The Liberty County Jail is in Bristol, FL 32321. Call 850-643-2235 for the jail and the Liberty County Sheriff's Office, which share a number, and ask for the mailing address before you write.

VINELink is how to look up a Liberty inmate online, but with so few inmates a phone call to 850-643-2235 is often fastest. It offers release alerts as well.

Liberty is in the Second Judicial Circuit. A judge holds first appearance within 24 hours and may set:

• ROR, no cash needed.
• A cash bond, paid in full and returned after the case less costs.
• A surety bond: 10 percent to the bondsman, $100 at least per charge, kept.

Gadsden, Calhoun or probation holds can block release. Miss a Bristol hearing and a judge signs a warrant. See our Liberty bail page.

Call 850-643-2235 to check a Liberty warrant. The Liberty Clerk of Court in Bristol has hearing dates. Get a lawyer's advice first.

The Second Circuit Public Defender serves Liberty defendants who can't afford a lawyer; the $50 fee may be waived.

Visits in Bristol are limited. Call 850-643-2235 to set one up. See visits and remote visits.

Bristol inmates make calls; they can't receive them. A family prepaid account pays. See phones, messages and tablets.

Ask jail staff how to add money for commissary. See money and commissary.

Confirm the jail's mailing address by phone, then write the inmate's name and booking number. Keep envelopes plain. See mail rules.

Liberty teens under 18 go to juvenile court. Detained youth usually ride to the Leon Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Tallahassee, 850-488-7672, and get a hearing in 24 hours. Parents can call 850-643-2235.

Call 850-643-2235 about any medication, seizures, diabetes or suicide risk.

The U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida, hears Liberty federal cases in Tallahassee, 111 N. Adams St., Tallahassee, FL 32301.

Bristol federal arrestees are taken to a Tallahassee magistrate; detention gets its own hearing. The U.S. Marshals (850-404-5400) may lodge them in a nearby county jail. See the BOP finder after sentencing.

• Bristol booking prints go to DHS.
• ICE may issue an I-247A detainer.
• The jail may hold up to 48 hours past release, weekends and holidays counted.
• F.S. 908.105: Bristol must tell the bond judge and the prosecutor, and the detainer is filed.
• F.S. 907.041: a Liberty forcible-felony arrestee lacking lawful status isn't released before first appearance, and at that hearing Liberty's judge assumes detention unless convinced otherwise.
• F.S. 908.11: Liberty, like every jail sheriff, must have 287(g); ICE lists task force and warrant service models.
• Liberty families can search ICE's database or phone the Miami field office, 2805 SW 145th Ave., Miramar, FL 33027, 954-843-5800.

A Liberty inmate sentenced to prison waits in Bristol for FDC, then goes through reception. Track with the FDC search; Florida prisons are here.

Ask the Liberty County Sheriff's Office (850-643-2235). Most booking photos are public; F.S. 119.071 exempts some.

ICE photos require a FOIA. The Marshals keep federal photos private except when hunting someone.

• Liberty County Sheriff's Office: 850-643-2235

Bristol and the rest of Liberty are covered by the sheriff. Emergencies: 911.