Inmate Healthcare
Inmate Healthcare
The Medical Section provides healthcare services for all inmates. Inmate Healthcare is staffed by professionally trained, licensed, and certified medical personnel and adheres to the “Standards for Health Services in Jails” set by the National Commission on Correctional Healthcare (NCCHC).
Contact: 727-453-7094
Paid for by Penny for Pinellas, the healthcare facility opened in 2007 providing 432 beds and consolidating various types of medical care under one roof at the Pinellas County Jail.
Medical care services for male and female inmates are concentrated on four floors of varying housing configurations encompassing 165,200 square feet.
The medical services include an x-ray room, dialysis, three chairs for dental service, 20 negative pressure isolation cells, a mental health clinic, a trauma clinic, and dedicated space for staff and administration. The detention features include video visitation in each housing area, attorney visitation booths, a courtroom for appearances by video, and other inmate monitoring and staff security enhancements.
Important!
Florida State Statute 951.032(1)(a) authorizes county detention facilities to seek reimbursement from prisoners for expenses incurred for medical care, treatment, hospitalization, and transportation.No inmate shall be denied necessary medical care and treatment for their serious health needs due to the inability to pay for services rendered.
Co-Payment Schedule
- A $10.00 co-payment shall be charged against the inmate’s account for each non-exempt sick call for medical, mental health, or dental care initiated by the inmate.
- Exempt visits shall not be charged against the inmate’s account and include services such as:
- Requests initiated by medical staff for mental health, and dental treatment/evaluation, including follow-up visits initiated by the qualified healthcare provider.
- Request initiated by detention staff due to urgent or emergent appearing conditions, as substantiated by the nurse.
- Treatment of injuries (emergent/non-emergent) which occur as a result of an assault, use of force, accident, or inmate fight.
- Receiving medical screenings, health appraisals (14-day/annual H&P), or chronic clinic visits.
- Inpatient or outpatient (ER) hospital visits and on- or off-site specialty consultations (e.g., dialysis, PAR, physical therapy, prenatal care, etc.).
- Laboratory, x-ray, and other diagnostic testing, wound care, vital sign monitoring, and segregation or well-being checks.
- Medication services.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. How do I request DNA testing?
A. Contact Corrections where the patient is located.
Q. How do I bring in or request medical records?
A. Please contact the Medical Records Department – 727-464-6415.
Q. How do I deliver personal items brought in from home?
A. Any requests for personal items to be delivered must be approved by the medical staff. Only items that are deemed to be medically necessary will be allowed.
Q. Who do inquiries go to regarding Patient Programs?
A. Contact the social workers in the pod where the patient is located.
Q. How do I initiate a Power of Attorney or other legal documents?
A. Call Program Services at 727-453-7358.
Q. Who do I contact for legal inquiries?
A. The State Attorney’s office at 727-464-6221 or the inmate's private attorney.
Q. Who handles inmate property issues?
A. Please call Inmate Property at 727-464-6415 ext. 49427.
Q. Who handles complaints about abuse issues regarding the corrections section?
A. Please contact the division in which the inmate is housed 727-464-6415.
Q. How are issues regarding maintenance of the cell areas addressed (e.g. cleanliness, rodents, and hot water)?
A. Please contact the division in which the inmate is housed 727-464-6415.
Q. How are homeless clients assisted upon release?
A. Please contact the social worker within the inmate's housing area 727-464-6415.
Q. How do I get a message to an inmate?
A. Please contact the social worker within the inmate's housing area 727-464-6415.
Q. How do I get reading materials to an inmate?
A. Contact the mailroom at 727-464-6415 ext. 49173.
Q. How do I inform an inmate of a family member’s death?
A. Contact the jail chaplain at 727-464-6326.
Q. Who do I direct questions regarding disability and SSI?
A. Contact the specific social worker in the housing area where the inmate in located 727-464-6415.
Q. Who do I contact regarding a patient’s medical issues?
A. Contact the Administrative Nursing Supervisor at 727-464-6415 ext. 49149.
