Broward County Main Jail

Jail Type:

County Jail

County:

Brovard

City:

Ft. Lauderdale

Opened in:

1985

Security level:

Maximum

Source 1:

https://www.sheriff.org/DOD/Pages/Jail-Facilities/Main-Jail-Bureau.aspx

Source 2:

https://www.inmateaid.com/prisons/broward-county-main-jail

Street address:

555 SE 1st Ave.

Zip code:

33301

Phone:

954-831-5900

Gender:

Male Offenders

Capacity:

1538

Region:

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Visitation hours:

7:45 AM - 8:45 AM 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM 12:45 AM - 1:45 PM 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM 8:45 PM - 9:45 PM

By day of the week:

• monday 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM 12:45 AM - 1:45 PM 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM 8:45 PM - 9:45 PM
• tuesday 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM 12:45 AM - 1:45 PM 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM 8:45 PM - 9:45 PM
• wednesday 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM 12:45 AM - 1:45 PM 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM 8:45 PM - 9:45 PM
• thursday 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM 12:45 AM - 1:45 PM 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM 8:45 PM - 9:45 PM
• friday 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM 12:45 AM - 1:45 PM 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM 8:45 PM - 9:45 PM
• saturday 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM 12:45 AM - 1:45 PM 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM 8:45 PM - 9:45 PM

Write to inmate address 1:

Inmate Name, Inmate ID 555 Southeast 1st Avennue, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 33310

Facebook link:

N/A

Jail description:

The Main Jail is an eight-story maximum security facility adjacent to the Broward County Courthouse in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Built in 1985 at a cost of $41.6 million, it was originally designed to house 864 local and state inmates. In 1988 and again in 1992, capacity was expanded to 1,538 inmates. More than 400 sworn and civilian staff supervise the facility which also includes Central Intake Bureau (Booking) for all Broward County law enforcement agencies, pre-magistrate, Centralized Classification Intake assessment for all BSO detention facilities, an infirmary and administrative offices. An all-male facility, most inmates are awaiting trial or sentencing, or are serving terms of less than one year. The inmates housed in the Main Jail are considered escape risks, violent or dangerous, or by the nature of their charges require maximum security housing. The Main Jail also includes an average of 65 juveniles awaiting trial in adult courts; they are housed separately from adult inmates