Central Jail is at 2390 Bob Phillips Road, Bartow, FL 33830. Polk also has a second jail site, so check the roster for where a person is housed. Jail: 863-534-6153. Polk County Sheriff's Office: 863-298-6200.

Polk County Inmate Search gives facility, charges and bond. Polk covers a wide area between Tampa and Orlando, and all bookings go to Bartow. VINELink sends alerts.

Polk joins Highlands and Hardee in the Tenth Judicial Circuit. A judge sees each arrest within 24 hours:

• ROR, released with no deposit.
• Cash: hand the clerk the entire bond; Polk refunds it after the case, less costs.
• Bondsman: 10 percent, minimum $100 per charge, which stays with the bondsman.

Holds from Osceola, Hillsborough or probation can keep someone jailed. Missed court in Bartow leads to a warrant. See our Polk bail page.

Likely. Polk's Central Jail takes warrant arrests from Lakeland and Winter Haven as well as Haines City and Davenport. PCSO's jail desk at 863-298-6200 can say whether someone is held and on what bond. The Sheriff's Office warrant search lists active local warrants, and the clerk's Court Records page holds the case. Warrants from beyond the county appear on FDLE's statewide warrant list. Should a warrant be in your name, a lawyer can book your surrender, and the Broadway clerk's office can give you a new date. Video visits are scheduled online.

The Tenth Circuit Public Defender takes Polk clients ruled indigent. The $50 fee may be waived.

Visits are scheduled, with video in wide use. Call 863-534-6153. See visits and remote visits.

Bartow inmates call out on prepaid lines families open. See phones, messages and tablets.

Polk commissary is paid from deposits. Check accepted services with the jail. See money and commissary.

On Polk envelopes, write the person's name and booking number, plus the address of whichever jail holds them. Leave off stickers and scents. See mail rules.

Lakeland and Winter Haven youth under 18 appear in juvenile court. Polk has no listed detention center, so the state places a held Polk teen at a regional DJJ center; a judge reviews the case inside 24 hours. Parents can call 863-298-6200.

Phone 863-534-6153 about medication, insulin, seizures or suicide risk.

The U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, hears Polk federal cases in Tampa at 801 N. Florida Ave., Tampa, FL 33602.

Polk federal arrestees go before a Tampa magistrate; whether they're held is argued at a detention hearing. The U.S. Marshals (813-483-4200) may lodge them in county jails. After sentencing, try the BOP locator.

• Bob Phillips Road booking prints go to DHS.
• ICE may lodge an I-247A detainer.
• Polk may hold the person awaiting ICE transport up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
• F.S. 908.105: prosecutors and Polk's bond judge are alerted, and the hold becomes part of the court file.
• F.S. 907.041: a Polk forcible-felony defendant not lawfully present is kept until first appearance, and the judge presumes detention subject to rebuttal.
• F.S. 908.11: 287(g) is required. Polk uses the Jail Enforcement Model, so trained Polk jail deputies can check immigration status at booking. It also has task force and warrant service agreements.
• Polk families can search locator.ice.gov or contact ICE's Miami field office, 2805 SW 145th Ave., Miramar, FL 33027, 954-843-5800.

Polk inmates sentenced to prison wait in county jail until FDC transport. Search FDC; see Florida prisons.

Yes. Each inmate profile in the Polk jail inquiry has the person's mugshot. The sheriff's office at 863-298-6200 handles copy requests under Chapter 119.

ICE photos are released via ICE FOIA. Polk federal mugshots stay private unless Marshals publish a fugitive notice.

• Lakeland Police Department: 863-834-6900
• Winter Haven Police Department: 863-401-2256
• Polk County Sheriff's Office: 863-298-6200

Emergencies: 911.