INMATE VISITATION
To schedule visitation appointments online CLICK HERE. Video Visitation Scheduling and Registration
Visitas por video Registro y programación
SCHEDULE AND VISIT FROM YOUR ANDROID PHONE OR TABLET
In addition to on-site visits, friends and family members can choose to schedule a video visit from the comfort of home.
Each internet video visitation session will be $12.00 per 25 minute visit. On-site video visits will continue to be free. Visits can be scheduled and cancelled using either the website or the App. Refunds for internet visits will not be issued. Friend and Family members can schedule an on-site or internet video visit by visiting https://sarasotafl.gtlvisitme.com/app or by downloading the Android app "GTL Vismobile."
Inmates are allowed three (3) fifty-minute visitations per week. The maximum number of visitors allowed at each visit is three (3).
Visitors must be an adult (18 years or older) with an UNDAMAGED valid photo identification (driver's license, Florida I.D. card, Military I.D. card or passport). Expired, taped or broken identification WILL NOT be accepted. Children may visit only when accompanied by a parent or guardian.
- Unaccompanied children will not be permitted in the visitation center or jail front lobby. If children are not controlled in visitation or the jail front lobby, the visitor may be asked to leave.
- Each inmate is permitted up to three (3) visitors at a time, including children and infants.
- Visitors with infants and small children may bring one baby bottle/one diaper/baby wipes/and a blanket. A diaper bag, which will be searched, shall be permitted. No strollers or baby carriers will be allowed.
Special visits (family emergencies, death, grave illness) must be approved through Administration.
Moving forward the Sarasota County Correctional facility will no longer be providing storage for your personal items that aren’t permitted to be with you during visitation. The only items that you will be permitted to bring with you into the visitation area with you will be your keys, cellphone, wallet, personal bag, any items for the care of an infant or young child, and your Personal ID. Any other items will NOT be permitted to enter the visitation area. Violating this policy will result in a suspension of your visitation privileges. You are NOT allowed to use or display your cellphone for any reason during your visitation. Violating this policy will result in a suspension of your visitation privileges.
DRESS CODE
- No miniskirts
- No short shorts
- No halter tops or tops with spaghetti straps
- No tank tops or muscle shirts
- No see through tops
- No tops that reveal cleavage or midriff
- No improper messages or images
- No bare feet
Photographs and writing materials are NOT allowed in the visitation area. Visitation can be denied if rules are violated.
ALL VISITS ARE SUBJECT TO MONITORING AND RECORDING
VISITATION HOURS
Internet Visits: 0830am – 1100am and 1200pm – 1800pm Everyday
On Site Visits: 0900am – 1100am and 1200pm – 1800pm Everyday
VISITATION DAYS
Visitation is available seven days a week.
Inmates that have not yet been classified (typically less than 3 days in jail) or are under special medical observation may not receive personal visits unless approved by administration. Legal visits will be allowed but may be subject to certain restrictions based on client’s condition.
Regulations concerning dress and conduct for all visitors are posted at the entrance to the facility. Failure to follow visitor rules and regulations may result in loss of visitation privileges for the visitor. Visits shall be terminated without notice for any violation of visitation rules.
INMATE MAIL
All non-legal mail will no longer be accepted at the correctional facility, all non-legal mail that is received will be returned to sender.
The Sarasota County Correctional Facility has contracted with Viapath Technologies to install Kiosks/Tablets in all housing units, and will be available to inmates for outside and internal communications.
To maintain the security and safety of the inmates and staff, effective August 18, 2023 all inmate mail MUST be sent to the following address:
Sarasota County Corrections Facility, FL
INMATE NAME, ID NUMBER
PO Box 247
Phoenix, MD 21131
The Inmate Name and ID Number must be clearly PRINTED on the outside of the envelope or postcard, to ensure the mail is posted to the correct amount. Mail not containing the inmate ID Number and the Name will be "Returned to Sender"
All regular inmate postal mail (Postcards, Letters, Greeting Cards, etc.) will be scanned into the system and available to the inmates to view their postal mail via the inmate kiosk/tablets.
Please be advised that when you mail an item, the original document will be destroyed. Concerning important documents like marriage certificates, birth certificates, social security cards, and pictures, please do not mail original documents. You should only mail copies of these documents or pictures that you do not need returned. These will be scanned into the electronic system and destroyed after 30 days.
Upon release, inmates can log in to the public website at: https://www.textbehind.com and enter their inmate number and password and download their photos, messages, and postal mail for FREE up to 30 days.
Family and friends are encouraged to communicate with their loved ones incarcerated at the jail. The mail is a good resource for maintaining that line of communication.
LEGAL MAIL
Effective October 1, 2020, all legal mail MUST be mailed to:
Inmate Name
Sarasota County Correctional Facility
2020 Main Street
Sarasota, Fl. 34237
Legal correspondence must be clearly marked as such from an attorney, court, Department of Corrections or the Parole Board.
MONEY ORDERS
Money orders may be mailed to inmates at:
Access Corrections
P.O. Box 12486
St. Louis, MO 63132
Money orders must be made out to "Access Secure Deposits". Include the state, city, inmate name and ID number on all money orders. Example: Florida, Sarasota, John Smith, 0200012345.
REJECTED MAIL
Incoming and outgoing mail will not be rejected based on its contents, unless the mail falls under one of the following criteria:
- Any photos depicting gang symbols/signs, nudity, lewd behavior
- Any material which contains codes, blackmail, extortion, contraband, threats, or information about another inmate
- Any material which contains plans of criminal activities, maps, or plots to escape, and any material which communicates information designed to encourage inmates to disrupt the jail by strikes, riots, fights, racial or religious hatred, or other prohibited acts
- Any publication which may adversely affect the security of the jail or the safety of the persons therein
- Publications which advocate the violent overthrow of the government of the United States or of a state, or which advocate violence or rebellion against government authority, under which the inmate is held
- Any publication which may adversely affect the security of the jail or the safety of the persons therein
- Inmate to inmate correspondence within the facility or through outside channels is prohibited
CONTRABAND
Contraband items discovered in an inmate’s mail will be seized. Both the inmate and the sender will be notified of any item which has been seized and the reason for the seizure.
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REJECTED MESSAGING
- Any photos depicting gang symbols/signs, nudity, or lewd behavior.
- Any material that contains codes, blackmail, extortion, contraband, threats, or information about another inmate.
- Any material that contains plans of criminal activities, maps, or plots to escape, and any material that communicates information designed to encourage inmates to disrupt the jail by strikes, riots, fights, racial or religious hatred, or other prohibited acts.
- Any publication which may adversely affect the security of the jail or the safety of the persons therein.
- Publications that advocate the violent overthrow of the government of the United States or of a state or which advocate violence or rebellion against the government authority under which the inmate is held.
- Any publication which may adversely affect the security of the jail or the safety of the persons therein.
- Inmate-to-inmate correspondence within the facility or through outside channels is prohibited.
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