Leon County Jail
The Leon County Jail was built in 1993 and houses over 1000 inmates with an operational staff of just over 300. The Leon County Jail holds pre-trial, pre-sentenced, county and state sentenced males and females and juvenile offenders who have been adjudicated as adults.
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