Visiting the Pinellas County Jail on 49th street is not like on TV. There is no face to face time.

To visit an inmate, you have to go on the County’s website and make an appointment. You can’t just go whenever you want. You have to pick a designated time from the slots available. Your inmate may not be available at the time you pick if they have been given a job, and if they are scheduled to work that the time of your preferred appointment.

You should arrive prior to the designated appointment time and check in with the guard in charge. They require that you present a valid ID like a drivers license. There will be a number of other people scheduled at the same time that you are scheduled.

When your time arrives, you are given a “station number”. When you arrive at your station, you will find a chair and a computer terminal. Your inmate is in the same area, but in a holding area. When the visit starts you will be able to see your inmate on the terminal screen and you can pick up the telephone receiver to talk the inmate. You are usually allowed to visit for up to an hour. Your inmate will be dressed in jailhouse orange, and may not look their best.

To make sure that you don’t have to be visited in the Pinellas County Jail, make sure that you retain Alex Truluck. Alexander Truluck focuses his practice as a criminal defense attorney in Clearwater, Palm Harbor, Largo, Dunedin and the Tampa Bay area.

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