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Putnam County Jail Overview

The Putnam County Jail is operated by the Putnam County Sheriff's Office at 130 Orie Griffin Blvd in Palatka. It is the receiving facility for local arrests across the county. When a deputy, a Palatka or Crescent City officer, or another agency arrests a person in Putnam County, that person is usually booked here. The jail holds pre-trial detainees who are waiting for court, locally sentenced inmates who are serving misdemeanor time, and people on a hold pending a court date, bond, release, or transfer to another agency. Pre-trial means a person has not yet been tried on the charge. The roster is the first place to check for a new county booking.

Major Clayton Silva serves as Director of Corrections and oversees jail operations, inmate well-being, transportation, and medical needs. The sheriff's office divisions page describes the detention and corrections side of the agency and how it serves people who are convicted or awaiting trial. The detention and records units are part of the broader Putnam County Sheriff's Office structure under Sheriff Homer "Gator" DeLoach III. A current rated bed capacity for the Putnam County Jail is not published in official county online sources, so this page does not state one. The sheriff's site also did not post a housing-unit map, construction year, or lobby hours during research.

The sheriff's office maintains a public page that explains the agency's law enforcement and corrections divisions. You can review the Putnam County Sheriff detention and corrections divisions to see how the jail fits into the agency.

That divisions overview confirms the sheriff runs the detention side of the county and names the corrections leadership that manages day-to-day life at the Putnam County Jail.

Putnam County Jail Capacity and Population

Official county sources did not publish a current rated capacity or a clean daily population dashboard for the Putnam County Jail during research. To give a sourced figure, this page uses the Jail Data Initiative, an independent research project that tracks county jail populations. Its public dataset listed the Putnam County jail population at 361 on June 1, 2026. The same dataset put the 2025 average daily population at 381.2. Average daily population is the mean number of people held across the year. Rated capacity stays marked as not published, since no official county number was found and no figure should be invented.

You can review the methodology and dashboard on the Jail Data Initiative project page. The figures below come from that source and reflect the dates listed.

How to Look Up an Inmate at the Putnam County Jail

The county runs a free public roster on SmartWEB, branded as JAIL View. It needs no login. When you open it without a search, the page shows a BOOKED Last 24 Hours list, which helps when a person was just arrested and you have no booking number. You can search by name, narrow by booking date, and choose whether to see current inmates, released inmates, or both. Start with the Putnam County SmartWEB jail roster for any recent county booking.

1. Open the SmartWEB Jail View roster. With no search entered, scan the BOOKED Last 24 Hours list first for a brand-new arrest.
2. Enter the Last Name, and add a First Name or Middle Name if several people share a surname. Use Begin and End Booking Date in MM/DD/YYYY form to narrow a window.
3. Set Search For to Current Inmates Only, Released Inmates Only, or Both Current And Released. The release-date fields appear once you pick a released mode.
4. Open the matching profile to read the booking number, photo, status, bond amount, and the charge table with statute and court case number.

If the person is not on the roster yet, a booking may still be processing, so call the sheriff's office before deciding they are not in custody. For records that are not online, use the sheriff's public records page to request booking documents. To track custody status across systems, register with VINELink. After a person is sentenced to state prison, check the Florida Department of Corrections inmate search instead of the county roster.

County Jail Custody vs State and Federal Custody

Readers often confuse three custody systems. The Putnam County Jail roster covers people in county custody, mostly pre-trial detainees and locally sentenced inmates. Once a person is sentenced to a Florida state prison, they leave the county roster and appear in the Florida Department of Corrections system. People in federal or immigration custody use different locators entirely. Knowing which system holds a person tells you which tool to use.

The county has both a local jail and a state prison inside its borders, which makes this split important here. Once sentenced, inmates transfer from the Putnam County Jail to a Florida DOC prison such as Putnam Correctional Institution in East Palatka, which uses the state locator rather than the county roster.

Pre-trial detainee

A person held before trial, listed on the county jail roster, not yet found guilty.

Locally sentenced inmate

A person serving a short county sentence, still on the county roster.

State prisoner

A person committed to the Florida Department of Corrections, found on the FDC locator, not the county roster.

Hold or detainer

A request by another agency that may block release even if local bond is paid.

For federal prisoners, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator. For immigration custody, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator. Neither one uses the county roster, and federal systems do not publish booking photos the way the county roster does.

Putnam County Jail Address and Contact

The jail and the sheriff's office share the Orie Griffin Blvd address in Palatka. Do not confuse it with the courthouse or clerk address. The main phone line reaches the agency, and a family medical email lets relatives pass health information to jail medical staff. That email is not an emergency line and is not for custody questions.

Use the email above only to send prescription, allergy, primary-care physician, or mental-health information to medical staff. For booking records, incident reports, or background checks that are not online, the Putnam County Sheriff's public records page is the official fallback channel.

Visiting Someone at the Putnam County Jail

The Putnam County Jail uses video visitation, not a walk-up window. The sheriff contracted with Smart Communications to place kiosks in housing units. There are two paths. Remote video visits run from a personal computer after the visitor sets up a Smart Jail Mail account. Video on demand is inmate-initiated, and the receiving end must answer the call within three minutes. Visits run 15 or 30 minutes, and remote video lists a cost of $0.10 per minute. Every visit is monitored and recorded. The director of corrections or a designee can deny a visit to protect safety or order.

Visiting windows run seven days a week. Minor children age 17 and under must be with a parent or legal guardian and cannot be left unattended at the facility. The dress code bars see-through or revealing clothing and visible underwear. Loud, disruptive, obscene, or under-the-influence conduct can end a visit. The full rules sit on the sheriff's offender-family resources page.

The visiting overview, mail rules, and money options all live in one place on the official family page. The Putnam County Jail offender-family resources page is the source for the schedule and the deposit details below.

That page lays out the video visit setup, the scanned-mail process, the canteen account, and the medical contact in a single official reference.

Mail, Phone, and Money at the Putnam County Jail

Regular mail does not go to the jail. The Putnam County Jail uses Smart Communications, which scans postal mail and posts it to inmates on kiosks. The original document is destroyed after scanning, so send copies only and never mail an original birth certificate, Social Security card, or photo you need back. Print the inmate first name, last name, and inmate ID number on the outside, or the mail may be returned. On release, an inmate can log in at SmartJailMail.com and download photos, messages, and mail free for up to 30 days. Legal mail is handled differently and goes to the jail address itself.

Money for the inmate account runs through several channels, called Inmate Canteen Services on the sheriff page. A money order hand-delivered to the Corrections Division lobby carries no fee. The jail lobby cash kiosk charges $1. Online deposits run through ConnectNetwork on a tiered fee schedule. Care packages can be ordered through iCare Gifts. Smart Communications customer care answers at 888-843-1972 from 7 a.m. to midnight Eastern, seven days a week.

After release, the jail may charge fees to offset the cost of custody, such as a booking fee, housing fee, and medical fees. PCSO contracted with Advent Financial Systems and Pay My Jailer for billing. If a balance stays unpaid 14 days after release, the person gets a notice and can pay at payafee.net.

Booking and Intake at the Putnam County Jail

A local arrest follows a set path into the Putnam County Jail. The arresting agency transports the person, and staff confirm identity and check for local, state, or federal holds. Property is inventoried and stored. The jail takes a booking photo and fingerprints, then enters the arrest charges with statute references and any court case number. Bond appears as an amount, as per-charge rows, or as NO BOND. A medical and mental-health screen follows, and the person is classified for housing. The case then moves toward a first appearance, the early hearing where a judge reviews bond and detention.

The public roster shows much of this once processing is done. It lists the booking number, booking date and time, status such as In Jail, bond, the address given, and the charge table. Florida law also requires fingerprint and arrest reporting through state criminal-justice systems, which you can read in Florida Statutes section 943.051. County jail standards and inmate health care fall under Florida Statutes section 951.23, which sets minimum standards for county detention facilities.

Bond and Release at the Putnam County Jail

The roster can show a total bond and per-charge bond rows. Some charges show NO BOND, which means a court must act before release is possible. Florida law defines the bond types and governs pre-trial release. Cash bond is money paid directly. Surety bond is posted by a licensed bail agent for a fee. Own-recognizance release lets a person go on a promise to appear, with no money posted. A hold or detainer can block release even when bond is paid.

Official county pages did not post a bond-desk payment table or hours, so call the jail before traveling to confirm the current bond, the accepted payment method, and whether any hold applies. The bond and pre-trial rules sit in Florida Statutes section 903.011 and Florida Statutes section 907.041. Posting bond ends custody for that charge but does not close the case, and a missed court date can trigger a new warrant and booking.

Programs and Conditions at the Putnam County Jail

The Putnam County Jail runs a steady program list under the corrections division. Faith-based and recovery options meet through the week, and several behavioral-health programs come from Stewart-Marchman-Act Behavioral Healthcare. Education and re-entry help round out the schedule. Major Clayton Silva, the Director of Corrections, oversees the well-being side of the facility along with operations, transport, and medical needs. Families with urgent health information can email jail medical staff at the address listed earlier on this page.

• AA and NA meetings on Sundays at 9:30 a.m., plus Celebrate Recovery for faith-based recovery.
• Bible Study on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 p.m., and a Church program on Saturdays at 10 a.m.
• Re-entry resources on Wednesdays for jobs, clothing, food, and state program help.
• GED help for inmates under 21 who are sentenced to at least three months in county jail.
• Mental Health programming on Wednesdays from 2 to 4 p.m. for life and coping skills.
• Parenting, Batterers Intervention, and Substance Abuse programs through Stewart-Marchman-Act.

The sheriff also names Patients Not Prisoners, a nonprofit that supports families of incarcerated people living with mental illness. All of these program details come from the official offender-family resources page. A publicly posted grievance procedure was not found online, so inmates should use the jail's internal process, and family members can use the public-records channel for non-emergency documentation.