Search Clay County Jail Inmates

Clay County Jail Roster Overview

The Clay County Sheriff's Office runs the local jail and the public roster behind it. Sheriff Michelle Cook leads the agency, and the Detention Department under Director Joe Bucci runs the Clay County Jail. The roster is a Police-to-Citizen (P2C) catalog hosted by the vendor CentralSquare. It is free. No login was needed to search or to open a result. On June 3, 2026, the public catalog listed 345 people in custody. That count is a snapshot, not a fixed number. Bookings and releases change it through the day.

The roster shows current local custody, not every record tied to a person. It covers people booked into the Clay County Jail and held there before or during their case. It does not cover sentenced state prisoners. A person sent to the Florida Department of Corrections drops off the county roster and shows up in the state locator instead. Federal prisoners and immigration detainees are not tracked here either. For those, the Bureau of Prisons and ICE run their own search tools. Older bookings may also fall off the public catalog, and no official rule states how long a release stays listed.

The roster also gives you the next step after a lookup. Each card carries an arrest date and often a court date, which bridges to the court case once it opens. The booking charge on the roster is not always the final charge a prosecutor files.

How to Use the Clay County Jail Roster

You can reach the roster from any browser. The official catalog lives at the CCSO Police-to-Citizen Inmates Catalog. The portal landing page sits at the P2C home screen, where the sheriff's public lookup modules are listed. You do not need a name to start. The catalog opens to all current results because restricted search is turned off. That means you can browse the full list or filter it down.

A short walkthrough makes the search faster and cuts down on wrong matches.

1. Open the Clay County P2C Inmates Catalog in your browser. The page loads current results right away.
2. Type a last name in the text search bar, or open the advanced filter panel to add first name, middle name, age, charge, arrest date, race, or sex.
3. Run the search. The page shows a result count, such as "345 Found," and a list of cards sorted by arrest date.
4. Open or expand a card to see the booking photo when one exists, plus charges, bond, court date, and booking agency.
5. Confirm the right person using age, race, sex, height, weight, and arrest date before you act on the record.
6. If the person is not listed, call the jail or file a public-records request for the booking record.

The lead-in screenshot below shows what the landing portal looks like before you open the catalog.

The P2C home page links the inmate catalog and other public modules for the sheriff's office. See the Clay County P2C portal home page for the current layout.

From this landing page, the Inmates catalog is the route to current jail custody, while other listed tools cover separate public-safety functions.

Clay County Roster Search Fields

The catalog accepts more than a name. Its search criteria come straight from the sheriff's public P2C system. You can search by charge text, by arrest date, or by basic descriptors. None of the fields is forced, since restricted search is disabled. That lets a user browse without typing every personal detail. Charge search can be useful when you know the offense but not the exact spelling of a name, though charge text uses local abbreviations and may not match what you expect.

Note: The race and sex codes match the official dropdown values, so a "B" filter returns records coded Black or African American, not a partial name.

What a Clay County Inmate Record Shows

Open a card and the roster lays out a booking record, not a full rap sheet. The fields focus on the current jail stay. You will see the person's name, basic descriptors, the arrest date, and the charges that brought them in. Bond and court-date fields help you plan the next step. Some fields exist in the data but stay hidden by the sheriff's settings, so do not expect them on the public card. The table below lists the fields that show and what each one means.

Several fields are present in the system but turned off for the public. The roster does not display a date of birth, a home address, the arresting agency, arrest notes, the holding facility or housing unit, property records, or a release date and reason. So do not expect a pod or cell block on a Clay County card. If you need one of those hidden fields, a public-records request is the route, and even then some data carries a legal exemption. Booking photos for current inmates are covered more fully on the Clay County jail mugshots page.

County, State, and Federal Inmate Records

People mix up the systems constantly, and the wrong tool returns nothing. The Clay County roster covers local custody only. That means pretrial detainees, people awaiting first appearance or transfer, and county-sentenced inmates. Once a person is sentenced to state prison and received by the Florida Department of Corrections, the search moves to the state locator. Federal custody and immigration custody each have their own locator. The table below maps each kind of custody to the right search tool.

No state prison sits inside Clay County, so a sentenced felon will not appear on the county roster after transfer. The FDC offender search uses a DC number or name and shows custody status, current facility, and sentence data. Federal sentenced prisoners show in the BOP locator, and immigration detainees show in ICE ODLS. No current ICE detention facility was found in Clay County. For release alerts across these systems, register a person of interest with Florida VINELink, which can notify you when custody status changes.

Note: A booking charge on the Clay roster reads as PRE-TRIAL until a case resolves, so treat a listed person as accused, not convicted.

Clay County Inmate Records by Other Channels

The roster is the fastest route, but it is not the only one. When the catalog is down, when a name is ambiguous, or when you need a record that the public roster hides, the sheriff's office keeps several backup channels open. You can call, visit in person, or file a public-records request. Florida's public-records law is broad, and the Clay County Sheriff's Office states that a requester may stay anonymous, does not have to write the request, and does not have to say why they want the record.

The main access channels work like this.

• Jail phone for custody questions: call the Clay County Jail at (904) 529-5905 when the roster is unclear or down.
• Non-emergency line for broader help: the CCSO non-emergency number is (904) 264-6512.
• Public-records request: file online through the CCSO GovQA portal, call the Public Records Section at (904) 529-6090, mail a request, or ask in person.
• In person: records can be obtained at the David White Memorial Building at 901 N. Orange Avenue, or any of the three substations.
• State and federal locators: use FDC, BOP, and ICE for custody outside the county jail.
• Release alerts: register with Florida VINELink for custody-change notifications.

The sheriff's public-records page is the local starting point for a request, and it lists the GovQA portal, the records phone, the mailing address, and the in-person options. You can review it on the CCSO public-records request page.

That page routes a booking-record or photo request to the right unit, which matters when the data you need does not appear on the public roster. Mailed requests go to the Clay County Sheriff's Office, Attn: Public Records Section, 901 N. Orange Ave., Green Cove Springs, FL 32043, and the Custodian of Records is Brenda Lombardo.

Is There a Clay County Inmate App

There is no app-only inmate roster for Clay County. The sheriff's office promotes a mobile app called SaferWatch, but it handles tips and public-safety alerts, not custody lookups. The inmate search remains the browser-based P2C catalog. Anyone who wants current jail records should use the catalog or the phone and records channels above. Do not rely on a third-party app or commercial site that claims to mirror the roster, because those are not the official source and may be out of date.

You can learn more about the app on the CCSO SaferWatch page. It is a safety channel, not a substitute for the roster, so keep the inmate lookup separate from it in your mind.

Clay County Jail Facility

Clay County runs one detention facility. The Clay County Jail in Green Cove Springs holds local pretrial and county-sentenced inmates, plus people awaiting first appearance or transfer. The sheriff's office lists it as a 490-bed facility with a staffed medical unit, video visitation, phone access, commissary, programs, exercise, and library privileges. The contact card below carries the jail address and main custody phone.

The jail page from the sheriff's office covers detention leadership and services. The CCSO Jail Information page lists mail, visitation, deposit, and phone rules in one place.

That page is the source for the visitation, mail, and deposit details below, and it is worth checking before you plan a visit or send funds.

Booking and the Clay County Roster

A person arrested in Clay County is taken to the Clay County Jail for intake. During intake, staff identify the person, record name and descriptors, inventory property, take fingerprints and a booking photo, screen for medical and mental-health needs, enter the arrest and charge data, and assign housing. The sheriff's office confirms a jail medical unit led by a registered nurse, with a physician and psychiatrist on staff. The booking data feeds the roster, so a new arrest can appear soon after intake.

Sample records on June 3, 2026 had same-day arrest dates and court dates the next morning. That means the roster can show a person before bond is set. A new booking may read "AWAITING BOND HEARING" with a zero amount, which is not the same as "no bond." After a first appearance, the bond fields may change and a docket number may appear once a case links to the booking. A probation-violation sample already carried a docket number and a no-bond status, which shows why paying money alone will not always free a person.

Clay County Jail Visitation Schedule

Visits at the Clay County Jail are video visits handled through InmateSales and CPC. You can visit remotely from a device or onsite at the visitation center. The onsite center sits behind the jail at 815 N. Palmetto Avenue, which is a separate address from the main jail lobby. A visitor needs a CPC or InmateSales account, a profile photo, and a copy of a driver's license or state ID. Schedule a visit at least 24 hours ahead, and book weekend or Monday visits by Friday at 5 p.m. The schedule table below lists the windows.

All visits, calls, and messages are monitored every day, around the clock. A supervising officer can end a visit for rule violations, and repeat problems can cost a visitor their privileges. Onsite visits are free, while remote visits may carry a fee through InmateSales.

Note: Confirm a person is still in Clay County custody on the roster before you schedule a visit, since a transfer or release can happen before your booked time.

How to Contact a Clay County Inmate

Mail, phone, and video are the main ways to reach someone in the Clay County Jail. Regular inmate mail goes through a third-party processor, so it does not go to the jail itself. Address regular mail to the inmate name and ID number, Clay County Jail, FL, PO Box 76550, Highland Heights, KY 41076. Legal mail, packages, and publications are different. Those still go to the inmate name and ID number, Clay County Jail, 901 North Orange Avenue, Green Cove Springs, FL 32043. Do not send legal mail to the Kentucky box.

Phone service runs through CPC. All calls are monitored and recorded. You can buy phone time at the lobby kiosk, online at InmateSales.com, or by calling 1-877-998-5678. Two options exist: Pin Debit, where the inmate can call any number with available time, and Prepaid, where the inmate can call only the number that bought the talk time. Video visits use the same InmateSales and CPC account described above.

Commissary and Inmate Funds

You can add money to an inmate account, but you cannot hand money or property to an inmate during a visit. The sheriff's office uses Government Payment Service for deposits. You can deposit at the lobby kiosk Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., or by phone at (888) 277-2535, which runs 24 hours. A deposit needs the inmate name, the inmate number, the pay location code #5500, and facility code 23J. The minimum deposit is $25, the maximum is $100, and a 5% service fee applies. Bond is separate from an account deposit, so confirm bond steps with the jail or the clerk.