The Detention Center
Gadsden County Jail
- Operated byGadsden County Sheriff's Office
- Jail address2135 Pat Thomas Parkway, Quincy, FL 32351
- Jail phone(850) 875-8844
- RoleHouses inmates awaiting trial or transfer of custody
- Rated capacityNot found
- Jail AdministratorMajor Yolanda Pittman (Detention and Jail Operations)
Source: Gadsden County Sheriff's Office — Corrections Bureau / Jail Information · checked 2026-09-28
Transparency rating
2/10Closed- ✓The jail is named
- ✓Who is in custody
- ✗Beds and daily population — not published
- ✗What it costs taxpayers — not published
- ✗Deaths in custody — not published
- ✗PREA audits — not published
- ✗Independent inspection — not published
- ✗Who else it holds, and for how much — not published
- ✗How to post bond — not published
- ✗Phone, video and commissary rates — not published
The Building
You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.
- Year builtNot found
- Original costNot found
- Paid for byNot found
- BedsNot found
Since then
- Not found
The Sheriff
Sheriff Morris A. Young
- Runs the jailYes — the Gadsden County Sheriff's Office runs the Gadsden County Jail (Detention and Jail Operations)
- How the office is filledElected, four-year term
- In office sinceElected 2004; re-elected 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 (per the sheriff's profile page)
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Gadsden County Sheriff's Office — Sheriff's profile · checked 2026-09-28
The Judges
Florida's circuit and county judges are elected state judicial officers, not county officials. A judge sets the first conditions of release at first appearance, within 24 hours of arrest.
Who sets bail in Gadsden County
- Circuit Court: Florida's Second Judicial Circuit, which also serves Franklin, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty and Wakulla (Fla. Stat. 26.021). Circuit judges are elected circuit-wide to six-year terms and hear felonies.
- County Court: the Gadsden County Court. County judges are elected countywide to six-year terms and hear misdemeanors.
- The county's bond schedule
- Share of the jail population held pretrial
- Median time from booking to first appearance
Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-09-28
The Board of County Commissioners
They pay for the jail. In most counties the sheriff runs it; in some, the county does.
- What they controlThe sheriff's budget, including its separate line for corrections and detention: the sheriff submits it by June 1 and the board may amend, increase or reduce it (Fla. Stat. 30.49). The board also owns the jail building, and it decides by ordinance whether the sheriff or a county corrections department runs the jail (Fla. Stat. 951.061).
- What they don'tDay-to-day operations where the sheriff runs the jail. The sheriff is separately elected, and can appeal the board's budget cuts to the Governor and Cabinet sitting as the Administration Commission. No state agency inspects the jail; peer inspectors from other sheriffs' offices do.
- NoteThe county website (gadsdencountyfl.gov) is linked from the sheriff's site but could not be opened in this session; minutes URL not confirmed.
- The boardGadsden County Board of County Commissioners
- Where the jail money is decidedNot found
Notes on the record
- Official sheriff site is gadsdensheriff.com, confirmed Gadsden County, Florida. The old lead gadsdensheriff.org is a privately owned third-party site that says it is not a government site — not used.
- Sheriff Morris A. Young is named on the sheriff's own home page and profile page; this matches the FDLE lead.
- Jail page names the Gadsden County Jail and Major Yolanda Pittman over Detention and Jail Operations; it gives no capacity, visitation, commissary, fee, bond or PREA information.
- Inmate Lookup page on the sheriff's site links to an in-custody search (SmartWEB client at http://69.21.72.195/smartwebclient/, not opened).
- Finance page describes the finance division but posts no budget document. FAQ and Public Records pages post no jail documents. Medical Services page names no contractor or fees.
- County seat: the sheriff's office and jail are in Quincy (sheriff's About page); no opened page used the words 'county seat'.
- What was tried: http://www.gadsdensheriff.org/ and https://www.gadsdensheriff.org/ (fetch refused, then found to be a private site); https://www.gadsdencountyfl.gov/ and https://www.gadsdenclerk.com/ refused (PROVENANCE_REQUIRED). 1 WebSearch used.
- State inspection/oversight: Florida requires every county jail to meet the Florida Model Jail Standards and to be inspected each year, but the inspectors come from other sheriffs' offices, not a state agency, and state law does not require the reports to be published.
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Gadsden County and what it costs the people who live here. Nationally, almost 77% of the people who died in local jails in 2019 had not been convicted of anything, and suicide was the leading single cause of those deaths (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Mortality in Local Jails, 2000–2019).
How much is your sheriff — and your judge — costing you?
Your VOTE is POWERFUL.
The sheriff is elected. So are the county commissioners who pay for the jail, and the judges who set bail.
Names verified 2026-09-28 · dollars and outcomes still being gathered