The Columbia County Detention Facility is at 389 NW Quinten Street, Lake City, FL 32055. Jail staff: 386-755-7000. Columbia County Sheriff's Office: 386-752-9212.

VINELink is the inmate search for Columbia, since the sheriff has no lookup online. It shows custody status, and travelers stopped on the interstates can show up here too. Sign up there for release news.

Columbia is in the Third Judicial Circuit. A judge sets terms at first appearance within 24 hours:

• ROR, with no payment.
• Cash for the full bond, refunded when the case wraps up, less costs.
• Bail through a bondsman: 10 percent, $100 minimum each charge, kept as the fee.

Out-of-county warrants or probation holds can stop release. A missed court date leads to arrest. See our Columbia bail guide.

It may have. Lake City's facility on NW Quinten Street takes warrant arrests from Fort White, Five Points and the outlying roads. For the case and the next court date, the clerk's office answers at 386-758-1342. Searching the name on the shared court records portal shows any capias. Deputies at the Sheriff's Office also check names for active warrants, and FDLE's statewide wanted file covers agencies elsewhere. If it's your warrant, a lawyer can set up your surrender at Quinten Street.

The Third Circuit Public Defender handles Columbia cases for people the judge rules indigent. Florida's $50 fee to apply may be waived.

Visits need advance booking, and video is offered. Call 386-755-7000 to confirm times. See visitation and remote visits.

Inmates make outgoing calls only, paid from a family's prepaid account. See calls, messages and tablets.

Funds pay for commissary such as chips, soap and stamps. Use approved deposit methods. Read money and commissary.

List the full name and booking number over the Quinten Street address. No stickers, glitter or scent. More in our mail guide.

Columbia teens under 18 go to juvenile court. Held youth are usually taken to the Alachua Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Gainesville, 352-955-2105, for a hearing within 24 hours. Parents can call 386-752-9212.

Tell the facility at 386-755-7000 about medications, seizures, diabetes or suicide risk.

The U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, hears Columbia's federal cases in its Jacksonville division, 300 N. Hogan St., Jacksonville, FL 32202.

An initial appearance before a magistrate comes first; a detention hearing decides custody, with no preset bail. The U.S. Marshals (904-301-6670) may keep the person in a county facility. Post-sentence, use the BOP website.

• Fingerprints from Lake City booking go through DHS checks.
• ICE may then file an I-247A.
• Columbia may hold a person at ICE's request up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
• F.S. 908.105 has the bond judge told, the detainer filed, and the prosecutor notified.
• F.S. 907.041 keeps unauthorized aliens charged with forcible felonies jailed until first appearance, then applies a rebuttable presumption of detention.
• F.S. 908.11 requires 287(g) agreements; Columbia's are Task Force Model and Warrant Service Officer.
• Lake City families can search ICE's locator or call the Miami field office, 2805 SW 145th Ave., Miramar, FL 33027, 954-843-5800.

The sentenced person stays at Quinten Street until FDC picks them up, then goes through a reception center for classification. Check the FDC site and our Florida prisons list.

Make a records request to the Columbia County Sheriff's Office, 386-752-9212. Most booking photos are public; F.S. 119.071 shields some.

ICE photos need ICE FOIA. Federal ones aren't public unless the Marshals use one for a fugitive.

• Lake City Police Department: 386-719-2005
• Columbia County Sheriff's Office: 386-752-9212

For emergencies, dial 911.