Search the Hendry County Inmate Population

The Hendry County Inmate Population

The Hendry County inmate population is held at one place, the Hendry County Jail in LaBelle. The Hendry County Sheriff's Office runs the jail and describes it as a secure facility for both men and women. The same office reports that the jail books people for the sheriff, the Clewiston Police Department, and the Florida Highway Patrol. That mix matters, because a person arrested in Clewiston or on a state road can still show up in the LaBelle jail roster. The count on any given day blends two groups: people held before trial and people already sentenced to a county term.

The number rises and falls for plain reasons. New arrests push it up. Bond decisions, dropped charges, and case outcomes pull it down. When a judge sends someone to state prison, that person leaves the county count and moves to the Florida Department of Corrections. So the jail roster is a live snapshot, not a permanent list, and the same person can move from county custody to state custody as a case ends.

Hendry County Inmate Population Statistics

The sheriff publishes two kinds of numbers for the jail: how many people are booked in a year, and the average daily population, which is the typical head count on a normal day. The most recent figure the office posts is for 2022, when the jail held about 235 inmates on an average day and booked roughly 1,815 people across the year. A rated bed capacity does not appear on the sheriff pages reviewed, so the count below leaves that figure out rather than guess at one.

A booking screenshot from the official sheriff jail page helps put the yearly totals in context, and the page that lists them is the Hendry County Jail page.

The page frames the jail as a working county facility and ties its booking totals to the sheriff, Clewiston police, and highway patrol, which is why the Hendry County inmate population is broader than sheriff arrests alone.

Hendry County Inmate Population Trends

Two official years are on record, and they tell a small but clear story. Bookings grew from about 1,665 in 2021 to about 1,815 in 2022, a jump of roughly 150 people moving through intake. Yet the average daily population barely moved, easing from about 239 to about 235. That pattern points to faster turnover. More people came through the door, but they did not stay much longer, so the head count held steady.

Figures for 2023 and later were not located in the official sheriff pages reviewed. The Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research keeps a criminal justice profile for Hendry County that can fill later years for anyone who needs them. Reading a long trend from just two years would overstate the case, so the safe read is short term and steady.

Who Makes Up the Hendry County Inmate Population

The sheriff confirms a few facts about who is held and leaves others unstated. The jail holds men and women. It holds people before trial and people serving local sentences. Most bookings flow in from three agencies. Beyond that, the office does not publish a full breakdown by race, age, or charge level in the pages reviewed, so the points below stick to what the source supports.

• Pretrial and sentenced - both groups are held; pretrial means still waiting on a case, sentenced means already convicted of a local offense.
• Men and women - the jail houses both, kept in separate areas under jail classification.
• Booking agencies - most arrivals come from the sheriff, Clewiston Police Department, and Florida Highway Patrol.
• Other holds - some people may sit on a warrant, a probation matter, or a hold for another agency rather than a fresh charge.

For county context beyond the jail, the U.S. Census QuickFacts for Hendry County gives the resident population and basic demographics.

Hendry County Jail Capacity and Overcrowding

A rated bed capacity sets the line between a full jail and an overcrowded one. For the Hendry County Jail, that number was not found in the official pages reviewed, which post average daily population and booking totals instead. Without a published bed count, no honest overcrowding rate can be drawn here. The average daily population near 235 to 239 over the two reported years is the best public gauge of how busy the jail runs.

No consent decree, lawsuit, or new jail construction notice surfaced in the official sources during this review. If the sheriff posts an annual report or a capacity figure later, those documents would be the place to confirm whether the population presses on available beds.

Laws Governing the Hendry County Inmate Population

Florida law is the reason a jail roster is public at all. The Public Records Act opens most agency records to inspection, and a set of related chapters governs how people are held, charged, and tracked. A few exemptions still shield active investigative material, victim data, and juvenile records, so not every booking detail is open. The statutes below frame what the public can see about the Hendry County inmate population and how local custody works.

Note: Florida Statutes section 119.071 lists the exemptions that can keep some investigative, victim, or juvenile details out of an otherwise public booking record.

Hendry County and the State Prison Population

A county jail term and a state prison term are not the same custody. When a Hendry County case ends in a prison sentence, the person leaves the county count and joins the Florida Department of Corrections, the statewide agency that runs prisons and supervises sentenced felons. No active state prison sits inside Hendry County in the records reviewed, so a sentenced resident is usually housed somewhere else in Florida. The right tool for that person is the state offender search, not the county jail roster.

How to Search the Hendry County Inmate Population

The fastest path to a current inmate is the sheriff's own roster. The Hendry County Sheriff Inmate Search shows a card for each person in custody, with a name, a booking photo, and buttons to read more or sign up for status alerts. The roster is free and needs no login. It lists current county custody only, so a sentenced state prisoner or a federal detainee will not appear there.

The roster card images are served through the VINELink notification system, and each card carries a direct alert link, a detail the sheriff site puts front and center.

From the roster page, looking someone up is a short, repeatable process.

1. Open the sheriff inmate search page and let the roster load.
2. Scroll the cards, or use the numbered page buttons at the bottom to move through the list.
3. Select Read More on a card to open that person's detail page.
4. Use Notify Me of Status Change to register for a VINELink alert if you want to track a release.
5. If the person is not on the roster, switch to the state, federal, or records-request channels below.

Current Inmate Lookup in Hendry County

The current roster reads as a list of cards rather than a single search box. During this review the public page rendered as a paginated set of cards running through dozens of pages, with no separate name field visible in the static view. That means most users browse or page through to find a name, then open the card. The table below records the controls that the page actually exposes.

The sheriff also offers an official mobile app for Hendry County, listed on the Apple App Store and Google Play, which links back to the same Inmate Search among its quick tools.

Past and Released Inmate Records

The public roster is built for people in custody right now. It did not state how long a released person stays listed, and it did not show past bookings in the view reviewed. Once someone is released or moved, their card can drop off without notice. For a booking record on a person no longer shown, the sheriff's records unit is the official route.

The Hendry County Sheriff public records request page names the records contact, Angelica Crumb, reachable at 863-674-5615 or records@hendrysheriff.org. A request under Florida's public records law can reach an older booking record, though exemptions may trim parts of it. If the person was sentenced to prison, the state locator described below keeps records well after the county roster lets go.

What a Hendry County Inmate Record Shows

A roster card and its detail page carry less than many people expect. In the static view reviewed on June 3, 2026, the public card showed a name, a booking photo, a link to a detail page, and a VINELink alert button. Charge, bond, and housing details were not visible in that public view, so the table below marks those fields as not shown rather than promising data the roster did not display.

A few terms come up over and over when reading any inmate record.

Booking

The intake step that creates the jail's custody record after an arrest.

Pretrial

Held while a case is still open, before any conviction.

Average daily population

The typical number of people in the jail on a normal day across a year.

Detainer

A hold one agency places so another can take custody before release.

County Jail vs. State Prison: Where to Look

The single most common mix-up is searching the wrong system. The county jail holds people before trial and those serving short local time. A state prison holds people sentenced to longer felony terms, run by a separate agency with its own locator. Pick the system that matches the stage of the case, and the search gets a lot faster.

State and Federal Inmate Search

Three more locators cover the people the county roster cannot. The state tool is the Florida Department of Corrections Offender Search, which finds sentenced state prisoners by name or DC number. For federal cases, the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator covers people in BOP custody. For immigration holds, the ICE Online Detainee Locator System searches by alien number or biographical details.

The state offender search menu shows the fields the FDC system accepts, and it is the right starting point once a Hendry County case ends in a prison term.

Because each system covers a different slice of custody, a person who vanishes from the Hendry roster has often just moved to one of these, not been released.

Hendry County Detention Facilities

Hendry County's local custody runs through a single jail. State prison and federal custody are handled elsewhere in Florida and through national locators, so the county facility list is short and centered on the LaBelle jail.

• Hendry County Jail - the county's secure jail in LaBelle, holding men and women, both pretrial and sentenced county inmates.

For booking photos tied to current inmates, the Hendry County jail mugshots page explains what the roster shows and what stays private.

Hendry County Inmate Population FAQ

How big is the Hendry County inmate population?

The sheriff reports an average daily population of about 235 inmates for 2022 and about 239 for 2021. The jail booked roughly 1,815 people in 2022 and about 1,665 in 2021. A rated bed capacity is not published on the official pages reviewed, so the daily average is the best public measure of size.

How do I search the Hendry County inmate population?

Open the Hendry County Sheriff Inmate Search and browse the roster cards, using the numbered pages to move through the list. Select Read More to open a detail page, or use the status link to set a VINELink alert. The roster covers current county custody only.

Can I look up a released or past inmate?

The public roster focuses on current inmates and may drop a card after release. For an older booking record, file a public records request with the sheriff's records unit. If the person was sentenced to prison, search the Florida Department of Corrections Offender Search instead.

Why is someone not showing on the roster?

A booking can take time to post, so a very recent arrest may not appear yet. The person may also have been released, moved to state prison, or taken into federal or immigration custody. Check the state, federal, and ICE locators, or call the sheriff to confirm.