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Baker County Detention Center Overview

The Baker County Detention Center is operated by the Baker County Sheriff's Office at 1 Sheriff's Office Drive in Macclenny. Sheriff Scotty Rhoden leads the agency, and the detention center is the local hub for county custody. It holds Baker County pretrial inmates and sentenced county inmates. It also houses U.S. Marshals inmates and ICE detainees. That mixed custody is the most distinctive thing about the jail. The sheriff's own corrections pages draw a sharp line between county inmates and the federal or immigration detainees held under another agency's authority.

The published office and lobby hours run Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Detention itself is a round-the-clock function, so booking does not stop when the lobby closes. The sheriff site did not publish a separate rated capacity, but the ICE detention-facility listing for the Baker County Facility puts the bed count at 512. The GED page confirms custody levels at the jail, since it lets low and medium custody county and Marshal inmates apply while it bars maximum custody and security-risk inmates. Onsite medical staff cover care around the clock.

Baker County Detention Center Capacity

The clearest capacity figure for the Baker County Detention Center comes from the federal side. The ICE detention-facility listing for the Baker County Facility cites 512 beds. The sheriff's own site did not publish a separate rated capacity in the pages reviewed, so this is the sourced number to rely on. No current population or average daily count was located in the official county sources, so none is shown here. The raw count would also mix three groups, since county, Marshal, and ICE custody all share the building.

The capacity is shown by the federal facility page rather than the sheriff's site.

You can review the source at the ICE Baker County Facility page, which lists the detention bed count.

That listing confirms the federal use of the facility and the 512-bed figure, which is why the count covers more than county inmates alone.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Baker County Detention Center

County custody is searched through the Baker County Sheriff's Office inmate search. The sheriff publishes an inmate feed through its OCV app and site, free and with no login. Search by last name first. The public feed shows the name, an inmate ID, a booked date and time, and physical details such as height, weight, gender, race, age, eye color, and hair color. Charges and bond are not always shown in the public view, so the sheriff tells callers to phone 904-259-3311 for what a person is charged with.

1. Open the Baker County Sheriff's Office site or app and choose the Inmate Search quick link, or open the official OCV inmate feed for source-level data.
2. Search by last name, then check first name and inmate ID to confirm the right person.
3. Review the entry sorted newest first to confirm the booked date and current custody status.
4. Open the record for the inmate ID, booked date, and physical details, then call 904-259-3311 if charges or bond are not listed.

The sheriff's Corrections FAQ is the source that ties these channels together. It explains the inmate search, the jail phone line, video visitation, deposits, court-date routing, and the federal contacts.

The page is published through the official Baker County Corrections FAQ, which spells out the lookup and contact steps.

The same FAQ draws the custody line clearly. For U.S. Marshals inmates the direct number is 904-301-6670, and for ICE detainees the Jacksonville ICE office is 904-288-4600, since the sheriff does not hold their charges or court dates. For court dates on a county inmate, the FAQ sends people to the Baker County Clerk or the OCRS portal, and for full booking and roster detail the jail inmate records page covers the search in depth.

Baker County Detention Center Address and Contact

The detention center shares its address with the sheriff's office in Macclenny. Use the jail information line for custody and charge questions, county sentenced-inmate release dates, programs, and medical-unit questions. The main sheriff office line is separate, and a non-emergency line handles other calls.

Other lines serve specific needs. The programs department is 904-259-1375, and legal-mail questions go to 904-259-5532. Attorneys can email legalcall@bakerso.com or call the programs department to set up a privileged call. Confirm visitor parking and entry at the facility before you arrive, since the sheriff materials do not publish lot rules or a transit route.

Visiting Someone at Baker County Detention Center

The Baker County Detention Center does not offer in-person family visitation. Family and friend visits are video only, run through HomeWAV. The Corrections FAQ states plainly that the facility has only video visits for family and friends. Video visitation is available across the week, Monday through Sunday. The sheriff materials do not post fixed daily start and stop times, so the schedule below reflects the video-only, all-week format rather than invented hours. Attorney calls are handled on a separate privileged-call track and must be scheduled in advance.

HomeWAV is the named vendor for both video visits and inmate phone communication.

Accounts and sessions are set up at HomeWAV, the provider Baker County uses for video visitation and calls.

HomeWAV support can be reached at 1-844-394-6639 for help with video visits or phone funds. Attorneys set up a privileged call through legalcall@bakerso.com or by calling the programs department at 904-259-3311, and the request must list the client, attorney, law office, the date and time, a callback phone, the attorney ID, and the Bar Card.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Baker County Detention Center

Money can reach an inmate through a vendor or in the lobby. AccessCorrections handles online commissary and deposits. The lobby also takes a money order made out to the inmate, and a lobby kiosk accepts cash. Phone and video funds run through HomeWAV. Legal mail follows a strict process. Private attorneys must prenotify legalmail@bakerso.com, label the envelope LEGAL MAIL, and send it to the jail's post office box. The sheriff's office does not accept outside property for inmates.

Online deposits are placed through the AccessCorrections portal that Baker County links for commissary and money. Privileged mail is logged, opened only to inspect for contraband in the inmate's presence, and staff are barred from reading or copying the contents. For legal-mail questions, call 904-259-5532.

Note: confirm the inmate's full name and any deposit details before sending money, since funds and mail route to a specific person at the facility.

Booking and Intake at Baker County Detention Center

Booking begins when an arresting agency brings a person to the Baker County Detention Center. Staff create or confirm the person in the jail system and assign an inmate ID in a BCSO and MNI format. The roster then records physical and demographic details such as height, weight, gender, race, age, eye color, and hair color, along with a booked date and time in Eastern time. Medical and mental-health screening follows, since onsite staff provide 24-hour care that covers medical, emergency dental, and mental-health needs.

Classification sets the custody level and housing. That level controls program access, which is why only low and medium custody county and Marshal inmates can apply for the GED program through the Baker County Adult Education Center. After intake, contact options are set up, with HomeWAV for family video and calls and the privileged-call track for attorneys. Property is not taken from the outside. The court and bond path runs separately, and court dates come from the Baker County Clerk or the OCRS portal rather than the jail roster. The sheriff materials do not state how fast a new booking appears online, so no refresh time is claimed here.

About the Baker County Detention Center

The detention center sits inside a modern sheriff's operation. The Baker County Sheriff's Office publishes inmate search, weekly arrest reports, a public-records request form, the Corrections FAQ, inmate health-care details, legal-call and legal-mail rules, and a file gallery with PREA audit reports and the Inmate and Detainee Handbook. PREA audits from 2024 and 2021 are on record. The agency's corrections roots run deep, since Sheriff Scotty Rhoden began his career as a corrections officer before rising through the ranks.

County custody is only one stage. When a person is sentenced to state prison, they leave the jail and enter Florida Department of Corrections custody, and from that point a state locator tracks them. Sentenced state prisoners can land at FDC sites near the county such as Baker Correctional Institution, which is separate from this jail. To start any search, the Baker County inmate population home page links every facility and lookup tool in one place.