The Martin County Inmate Population
The Martin County inmate population sits inside one local lockup, the Martin County Jail at 800 SE Monterey Road in Stuart. The Martin County Sheriff's Office Department of Corrections runs the jail and reports on who is held there. That group is a mix. Some people were arrested hours ago and have not seen a judge. Others are waiting weeks or months for a case to move. A smaller share are serving short county sentences, and a few are held for other agencies on a court order or a federal request.
On June 3, 2026, the public Tyler roster that the Sheriff's Office links to returned 543 current results for the Martin County Jail. That count is a live roster total, not an audited average, so it shifts every day as the jail books new arrests and releases people who post bond or finish a sentence. Two other figures matter for the wider count. People sentenced to state prison leave the county jail and join the Florida Department of Corrections population at Martin Correctional Institution and the Martin Work Camp in Indiantown, which are state facilities, not county jail buildings.
Arrests push the number up. Bond hearings, dismissed charges, and transfers to state prison pull it back down. Because of that churn, the most reliable way to read the Martin County inmate population is to treat the live roster count as a snapshot and the state prison numbers as a separate track.
Martin County Inmate Population Statistics
Official Martin County Jail capacity and average daily population figures were not published on the Sheriff's Office or state sites during this review, so the hard numbers below are limited to what an official source actually reports. The live roster count comes straight from the Tyler public records API. The capacity and population figures for the state prison complex come from the Florida Department of Corrections 2021 Martin Correctional Institution PREA audit. Every figure here carries a source and a date, and any metric without one is marked as not published rather than guessed.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Current jail roster count | 543 | Tyler roster API, June 3, 2026 |
| Roster last updated | June 3, 2026 | Tyler data-updated endpoint |
| Martin County Jail rated capacity | Not published | No official source located |
| Martin C.I. complex rated capacity | 2,297 | FDC 2021 PREA audit |
| Martin C.I. average daily population | 1,949 | FDC 2021 PREA audit (prior 12 months) |
The 543 figure is the roster result total for one day. The 2,297 and 1,949 figures describe the state prison complex, not the county jail, and they come from a single 2021 audit. Keeping those two tracks apart is the difference between an accurate read and a misleading one.
Martin County Inmate Population Trends
A clean multi-year trend line for the Martin County Jail is hard to draw because the county does not publish an annual jail population report in its online materials. The one firmly dated local data point is the live roster count. The state prison side has a single audited year, 2021, from the federal PREA review of Martin Correctional Institution. The table below shows only what an official source dates, with gaps left honest instead of filled in.
| Year | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 543 | Tyler jail roster results on June 3; a live total, not an annual average |
| 2021 | 1,949 | Martin C.I. average daily population; state prison complex, not the county jail |
| 2022 to 2025 | Not published | No official county jail population report located |
For year-over-year jail data, the next places to check are Florida Department of Corrections county jail reports, county budget documents, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics Annual Survey of Jails. None published a Martin County jail series in this review, so the safe read is the live roster for today and the 2021 audit for the state prison.
Who Makes Up the Martin County Inmate Population
The public roster does not post an aggregate breakdown by race, sex, or age, so any percentage split would be a guess. What each individual record does show paints the shape of the population. Charge levels run from third degree felony down to first degree misdemeanor. Bond entries range from a posted cash or surety amount to a not bondable hold. Arresting agency values reveal who brings people in, from the Sheriff's Office and city police to the courts, probation, and federal agencies.
- Pre-trial and county-sentenced together fill the county jail, since it holds both people awaiting a case and people serving short local terms.
- Male and female inmates both appear; the state prison audit recorded an age range of 19 to 87 and no youthful inmates at Martin C.I.
- Felony and misdemeanor charges both show on the roster, with the charge degree listed on each count.
- Holds for other agencies appear through arresting agency labels such as Court, Department of Corrections, U.S. Marshals, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Martin County Jail Capacity and Overcrowding
No official rated capacity for the Martin County Jail surfaced in this review, so there is no honest way to state an occupancy rate or claim overcrowding for the local jail. The state prison complex is better documented. The 2021 PREA audit gives Martin Correctional Institution a rated capacity of 2,297 across the complex, with the Main Unit designed for 1,176, an average daily population of 1,949 over the prior year, and a first-day audit count of 1,874. Those are state prison numbers and should never be read as the county jail's capacity.
No consent decree, jail construction project, or capacity lawsuit appeared in official sources for the county jail during this review. That absence is reported as a gap, not as proof that none exists.
Laws Governing the Martin County Inmate Population
Florida law is what makes the jail roster and booking details public in the first place, and it is also what limits some of them. The Sheriff's Office cites the Public Records Act on its own records page and lists categories that can be withheld or redacted, including active investigations, juvenile records, and certain inmate records. The result is a roster that is broadly open but not unlimited, where non-exempt portions can be requested and exempt material may be held back.
Key Statutes:
Florida Statutes Chapter 119 - the Public Records Act, which gives the public a right to inspect and copy non-exempt jail and booking records.
Florida Statutes Chapter 951 - the county and municipal prisoner law that governs how the local jail is run.
Florida Statutes Chapter 944 - the state correctional system law that covers Florida prison custody, separate from the county jail.
Two more parts of Chapter 119 shape access in practice. The inspection and fee rules in 119.07 govern copies and any special service charge for a large request, and the exemptions in 119.071 explain why some criminal justice and personal records are redacted. Note: the Sheriff's records page lists inmate records among its exemption categories, so not every jail record is fully open even though the live roster is.
Martin County and the State Prison Population
Once a Martin County case ends in a state prison sentence, the person moves out of the county jail count and into the Florida Department of Corrections population. Two state facilities sit inside the county near Indiantown. Martin Correctional Institution is a Security Level 6 Main Unit, and the Martin Work Camp is a Security Level 3 work camp tied to it. Both hold sentenced state inmates, not county pre-trial detainees, and both are searched through the FDC inmate population search rather than the county roster.
The state locator is clear about its limits. It covers felony offenders sentenced to the Department of Corrections and leaves out people sentenced to county jail, county probation, or other county supervision. That single rule explains most of the confusion families run into when a name drops off the county roster but has not yet appeared in the state system, which happens during the reception and classification window after sentencing.
How to Search the Martin County Inmate Population
The Sheriff's Office does not host the roster on its own domain. Its jail inmate search page sends the public to the Tyler Corrections Records Search portal for arrest information and photographs of people currently held in the county jail. For anything the roster cannot answer, the same page lists the Department of Corrections assistance line at 772-220-7200.
The portal works on a name search by Tyler Technologies that the Sheriff's Office links from its corrections section. The Tyler Corrections Records Search portal for Martin County is the starting point for almost every local lookup.
From that screen, a last name is usually enough to pull a list of matching current inmates, and each result opens into a fuller profile.
- Open the Tyler Corrections Records Search portal for Martin County that the Sheriff's Office links from its jail inmate search page.
- Enter the inmate's last name; leaving the other boxes blank returns a broad list you can scan.
- Narrow the list with the arresting agency filter or an arrest date range if the name is common.
- Open the profile to read the charges, bond, booking date, and booking photo where one is on file.
- If the person was already sentenced to state prison, switch to the FDC inmate population search instead of the county roster.
Current Inmate Lookup in Martin County
The live county roster is the right tool for anyone currently in the Martin County Jail. A public check of the Tyler system on June 3, 2026 showed a data update stamped that same day, so the feed runs close to real time rather than the older once-a-day cycle the Sheriff's site once described. The search fields below come from the portal's own configuration and public interface.
The Sheriff's page also carries a specific immigration notice, which routes hold questions to ICE rather than the county jail.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Text | No | Search by last name; partial names return broader lists |
| Arresting Agency | Dropdown | No | Includes Sheriff's Office, Stuart PD, Court, Probation, ICE, U.S. Marshals |
| Min / Max Age | Numeric | No | Public minimum age on the roster is 18 |
| Min / Max Arrest Date | Date | No | Filter a booking window; format is year-month-day |
Past and Released Inmate Records
The county roster is built for people currently in custody, so a released inmate usually drops off once the booking closes. To find someone no longer listed, two channels work. A sentenced state prisoner moves to the FDC offender network, which keeps current and prior commitments. For an older booking record that is not online, a public records request to the Sheriff's Office Records Unit is the official route.
Requests go through the Sheriff's JustFOIA public records portal or the Records Unit at the main campus, and the requester can track status with a request number and security key. Mailed requests must include a self-addressed stamped envelope, and the office does not fulfill requests by fax. Booking records can include redactions, since Florida law lets the county withhold exempt portions.
What a Martin County Inmate Record Shows
A roster profile in Martin County is unusually full because the county leaves many Tyler fields visible. Date of birth, charge detail, address city and state, aliases, and the booking photo are all enabled in the instance settings. The table walks through the fields a typical current record carries.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| SO Number | The local Sheriff's Office identifier for the person in the roster |
| Booking Date | When the jail booked the person, listed separately from the arrest time |
| Charges | Each count with its degree, description, and any case number |
| Bond | Amount and type such as cash or surety, or a not bondable status |
| Booking Photo | The mugshot image, since the county enables photo display |
| Custody Status | Whether the person is still in custody or released |
Housing unit, pod, warrant number, judge, and projected release date were not visible in the public data sample, so the roster should not be relied on for a cell or release date.
County Jail vs. State Prison: Where to Look
The single most common search mistake is using the wrong system. Pre-trial detainees and people on short county sentences sit in the Martin County Jail and show on the county roster. Sentenced felons serve in a Florida Department of Corrections prison and show only in the state locator. The booking side of the county jail is detailed on the jail inmate records page.
| County Jail | State Prison (DOC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Who Is Held | Pre-trial plus short county sentences | Sentenced state felons |
| Run By | Martin County Sheriff's Office | Florida Department of Corrections |
| Where to Look | Tyler county jail roster | FDC inmate population search |
| Stays Listed | While in custody; drops off after release | Through the sentence; release dates update nightly |
State and Federal Inmate Search
Three more locators cover the parts of the population the county roster does not. The Florida Department of Corrections inmate search handles sentenced state prisoners and refreshes weekly, with release and location changes updated nightly. The federal Bureau of Prisons locator covers sentenced federal inmates from 1982 forward.
For immigration custody, the Sheriff's Office states plainly that immigration hold details cannot be disclosed through the Martin County Jail and points people to the ICE online detainee locator or ICE directly at 305-207-2001. Florida custody changes can also be tracked through VINELink Florida.
Martin County Detention Facilities
Three facilities hold part of the population tied to Martin County. One is the local jail run by the Sheriff's Office, and two are state prisons run by the Florida Department of Corrections near Indiantown. Each has its own page with addresses, lookup steps, and visitation detail.
- Martin County Jail - the local jail in Stuart for people arrested in the county, held pre-trial, or serving short county sentences.
- Martin Correctional Institution - a state prison Main Unit near Indiantown holding sentenced Florida inmates.
- Martin Work Camp - a state work camp tied to Martin C.I. for sentenced inmates in work programs.
Martin County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Martin County inmate population?
The live Tyler roster the Sheriff's Office links to returned 543 current results for the Martin County Jail on June 3, 2026. That is a same-day roster total rather than an audited average, and it changes as bookings and releases happen. No official rated capacity or average daily population for the county jail was published in this review, so the 543 figure is the most reliable local count available.
How do I search the Martin County inmate population?
Start at the Sheriff's Office jail inmate search page, which links to the Tyler Corrections Records Search portal for Martin County. Enter a last name, then narrow by arresting agency or arrest date if the name is common. Open a result to read charges, bond, booking date, and the booking photo. If the person was sentenced to state prison, use the Florida Department of Corrections locator instead.
Can I look up a released or past inmate?
The county roster mainly shows people in custody now, so a released inmate often drops off. A sentenced state prisoner appears in the FDC offender network. For an older booking record that is not online, file a public records request through the Sheriff's JustFOIA portal or the Records Unit, and expect possible redactions under Florida law.
Does the Martin County roster show mugshots?
Yes. The county enables photo display in its Tyler settings, so a current inmate profile generally includes a booking photo. How those photos work, how long they stay up, and how to request one are covered on the jail roster mugshots page.