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Miami-Dade County Mugshots, Current Inmates and Booking Records
The official Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department inmate search is the best first stop when you need to find a person who is currently in county custody. Its public results can show the person’s name, date of birth, custody location, charges, bond amount, jail number, booking date, booking time and mugshot.
A booking photo alone does not tell you whether a charge is still pending, was later dismissed or resulted in a conviction. Use the jail record to confirm current custody, then use the Miami-Dade Clerk of the Court and Comptroller criminal-case system when you need the court case and later case status.
Search Miami-Dade Corrections before using a third-party mugshot site
Start with the county’s own in-custody database. Enter at least three characters of the last name and then narrow the result with the first name or initial. If more than one person appears, compare the date of birth, jail number, booking date and custody location before opening or sharing the record.
Use the jail record for custody information and the court record for the legal case and disposition.
Choose What You Need to Check
How to Search Miami-Dade County Mugshots and Current Jail Bookings
Miami-Dade’s public inmate tool is an in-custody search. That distinction matters: the service is designed to locate people who are currently held by Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation, not to function as a permanent archive of everyone ever arrested in the county.
What the Miami-Dade Inmate Search Can Show
The county describes its search results as including the person’s name, date of birth, race, sex, custody location, charges, bond amount, jail number, booking date, booking time and mugshot. Each field answers a different question, so avoid treating the photograph as the entire record.
| Field | What it helps answer | What to verify next |
|---|---|---|
| Jail number | Identifies the inmate within MDCR systems. | Save it for deposits, mail and Corrections inquiries. |
| Booking date/time | Shows when the current county booking was entered. | Do not confuse booking time with arrest time or court disposition. |
| Location | Shows where MDCR currently lists the person in custody. | Recheck before visiting or sending facility-specific material. |
| Charges | Shows the published charge information associated with custody. | Use the Clerk case search for filed charges and later court action. |
| Bond amount | Shows published bond information for the custody record. | Confirm all charges and holds before assuming payment guarantees release. |
| Mugshot | Booking photograph displayed with the inmate result. | Use name, DOB and jail number to confirm identity. |
Miami-Dade Corrections Facilities and Useful Phone Numbers
Miami-Dade Corrections lists three principal detention facilities for public inmate-contact information. A person’s location can change, so use the current inmate search before calling or traveling.
Downtown Miami
1321 NW 13th StreetMiami, FL 33125
Phone: 786-263-4110
Correctional Center
7000 NW 41st StreetMiami, FL 33166
Phone: 786-263-5341
Detention Center
13850 NW 41st StreetMiami, FL 33178
Phone: 786-263-5110
786-263-7000
786-263-5312
786-263-5305
786-263-5344
786-263-4222
786-263-5360
Use Miami-Dade Criminal Court Records After You Find the Booking
Miami-Dade County Criminal Court handles both Circuit Criminal and County Criminal matters. The Clerk provides an online criminal-case search for felony and misdemeanor cases, which is the appropriate next route when you need to know what happened after booking.
Use the jail record for
- Current county custody
- Jail number
- Booking date and time
- Current custody location
- Published charges
- Published bond amount
- Booking photo
Use the court record for
- Felony or misdemeanor case information
- Case status
- Scheduled hearings
- Court filings and available images
- Disposition information
- Certified case documents when needed
Certified criminal documents can cost money
The Clerk states that certified criminal case copies and criminal-history disposition services may involve fees. If you do not know the year or case number, the Clerk can also charge a search fee for each year searched by name. Use the online case search first so you can capture the correct case number before ordering documents.
Miami-Dade Bond, Pretrial Release and Release Hours
Miami-Dade Corrections states that a person with bondable charges can bond out at any time. For the current bond amount, the county directs users to the inmate search or Inmate Information at 786-263-7000.
Check every published charge and bond amount first. Commercial bail can be one release route; Miami-Dade Corrections does not recommend a specific bondsman.
Miami-Dade describes Pretrial Services as a county process that may allow qualifying people to be released before trial without paying commercial bail.
The county also distinguishes court-ordered Release on Own Recognizance and jail Promised to Appear releases from commercial bail.
Miami-Dade states that inmates are released through Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.
Felony bond hearings
The Miami-Dade Clerk currently describes felony bond hearings as occurring Monday through Friday at 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. by video, with weekend and holiday bond hearings held once daily after the 9 a.m. misdemeanor jail arraignments. Because court calendars can change, verify the current hearing information through the Clerk or Eleventh Judicial Circuit before relying on a published schedule.
Visitation and Contact With a Miami-Dade Inmate
MDCR currently describes remote video visitation as its standard public visitation service for friends, family members and professional visitors. Visitors must follow the department’s current visitation rules, and professional visitors have separate registration requirements.
Family and friends
Use the current MDCR Inmate Contact & Visitation page for the active video-visitation procedure. Confirm the inmate’s current jail location first because custody can change between facilities.
Attorneys and professionals
Miami-Dade requires professional visitors to follow its professional remote-visitation process. Attorneys should use the current attorney application and registration instructions published by Corrections.
How to Add Money to a Miami-Dade Inmate Trust Account
Money collected when a person enters custody is placed into the inmate’s individual trust account. Miami-Dade says trust-account funds can be used for expenses such as commissary purchases and self-bonding.
| Method | How it works | Useful detail |
|---|---|---|
| Lobby kiosk | Deposit at an approved detention-facility kiosk. | Cash, credit and debit are listed payment types. |
| Online | Use the official TouchPay route linked by Miami-Dade. | Mastercard/Visa credit and debit cards are listed. |
| Telephone | Use TouchPay’s phone deposit service. | TouchPay: 1-866-232-1899. |
Commissary gift packages
Miami-Dade also links to iCare for eligible pre-packaged commissary gifts. The county instructs purchasers to select Florida, locate the inmate by last name or inmate number and complete the order through the vendor’s checkout.
Miami-Dade Inmate Mail and Phone Rules
Current personal-mail address
Miami-Dade instructs senders to include the inmate’s full name, booking or jail number, agency name and the department’s digital mail-center address:
Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department
PO BOX 20527
Tampa, FL 33622
The sender’s complete first and last name and return address should appear on the envelope and letter. Miami-Dade’s current rules limit ordinary personal correspondence to approved plain white lined paper and prohibit a number of items, including greeting cards, postcards, loose stamps, padded mailers and other unauthorized materials.
Phone calls
Inmates cannot receive incoming telephone calls. Friends and family can establish a prepaid calling arrangement through the current provider linked by MDCR so the inmate can place outgoing calls. If you receive unwanted inmate calls, use the provider’s current blocking procedure.
Picking Up Property From a Miami-Dade Inmate
Property collected during booking is generally available through the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center Property Room. While the inmate remains in custody, the inmate may authorize a representative to collect property.
Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center
Miami-Dade currently lists Property Room hours as Monday through Friday, 7 a.m.–2:30 p.m. and 3 p.m.–5 p.m.
Call before traveling
Property moved to offsite storage requires arrangements. Miami-Dade lists 786-263-5355 for those arrangements.
How to Request Miami-Dade Corrections or Arrest Records
A jail booking lookup and a formal public-records request are different services. Corrections Central Records handles qualifying MDCR records, while the county’s current guidance directs arrest-record requests to the responsible law-enforcement records office.
Use the Miami-Dade Corrections public-record request system for records maintained by MDCR. Include the inmate or subject name, the document type and enough detail to identify the requested record.
Use the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s public-record route when the document you need is a law-enforcement arrest or incident record rather than an MDCR custody record.
Use the Clerk of the Court and Comptroller for criminal case documents, dispositions and certified court copies.
Miami-Dade Corrections records fees
| Record format | Published charge |
|---|---|
| Single-sided page | 15 cents per page |
| Double-sided page | 20 cents per page |
| Certified copy | $1 per page |
| Color copy | $1 per page |
| Video/CD | $1 per disk |
Requests requiring more than 20 minutes of research or processing can also carry a labor-based service charge, and delivery costs can apply. Corrections may request an advance partial payment before producing records.
What to Do if the Person Is Not in the Miami-Dade Inmate Search
A missing result does not prove that no arrest occurred. The public MDCR tool is centered on current county custody, so the person may have been released, transferred, booked under a different spelling, moved to state custody or held by another jurisdiction.
Recheck the spelling and allow for booking processing. If the matter is urgent, call MDCR Inmate Information at 786-263-7000.
Search the Miami-Dade Clerk criminal-case system using the person’s verified identifying information and case details.
Use the Florida Department of Corrections Offender Search when the person has moved from a county jail into state correctional custody.
Use the Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator when the person is in the federal system rather than Miami-Dade county custody.
Official Sources Used for This Miami-Dade Guide
Miami-Dade County Mugshots and Arrest Records FAQ
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Best Way to Verify a Miami-Dade Booking Record
This two-record approach is more reliable than treating a mugshot as a complete history. It also helps separate current custody information from older arrests, court filings and final case outcomes.