Sumter County Jail Roster

About the Sumter County Jail

The Sumter County Detention Center is located at 219 East Anderson Avenue, Bushnell, FL 33513 and is operated by the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. The jail’s main phone number is (352) 569-1700. Patrick “Pat” Breeden is the Sumter County Sheriff, and Major Reace Thompson serves as the Jail and Court Services Administrator and facility administrator.

Sumter County operates a single county detention facility. FMJS records identify five housing locations within the detention center and do not identify a separate satellite detention facility. Central Booking and Intake & Release functions are handled within the Sumter County Detention Center.

The facility has an FMJS rated capacity of 781 beds. During the May 21, 2026 Annual Unannounced FMJS Inspection, the inspection identified no noncompliance and found the facility compliant with the applicable serious standards reviewed.

How to Search for an Inmate in Sumter County

The roster above includes a search field that accepts an inmate name, booking number, or listed charge.

Roster entries display the inmate’s name, booking number, booking date, listed charges, and custody status. Each entry also provides access to additional booking details. The booking information available through the roster includes a mugshot or photo and listed bond information.

Booking and custody information can change as records are updated. A person’s presence in the roster reflects a jail booking or custody record; it does not establish guilt or provide the complete history of a criminal court case.

For judicial case information, the Sumter County Clerk of the Circuit Court maintains criminal court records separately from the jail roster.

Posting Bond at Sumter County Jail

First Appearance and Bond Review

A person who remains in custody after arrest is brought before a judge for a first appearance within 24 hours of arrest. The judge reviews the charges and bond amount and may leave the bond unchanged or modify it.

For felony first appearances, bond and attorney status are addressed before a later arraignment in front of a Circuit Court judge. Weekend first-appearance hearings are held at the Sumter County Jail before a judge.

Where Cash Bond Can Be Posted

Sumter County provides for cash bond or bond through a bonding agent.

Cash bonds can be posted through the kiosk in the public-information lobby of the Intake & Release facility at 219 E Anderson Ave, Bushnell, FL 33513.

The bond amount shown with a booking record should be read as the listed bond information. A judge may change the amount during the court process.

Inmate Mail

Mail for a person housed at the Sumter County Detention Center should be addressed as follows:

Sumter County Detention Center
Inmate’s Full Name
219 E Anderson Ave
Bushnell, FL 33513

The inmate’s full name must appear on the mail, and a return address must be clearly shown on the outside of the envelope or mailing.

Approved non-legal postal mail is inspected and scanned to the inmate’s HomeWAV account. The physical mail is then placed in the inmate’s property bag and can be collected upon release.

The published mail rules state that postal mail may include postcards or pictures. HomeWAV also accepts actual camera photographs.

Legal mail is sent to the same Anderson Avenue address and must be clearly marked as legal mail.

Court Records and Case Information in Sumter County

Sumter County is part of Florida’s Fifth Judicial Circuit, which includes Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion, and Sumter counties.

Felony criminal matters fall within the Circuit Court criminal division. The County Court criminal division handles misdemeanors, criminal traffic cases, county ordinance violations, and municipal ordinance violations.

The Sumter County Courthouse is located at 215 E McCollum Ave, Bushnell, FL 33513.

Criminal court case records are maintained by the Sumter County Clerk of the Circuit Court, Erin C. Munz. The Clerk’s Bushnell office is located at the same courthouse address and can be reached at (352) 569-6600. The Clerk provides an online criminal court-record search that is separate from the office’s Official Records system.

The jail roster and court-record system serve different purposes. The roster shows booking and custody information, while the Clerk’s court records provide information about the judicial case. A criminal court case does not necessarily mean that the person is currently in jail, and a jail booking does not by itself establish the outcome of a criminal case.

The Office of the State Attorney for the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Florida, headed by State Attorney Bill Gladson, has a Sumter County office at 215 East McCollum Avenue, Suite 102, Bushnell, FL 33513. Its published phone number is (352) 569-6650.