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Palm Beach County Jail: Main Detention Center

From Jupiter to Boca Raton and west to Belle Glade, Palm Beach County arrests are booked at the Main Detention Center on Gun Club Road in West Palm Beach. Search Palm Beach County Inmate Search or call 561-688-4401. For the next step, try our criminal court page.

1. Palm Beach jail address

The Main Detention Center is at 3228 Gun Club Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33406. The sheriff also runs a second jail, so check the roster for the facility. Jail: 561-688-4401. Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office: 561-688-3000.

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2. Palm Beach inmate search

Palm Beach County Inmate Search shows facility, charges and bond. VINELink sends alerts.

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3. Bond on Gun Club Road

Palm Beach County is the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit. First appearance comes within 24 hours:

• ROR, out with no payment.
• Cash: the full amount, returned by the Palm Beach clerk at the end with costs taken out.
• Bondsman: 10 percent premium, at least $100 per charge, kept.

Broward, Martin or probation holds can keep someone at Gun Club Road. A missed date brings a warrant. See our Palm Beach bail page.

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4. Did a Boca Raton or Belle Glade warrant arrest go to Gun Club Road?

Usually, yes. PBSO's Main Detention Center on Gun Club Road takes warrant pickups from Boca Raton and Jupiter out to Belle Glade, and the Sheriff's Office jail desk at 561-688-3000 can tell you who is inside. Use the warrant search for open local warrants and eCaseView for the court file. Warrants from outside the county appear on FDLE's statewide wanted database. If you turn out to be the one wanted, counsel can set up a surrender and a bond request, and the Dixie Highway clerk can move the hearing.

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5. Public defender

The Fifteenth Circuit Public Defender represents Palm Beach clients found indigent. The $50 fee can be waived.

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6. Visiting

Schedule visits ahead; video is widely used. Call 561-688-4401. See visits and remote visits.

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7. Phones

Gun Club Road inmates can't take incoming calls; relatives prepay for the outgoing ones. See phones, messages and tablets.

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8. Money

Palm Beach commissary is paid from deposits. Ask PBSO which services it accepts. See money and commissary.

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9. Mail

Confirm the facility first, then use name and booking number. No stickers or perfume. See mail rules.

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10. Palm Beach juveniles

Boca, Jupiter and Glades youth under 18 go to juvenile court. If held, they stay at the Palm Beach Juvenile Detention Center, 561-881-5020, and see a judge within 24 hours. Parents can call 561-688-3000.

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11. Medical

Call 561-688-4401 about prescriptions, seizures, diabetes, mental health or suicide risk.

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12. Federal cases in West Palm Beach

The U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, hears Palm Beach federal cases in West Palm Beach at 701 Clematis St., West Palm Beach, FL 33401.

West Palm Beach magistrates handle the first hearing; detention is argued separately. The U.S. Marshals (561-946-6500) may board defendants in county jails. After sentencing, see the BOP locator.

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13. ICE detainers in Palm Beach

• Gun Club Road booking prints go to DHS.
• ICE may lodge an I-247A detainer.
• PBSO can hold someone on an ICE request up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
• F.S. 908.105: West Palm Beach's bond judge learns of the hold, prosecutors are told, and the clerk dockets it.
• F.S. 907.041: a Palm Beach forcible-felony arrestee who is not lawfully in the U.S. waits in jail for first appearance; detention is presumed, though rebuttable.
• F.S. 908.11: 287(g) is required; PBSO signed on for both the task force and warrant service roles.
• Palm Beach families can look on ICE's online locator or call the nearby Miami field office, 2805 SW 145th Ave., Miramar, FL 33027, 954-843-5800.

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14. State prison

Palm Beach inmates sentenced to prison stay at the county jail until FDC transport to reception. Use the FDC lookup; see Florida prisons.

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15. Palm Beach mugshots online

Yes. PBSO's booking blotter shows mugshots for each arrest it lists. You can ask PBSO at 561-688-3000 for a copy; F.S. 119.071 limits a few.

ICE photos come through ICE FOIA. Federal West Palm Beach mugshots stay private unless Marshals post a wanted notice.

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16. Palm Beach police numbers

• West Palm Beach Police Department: 561-822-1900
• Boca Raton Police Services Department: 561-368-6201
• Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office: 561-688-3000

Emergencies: 911.

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Palm Beach County contacts

Inmate search

Palm Beach County Inmate Search

Jail

Main Detention Center, 3228 Gun Club Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33406, 561-688-4401

Sheriff

561-688-3000

Clerk

561-355-2996

Palm Beach Main Detention Center Inmate Services Information

Phone: 561-688-4401

Physical Address:
3228 Gun Club Rd
West Palm Beach, FL 33406

Mailing Address (personal mail):
Inmate's Full Name & Jacket #
Cell Assignment
Main Detention Center
P.O. Box 24716
West Palm Beach, Florida 33416
(postcards only!)

Mailing Address (legal mail or subscriptions):
Inmate's Full Name & Jacket #
Cell Assignment
Main Detention Center
P.O. Box 24716
West Palm Beach, Florida 33416

Every year Palm Beach County law enforcement agencies arrest and detain 64,580 offenders, and maintain an average of 3,229 inmates (county-wide) in their custody on any given day.

The weekly turnover rate of inmates is approximately 55%, meaning that every week more than half of these inmates are released and then replaced with new offenders being booked into jail.

The charts below break down the men, women, races, ethnicities and the types of crimes that people are arrested and incarcerated for in both Palm Beach County and state prisons throughout the country. This information is compiled from local police and the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Department, as well as the state of Florida and the United States Department of Justice and Census Bureau.

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