Browse Hillsborough County Mugshots for Free (Florida)

Run a free Hillsborough County mugshot search of arrested and incarcerated individuals today.

The federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the Florida Sunshine Law guarantee that the public has the right to access all public records – including mugshots and arrest records – except for those exempted by the law and expunged information.

With this access and the guidance offered throughout this brief resource, you can find information on the official custodians of these records, the process of how to efficiently get these details, and the ethical conduct of using these records in the state of Florida.

How To Access Mugshots Without Fees

In Hillsborough County, mugshots or arrest booking photographs are available online. These mugshots are provided by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office together with the arrested individuals’ jail records for free.

The police departments and other law enforcement agencies in Hillsborough County may also have this information within specific cities or municipalities. The information can be requested online, by contacting these agencies, or through an in-person visit.

Inmate records also include mugshots of incarcerated individuals. The Florida Department of Corrections maintains several online databases where interested individuals may look up inmate records in the state prisons and view their mugshots. The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator may also show photographs of offenders, depending on the state they were in.

Obtain Free Hillsborough County Mugshots Through the Sheriff’s Office

Mugshots are police photographs of individuals taken just after they were arrested. They are included in the jail records of these arrested individuals and are considered public information. This makes the mugshots available to be viewed online and can be requested from the official custodian of these records.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is the official custodian of all arrest records within the county. They provide a jail roster available online, which lists the information of individuals currently in jail.¹ This database is updated every 30 minutes, and each record will be shown until 90 days after the release date, except if it’s expunged or sealed before that.

To search the database, interested individuals will need to provide the first and last name of the person they are looking for. To narrow down the search result, they may also provide other information they may know, such as the booking number, booking date, release date, race, gender, and date of birth.

The search results can be shown with the current inmates only or with arrest details showing the following information: booking name, race, sex, date of birth (DOB), arrest and booking date, charges, and booking number with a link routing more details – including the offender’s mugshot.

For other inquiries or requests, the Records Department of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office can be contacted by filing a request form or through email, call, or in-person visit to this address:

Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office
Freddie Solomon Annex – Records Section
1900 E. 9th Ave.
Tampa, FL 33605

Phone: 813.247.0960
Email: [email protected]

VINELink, a third-party website, can also provide inmate records within the state of Florida by providing the name or ID number of the arrested individual.²

Interested individuals may also want to check out the process of obtaining arrest records in Hillsborough County, Florida, for additional instructions.

Incarceration Support Services

Besides the inmate locator tool, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office offers various inmate services for victims, offenders, and their families and friends.

Accounts & Canteen: At the Hillsborough County Jail, commissary canteen orders are available to the inmates.³ The payment of the inmates’ orders will be deducted from their personal accounts.

Funding an inmate’s account can be done through kiosks, online through the TouchPay Payment Systems website, by phone by calling ToughPay at +1.866.232.1899, or by sending money orders with corresponding fees.

Inmate Contact Methods: Inmates can be contacted by families and friends through mail in the form of a postcard, GTL tablets by creating an account at their website, and phone calls by calling the inmate’s housing unit from 7 am to 10 pm. Make sure to read and understand the restrictions when contacting the inmates in various ways.

These are the inmate housing units available in Hillsborough County, along with contact details for each:

Jail Division I – Orient Road Jail
1201 Orient Rd.
Tampa, Florida 33619

Phone: 813.247.8300

Jail Division II – Falkenburg Road Jail
520 North Falkenburg Rd.
Tampa, Florida 33619

Phone: 813.247.8300

Phone Accounts: Families and friends may enroll for inmate phone accounts with the GTL’s ConnectNetwork website to receive calls from inmates. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office provides instructions on how to set up an account and pay for this service, a list of phone call restrictions, and rates and fees for these phone calls.

Video Visitation: To visit the inmates onsite, families and friends must schedule an appointment through the Getting Out Visits App. Unlimited remote online video visitation is also available from 9:30 am to 8:45 pm for $.25 per minute, with the inmate scheduling all remote visits.

Posting Bonds: Depending on the type of bond, posting bonds can be paid via various methods.⁴ Cash bonds and purges can be paid only with the exact amount and can be done with a money order, not through debit or credit cards. Surety bonds, on the other hand, are paid only through registered bail bond agents.

For other inquiries, interested individuals may contact the Hillsborough County Clerk of Court & Comptroller via their email or contact form or call them at 813.276.8100.

Retrieve Mugshots From City & Municipal Police Departments Within Hillsborough County FL

Jail records are information submitted by various police departments to the county sheriff’s office. The police officers are the ones that arrest individuals who break the law or are accused of doing so.

For that reason, the city or municipal police authorities may have available mugshots and records of the arrested individuals the searchers are looking for. However, the police departments within Hillsborough County don’t have online databases of jail records available for view to the public.

Instead, to get these records, record seekers must first identify the city or municipality where the individual was arrested. Then, at that specific location, request a record of the individual to their police department by processing a form, calling them, or visiting them in person.

The table below lists all of the police departments available in Hillsborough County, with their online websites providing ways to request a police report, their addresses and contact information.

*Note: It is recommended that the requester contact the specific police department to ensure that the needed records are available and to know the requirements for acquiring the information and mugshot.

Find Mugshots of Inmates in State & Federal Prisons

Once the arrested individuals are convicted and sent to prison, their records will be submitted and managed by the Florida Department of Corrections – for those sent to any state prisons – and by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) – for those sent to federal prisons for breaking any federal laws.

The Florida Department of Corrections maintains various online databases.⁶

These include records for incarcerated inmates not yet scheduled to be released, for released inmates or scheduled for release, for escapees that were not found within 15 days starting from the year 1990, for offenders under supervision, for absconders or fugitives, and a general database listing all offenders under any category. Mugshots are available for all of these search locators.

For other inquiries, the DOC can be contacted at:

Florida Department of Corrections
501 S. Calhoun St.
Tallahassee, FL 32399-2500

Phone: 850.488.7052

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) supervises federal inmates within the United States. The BOP facilities are located in various states, including in Tallahassee, Florida.

To find federal inmates, searchers use the inmate locator maintained by the BOP which has records starting from 1982.⁸ Searchers may provide either the name or the register number of the inmate. Mugshots of these federal inmates may or may not be available depending on the law of the state they are located in.

For more information, searchers may contact the BOP at:

Federal Bureau of Prisons
320 First Street, Northwest
Washington, DC 20534

Phone: 202.307.3198

Record seekers may also review the process to view all criminal records throughout Florida for more guidance on obtaining arrest, inmate, warrant, and other criminal history details on anyone throughout the state.

As stated by the Florida Sunshine Law, Section 119.01, mugshots are part of public records.⁹ However, as indicated by the Florida Sunshine Law, Section 501.005, public records must not be used in any unlawful acts, including fraud, using these records to intimidate or stalk someone and to discriminate against someone during employment, housing, and other professional activities.¹⁰ Anyone experiencing these can file a case against the person doing these unlawful actions.

Execute a Hillsborough County mugshot search following the options provided in this article and use the obtained record responsibly to ensure continued open access to this information and that everyone can benefit from it.