Look Up Bradford County Jail Inmates

Bradford County Jail Roster Overview

The official Bradford County jail roster is the SmartWeb inmate search run by the Bradford County Sheriff's Office. It is public, needs no login, and is reached through the sheriff's Jail/Inmate Search page or directly at the SmartWeb jail roster. The roster opens on a "Booked Last 24 Hours" view, so it shows recent bookings until you enter your own search. The sheriff does not publish a refresh interval, but very recent bookings appeared during research, so new entries can post within hours.

The county roster has limits. It covers people in or recently released from the Bradford County Jail in Starke, not sentenced state prisoners and not federal or immigration detainees. Once a person is sentenced and transferred to a Florida Department of Corrections prison, the SmartWeb roster is no longer the right tool. The state locator takes over. The same is true for anyone held in federal or ICE custody, who appears in a federal system instead.

The roster itself is a SmartCOP product, branded for the sheriff's office. The result list is not the whole jail. The default screen shows only the last day of bookings, and a "Load more results" control pulls additional records when a search returns a long list. A Print link opens a print-preview version of the results. Knowing that the opening screen is a recent-booking snapshot, not a full census, prevents the common mistake of assuming an empty default view means the person is not in custody.

How to Use the Bradford County Inmate Roster

The Bradford County roster is quick once you know the layout. Open it from the sheriff's search page or the direct SmartWeb link, then work from a last name. The sheriff's landing page, shown below, points to the same Bradford County inmate search.

From that page you reach the live roster, where the steps below apply.

1. Open the SmartWeb jail roster from the sheriff's Jail/Inmate Search page.
2. Enter the inmate's last name, adding a first name if the surname is common.
3. To search by date, set a begin and end booking date, or switch the menu to released inmates to reveal release-date fields.
4. Open the matching entry to read the charges, bond, holds, and custody status.

Bradford County Roster Search Fields

The Bradford County SmartWeb form accepts name and date fields and a few menus that control the search. No field showed a required marker during research, so a last name alone will run. The release-date fields stay hidden until you choose a released or combined search. The table below lists the fields as captured.

Bradford County Roster Search Modes

The single most useful setting on the Bradford County roster is the "Search For" menu. It controls which slice of the jail you see. Picking the right mode is what turns a dead-end search into a hit.

• Current Inmates Only shows people in custody now. Use this for a recent arrest.
• Released Inmates Only reveals begin and end release-date fields and finds people who have left.
• Both Current And Released searches across both groups at once.

If a name does not appear under one mode, switch modes before assuming the record is gone. A person booked yesterday and released this morning will hide under Current Inmates Only but surface under a released or combined search. The sheriff does not publish how far back released records reach, so a very old booking may simply not be in the online set anymore.

What a Bradford County Inmate Profile Shows

Each Bradford County result is a short profile shown right in the list, not a separate page. It carries a booking photo, identity fields, the booking event, bond, any holds, and a charge table. Booking photos for current inmates also appear on the Bradford County jail mugshots page in more detail. The fields below were observed on live entries.

Reading the Charge Table and Holds

The charge table is where a Bradford County jail record gets specific, and it is the part most searchers read most closely. Each charge row carries its own statute number, court case number, charge text, degree, level, and bond. A small "[+]" control next to a row opens extra detail, then turns into "[-]" when expanded. Observed records showed entries like a conditional-release violation and a probation violation, each tied to a court case number such as 25CF422 and labeled with the booking agency.

Holds sit in their own table above the charges when another agency has a custody interest. A hold can keep someone in jail even when a local charge has bond. During research, one record showed an Alachua County hold. A "NO BOND" line, whether on the overall record or a single charge, usually points to a violation, a warrant, a hold, or a first-appearance issue rather than a clerical gap. Read the holds and the per-charge bond together to understand why a person is or is not releasable.

Booking and First Appearance in Bradford County

After an arrest, a person is taken to the Bradford County Jail at 945-A N. Temple Ave. in Starke. Intake creates the booking record the public sees: a booking number, an MNI number, the booking date and time, a photo, the age at booking, charges, any holds, and an address given. Classification then assigns custody as Maximum, Medium, or Minimum, and men and women are housed in separate sections.

Bond timing is the part that surprises families. The sheriff warns that bond is often not available until after first appearance, a hearing held daily around 10:00 a.m. Until the judge's written order reaches jail staff, the roster can show "NO BOND" even though a person is plainly in custody. The charges a deputy lists at booking are also not final. The prosecutor decides the formal charges later, which is why the booking charge can differ from the eventual court charge on the court records after a jail arrest page.

Finding County, State, and Federal Inmates

Using the wrong system is the most common reason a Bradford County search fails. The county roster covers pre-trial and short-sentence inmates. Sentenced felons move to the Florida Department of Corrections inmate population search, which refreshes weekly. Federal inmates appear in the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator, and immigration detainees in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System. The table shows where each custody type lives.

Other Ways to Check Bradford County Custody

The Bradford County roster is not the only channel. When it comes up empty or you need official confirmation, several paths exist. Each one below is documented by the sheriff's office.

• Call the Bradford County Jail at 904.966.6250, or the non-emergency sheriff line at 904.966.6161.
• Visit in person during jail public hours, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• File a public-records request with the sheriff's Records Unit for booking records not online.
• Use VINELink for custody and release notifications, which the jail links for victims.

The sheriff also offers a mobile app, listed below on Google Play. The published listing advertises tips, crime reporting, and public-safety news. It did not confirm an app-only inmate roster or warrant search, so the SmartWeb site remains the lookup tool.

Treat the Bradford County Sheriff app as a communication tool, not a substitute for the roster.

A public-records request carries fees. The sheriff lists copies at $0.15 per page, certified copies at $1.00 per document on top of duplication, and a special service charge plus a deposit when a request needs extensive research. To speed a request, give a case number, the date and time, the incident location, the deputy's name, or the names of people involved. A mailed request needs a self-addressed stamped envelope and a check for the fees. Files are redacted to remove exempt information, so a copy may have blacked-out parts.

Bradford County Jail Facility and Contact

The county jail and the sheriff's Records Unit sit in neighboring buildings on North Temple Avenue. Use the jail for custody, release, and property questions, and the Records Unit for booking records and reports. The cards below carry the key contacts.

Visitation, Calls, and Messages

Bradford County runs routine visitation through video, using the HomeWAV vendor, with visits onsite at the jail or offsite on a personal device. The sheriff's published policy does not list set day-by-day hours, so confirm a schedule with the jail before you plan. Onsite visitors need a photo ID, may not bring cell phones or other property in, and may not bring food or drink. Only one adult visitor per inmate is allowed onsite, and children must be supervised. The table summarizes the documented channels.

Commissary and Inmate Funds

Money can be added to a Bradford County inmate account online through commissarydeposit.com or at the jail lobby kiosk during normal business hours, using cash or a Visa or MasterCard debit or credit card. Phone service runs through HomeWAV, and messaging runs through Inmate Inbox. Mail goes to P.O. Box 310, Starke, FL 32091. The sheriff's page does not publish call rates, deposit fees, or commissary limits, instead linking to each vendor for pricing.