Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center

To search the Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center for an inmate and review their charges, bond, visitation eligibility, or mugshot, go to the Official Jail Inmate Roster. You can also call the jail at 941-741-3023 for assistance. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement keeps a wanted persons search that covers Manatee County, and many clerks of court share criminal case records online.

Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center Inmate Search

In Manatee County and throughout Florida, most people charged with a crime can be released before trial on reasonable conditions, as the state constitution requires. Release can be denied for capital or life felonies when the proof is evident, or when no conditions would keep the community safe. Minor misdemeanors and traffic offenses often end with a notice to appear. Other bond amounts start from the Florida Supreme Court’s uniform statewide bond schedule.

You can find out an inmate’s bail by calling the Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center at 941-741-3023. If you know the charge, the Florida uniform statewide bond schedule for 2026 shows the minimum bond. Each judicial circuit can require more, and some serious charges require a first appearance hearing before release. The county accepts cash, surety bonds, or property bonds, and may release some offenders on personal recognizance.

The Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center is licensed for 60 inmates at a time, but it often has to make room for many more offenders, especially on weekends. At most city and county jails in Florida, at least 35-40% of the inmate population turns over monthly. Another 25-30% turns over every 90 days and another 15-20% every six months, and approximately 8-9% stay six to twelve months. Inmates who remain longer than twelve months are usually facing serious charges such as rape or murder. Because those cases take longer to prepare for trial, offenders arrested in this county are held at one of the Manatee County facilities much longer.

Each year, Manatee County law enforcement agencies arrest and detain approximately 27,200 offenders.

Want to see the facility? Browse our photos of the Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center.

How Do You Visit an Inmate in the Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center? What is the Schedule?

Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center Inmate Video Visitation Schedule
*On-site and Remote Visits*

The Manatee County Jail Visitation Center located at:
2705 County Line Road - Palmetto FL
941-741-3023

• First, you need to register for visits.
  
• First time visitors should call 941-747-3011 ext 2902 between 8am-7pm to schedule their visit for the following day. The visitation clerk can only schedule a visit 1 day prior.
• The help line is available from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day to assist users in scheduling visits on your personal computer.
• Inmates are permitted up to 3 ( 1 Hour ) visits per inmate, per week, but no more than 2 visits per day. 
• Only three (3) visitors are premitted at one time including infants and children.
• A valid government issued photo ID is required ( Driver's License, State ID, Valid Military ID or Valid Passport with picture ).
• Visitors must arrive no earlier than 15 minutes before the start of their scheduled visitation.
• Visitors arriving after the start of their scheduled session will not be permitted to enter and the visit is automatically canceled.

PROFESSIONAL VISITS

• In addition to registration on the GTL / Viapath website, professional visitors also must complete this form and a PREA Entry form, so three forms total.
• Professional Visitor Help Line is 941-747-3011 extension 2813. The help line is available from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day to assist Professional users.

Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center Visitation Days/Hours:

Sundays   
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

We’ve compiled a list of Frequently Asked Questions and Answers for everything you need to know about Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center’s Inmate Visitation Policies, Rules and Guidelines. If you still have questions after reviewing these FAQs, call 941-741-3023 for further assistance.

How Do I Receive Phone Calls from an Inmate in the Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center?

We’ve compiled a list of Frequently Asked Questions and Answers for everything you need to know about Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center’s Inmate Phone Policies, Rules and Guidelines. If you still have questions after reviewing these FAQs, call 941-741-3023 for further assistance.

How do I Mail an Inmate in the Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center, and what can I send them?

Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center Inmate Mail Guidelines

Postcards
Ask the Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center whether it accepts postcards, and what size and type, before mailing one. Always include your name and return address.

Envelopes
The Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center also allows envelopes to be mailed to inmates. It is best to only use blue or black ink.

Postcards and envelopes MUST HAVE the sender's full name and return address on the envelope. 

Postcards and envelopes MUST be mailed to the following address:
Juvenile's first and last name
Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center
1803 Fifth Street West
Bradenton, FL 34205

Legal Mail

Send all Legal Mail to this Address:
Juvenile's first and last name
Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center
1803 Fifth Street West
Bradenton, FL 34205

Newspapers
Newspapers may also be mailed to an inmate as long as they are shipped directly from the publisher.

Magazines
News, special interest or sports magazines may also be mailed to an inmate as long as they are shipped directly from the publisher. Any magazines that contain profanity, weapons, pornography or other content that is adult in nature will be confiscated by the jail staff and will NOT be delivered to the inmate.

Books
Ask the Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center whether books can be mailed in, and whether they must come straight from a publisher or retailer such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble or Books-A-Million. You can order them directly from your computer and have them shipped to the inmate at the address noted.
Books must NOT contain images or content that are considered excessively violent, pornographic or obscene. Any book that does not meet the Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center standards will be disposed of. 
Ask the Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center whether hardcover books are accepted.

All newspapers, magazines and books are to be shipped to:
Juvenile's first and last name
Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center
1803 Fifth Street West
Bradenton, FL 34205

Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center Inmate Mail Policies and Address - What Can You Send, and Where?

For inmates receiving mail in the Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center there are different addresses and policies depending on the inmate's status, as well as what type of mail they are receiving; personal mail, legal mail, subscriptions or books sent from a third-party such as Amazon.

All mail is to be shipped to the Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center:
Juvenile's first and last name
Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center
1803 Fifth Street West
Bradenton, FL 34205

For complete information on mail policies, what you can send an inmate and what address to send them, check out our Inmate Mail page.

We’ve compiled a list of Frequently Asked Questions and Answers for everything you need to know about Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center’s Inmate Mail Policies, Rules and Guidelines. If you still have questions after reviewing these FAQs, call 941-741-3023 for further assistance.

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