HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY JAILS FROM PAST TO PRESENT
Jefferson Street Jail |
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| Hillsborough County Jails have been around since the late 1800's. The first ever to be built was the Jefferson Street Jail around 1888. Built in 1926 was the Pierce Street Jail. Prior to 1971 all jail facilities operated independently. |
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Clark Avenue Jail |
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| Built in 1964 was the Clark Avenue Jail. The City Stockade originally operated by Tampa Department of Sanitation held intoxicated persons and city ordinance violators who then worked on garbage trucks. The capacity ranged from 356 to 543. The Annex, which consisted of temporary modular units, was completed in 1988 and consisted of 384 beds. The Clark Avenue Jail was vacated in 1990 and the modular units were relocated to the Falkenburg Road Jail site for use in 1993. |
Hillsborough County Camp (County Jail East) was originally operated by the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) as work farm for misdemeanants and later utilized to house reduced-custody sentenced inmates. The rated capacity was 158. It was demolished in 1990 and turned into a staff parking lot for the Orient Road Jail.
Tampa City Jail, built approximately in 1962, was located in the Tampa Police Department and held persons arrested within the city limits. It's rated capacity was 284 beds. All persons arrested between 1971 and 1981 were booked into this facility.
In 1969, the city and county agreed to establish a board to represent all agencies involved in law enforcement and corrections. In 1970, the Hillsborough County Consolidated Jail System was formed. Legislation in 1971 established the Hillsborough County Board of Corrections which was renamed the Board of Criminal Justice in 1973. In 1983, the Board of Criminal Justice became an advisory body and the jail was placed under the jurisdiction of the Sheriff.
A Work Release Center was constructed in 1972 near the Clark Avenue Jail. The facility was first called the Hillsborough County Offender and Diagnostic Treatment Center and had 46 beds. Another Work Release Center was built in 1990 across from the Orient Road Jail and originally had 54 beds. The current capacity is 175 beds.
The Orient Road Jail was originally designed to have 1,330 individual cells. When it opened, it was the largest direct supervision jail in the country. It was developed with an open booking design.
The Falkenburg Road Jail opened in 1998 with 768 beds. An expansion of the facility in 2003 added 1,536 more beds to its present rated capacity of 2,304. It is continuing to grow.
Pierce Street Jail |
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Morgan Street Jail |
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| The Morgan Street Jail, built in 1964, originally had a capacity of 456 beds. An Annex was built in 1981 and consisted of 192 beds. The Annex was supposed to be 7 stories. Booking was transferred from Tampa City Jail to Morgan Street Jail in 1981. The Morgan Street Jail was closed on January 19, 2004. |
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