Ocala is home to the Marion County Jail. This prison facility holds inmates sentenced in Ocala and Marion County Courts and courts of other cities in the Marion County area areas. Marion County Jail is one of several minimum - maximum prisons for the State of FL. In order to visit inmates at Marion County Jail, you'll be traveling to Ocala, FL, 34475-5600 in Marion. The address of this facility is listed as 700 NW 30th Ave. But it's important that you verify that your inmate is at this location before making travel arrangements.
Inmates and their families require regular contact in order to stay close and connected. But Jails and Prisons often make contact with the outside difficult and costly. Some charge inmates long distance call charges of up to $14 a minute. Few families can afford to talk at those prices. Fortunately, setting up a local number that ring thru to a long distance phone enable inmates to talk at local phone rates to family and friends no matter where they live. To do this you'll need a Jail Call service provided by Globaltel at
jail calls. You can also send mail to an inmate. Just click here:
send postcards. Once you get set up with call service and can communicate with your inmate, it will be easier to start making plans for visitation. FL has many types of prison facility. City Jails, County Jails, State Jails and State Penitentiaries will each have their own rules and times for visitation and even rules for sending and receiving inmate mail
Marion County Jail is a County Jail facility. It can be helpful to understand the type of facility because this will largely determine how inmates at Marion County Jail will be treated. Prisons and jails today charge for everything. You can expect to pay for soap, toothpaste, phone calls and stamps, books and even paper are all provided for a fee that is often many times higher than the price paid in the free world. Setting up an economical phone service so you can communicate without long distance charges is the first step. Then you should ask your inmate what else they will need and how you can properly send it.
Marion County Jail is located in the EST time zone. Ensure your call times match the correct time in your inmate's location. The current Marion County Jail warden is Sheriff Emery A. Gainey. You can often talk directly with them at a smaller facility or write and email them at a larger one. This will naturally depend on the size and type of your prison facility. Prison families can do a lot to help each other and their inmates in Marion County Jail by sharing information about this facility with other families. We make that easy. Take a moment to share your experiences at Marion County Jail. Everything from suggestions about the best places to stay to the most helpful local organizations can be valuable to others.