inmate phone vendor was located, and the facility does not post an online roster, a booking report, or a mugshot gallery. What is documented is concrete and useful: the jail address, the jail phone line, the inmate mail format, and how to add money to a commissary account. The page should be read as a contact-and-services hub rather than a search portal.

Lafayette County Jail Capacity and Population

Official capacity for the Lafayette County Jail is not published, and the Florida EDR criminal-justice profile lists the June 2020 county jail capacity as NA. The most recent population figures come from the Florida Department of Corrections county detention reports, which listed an average daily population of 3 in February 2025 and 2 in March 2025. No live daily count is published, so those are monthly report figures rather than the number of people in the jail today.

Older figures were higher, with the EDR profile recording an average daily population of 38 in June 2020. Because the county is small, the count swings widely from year to year, and a handful of bookings or releases changes it noticeably.

How to Look Up an Inmate at the Lafayette County Jail

There is no online roster for the Lafayette County Jail, so the way to look someone up is to call the jail. The sheriff FAQ directs anyone wanting to know whether a person is in jail, when they can be visited, or other custody information to call the jail directly. For copies in writing, the sheriff's records office handles public-records requests. If the person has been sentenced to state prison, use the Florida Department of Corrections locator instead, since the county jail does not track sentenced state inmates.

1. Call the Lafayette County Jail at 386-294-4381 to confirm whether the person is in custody.
2. Ask for the booking date, the charges, the bond, and whether any hold blocks release.
3. For written copies, contact the sheriff's records office at 386-294-1222 or file a public-records request.
4. If the person was sentenced to a Florida prison, search the Florida DOC offender database.

The jail inmate records page covers the full access-channel chain in more detail.

Lafayette County Jail Address and Contact

The jail and the sheriff's main office are at separate addresses in the same Mayo government block. The jail is on NW Crawford Street, and the sheriff's administrative and records office is on NW Monroe Avenue. Use the jail line for custody and visitation, and the administrative line for records, public-records requests, and warrant questions.

The Lafayette County Sheriff jail information page is the official source for the jail address, phone, mail format, and commissary deposit options.

Visiting Someone at the Lafayette County Jail

The sheriff does not publish a visitation schedule, approval rules, dress code, or video-visit details for the jail. The FAQ routes visit-timing questions to the jail phone line, so the table reflects that rather than invented hours. Always call before traveling, because a small jail can change visiting arrangements on short notice.

Mail, Phone, and Money at the Lafayette County Jail

Mail and commissary are the jail services with published detail. Mail uses the format Lafayette County Jail, Attention: Inmate's Name, 178 Northwest Crawford Street, Mayo, FL 32066, and all mail is screened before delivery. Commissary deposits are made at the kiosk in the jail lobby or online, with no money orders accepted. The kiosk takes cash, credit, or debit, and the website takes credit or debit. No inmate phone or video vendor was published, so confirm calling arrangements with the jail.

Booking and Intake at the Lafayette County Jail

For a Lafayette arrest, the path runs from arrest or warrant service to transport to the jail, then booking and intake, and then release, bond, continued custody, or transfer. Booking normally creates jail identifiers, an arrest record, a property inventory, and fingerprint and photo records. The sheriff does not publish a step-by-step booking timeline, so the local detail is confirmed by phone. Under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.130, an arrested person who is not released must be brought before a judge within 24 hours, where the charge, rights, and release conditions are addressed.

Public Records and the Sheriff's Office

Booking records, local warrants, and booking photos that are not online all run through the sheriff's public-records process. The sheriff's public-records page says an individual has the right to inspect or copy public records and points to Chapter 119 for any fees. Requests can be made in person, by phone to the records custodian at 386-294-1222, by mail to 231 NW Monroe Avenue, PO Box 227, Mayo, FL 32066, or by email. No request form is published, so a written request needs no special format.

The sheriff's office runs around the clock for law-enforcement response, while administration and records keep weekday business hours. The published services for the office include patrol, criminal investigations, court services, corrections, dispatch, and records, which is why the records office, not the jail desk, handles copies and public-records routing. Keep any records request specific, naming the person, the date, and the exact document you want.

That contact page separates the jail line, the administrative and records line, and the dispatch line, so a custody question, a records request, and a non-emergency call each have their own number.

Local Context for the Lafayette County Jail

Lafayette County was established in 1856 and named for the Marquis de Lafayette, with Mayo serving as the county seat and the only incorporated town. The Suwannee River forms the county's entire eastern boundary, and the sheriff's office serves Mayo along with the communities of Day, Cooks Hammock, and Hatchbend. Because the county is small and rural, the jail is the central local custody point, and there are no separate municipal police lockups identified in the county.

The sheriff's office also honors deputies and sheriffs lost in the line of duty, a reminder that the agency running the jail has deep local roots. These details matter for visitors because the jail, the sheriff's office, and the courthouse all sit close together in Mayo's small government core, which makes an in-person records visit or a warrant check straightforward once you reach town.

About the Lafayette County Jail

The sheriff's jail page says the facility runs activities aimed at rehabilitation and skill development, including educational courses, though it does not name specific programs, so the build does not expand that into a program catalog. The jail sits in the historic core of Mayo, the county seat and only incorporated town, near the courthouse and the sheriff's office. Once a Lafayette defendant is sentenced to a Florida prison term, that person leaves the county jail and transfers into the state system, where the Mayo Correctional Institution Annex is one example of a state prison physically located in the county.