The Suwannee Correctional Institution in Suwannee County serves as a prison facility for the city of Live Oak and other smaller towns surrounding Suwannee. As well as inmates awaiting transfer to other prisons, jails and State penitentiaries. When FL residents are sentenced to a Close, Medium, Minimum, Community prison, they are often sent to Suwannee Correctional Institution. In order to visit inmates at Suwannee Correctional Institution, you'll be traveling to Live Oak, FL, 32060-8694 in Suwannee. The address of this facility is listed as 5964 US Highway 90. But it's important that you verify that your inmate is at this location before making travel arrangements.
Prisons in FL, like many others these days can make it difficult and costly for inmates to call the outside. This is also true of Suwannee Correctional Institution. Some charge long distance fees of over $10 a minute making it almost impossible to maintain relationships and family ties. Inmate families have found they can avoid these abusive fees by setting up a local prison phone number that ring their long distance phone. A company called GlobalTel.com provides this service and they can be contacted here:
jail calls. They also provide an easy way to send mail to an inmate. To use their mail service, 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
Suwannee Correctional Institution is a State Prison facility. It can be helpful to understand the type of facility because this will largely determine how inmates at Suwannee Correctional Institution will be treated. Prison is expensive. Even public prison facilities appear to be operating like for-profit prisons these days. Long distance phone calls are a favorite way for jails to make money. Charging inmates for everything from soap to toothpaste is another. Even sending your inmate money to buy these things will come with an added fee. The first thing to do is set up an economical line of communication as suggested above. Then you can communicate with the inmate to discuss a reasonable budget and how the family can work together to pay and keep it.
Suwannee Correctional Institution is located in the EST time zone. Ensure your call times match the correct time in your inmate's location. The current Suwannee Correctional Institution warden is Warden Walker Clemmons. 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. Suwannee Correctional Institution has a current occupancy of 1116. The total inmate capacity of Suwannee Correctional Institution is officially 1502. The living conditions at facilities like Suwannee Correctional Institution are often determined by the level of overcrowding. Having to share a bed or having too many inmates in a tight space can lead to conflicts. Prison families can do a lot to help each other and their inmates in Suwannee Correctional Institution by sharing information about this facility with other families. We make that easy. Take a moment to share your experiences at Suwannee Correctional Institution. Everything from suggestions about the best places to stay to the most helpful local organizations can be valuable to others.