Look Up Wakulla Correctional Institution Annex Inmates

Wakulla Correctional Institution Annex Overview

The Annex is operated by the Florida Department of Corrections and shares the 110 Melaleuca Drive complex with the main Wakulla Correctional Institution. The state directory lists it under the main institution entry at the same primary phone. It holds sentenced adult male prisoners at minimum, medium, and close custody, which marks it as a state prison unit and not a county jail.

What sets the Annex apart is its role. Older state facility descriptions say the Annex was built in 2008, sits about a tenth of a mile from the main unit, and processes newly received inmates into the Wakulla facilities. The same descriptions list dorms J through Q with specialized uses, including protective management housing and several mental health programs. A reader looking for someone with protective or treatment needs may find them assigned here rather than to the main prison. Protective management housing is for inmates who need separation from the general population, while the mental health dorms cover a range of care, so the Annex carries a more specialized mission than a standard prison dorm.

Wakulla Correctional Institution Annex Capacity and Population

State oversight gives a recent, dated figure for the Annex. A 2025 Florida Correctional Medical Authority survey report listed the Annex unit capacity at 756 with a current census of 588. Those numbers describe the Annex only and stand apart from both the main prison count and the county jail count.

The census sits below capacity in that snapshot, but prison counts move, so treat the figure as a point in time. The Department of Corrections does not post a live Annex census on its directory page.

Housing and Special Units at the Annex

The Annex is built around specialized housing, which is the main thing that sets it apart from the main prison. State facility descriptions lay out dorms labeled J through Q, each with a defined role, and they note the Annex houses protective management inmates along with several mental health populations, including outpatient, transitional, and inpatient care.

The dorm roles, drawn from that state material, give a sense of the range.

• J dorm is used for confinement.
• K dorm is general population.
• L and M dorms house protective management inmates.
• N dorm is a diversionary treatment unit for general-population inmates in outpatient mental health services.
• O and P dorms are secure transition units for close-management inmates receiving outpatient treatment.
• Q dorm houses inmates who need inpatient mental health treatment.

These assignments come from audit material and can change, so treat them as a picture of how the Annex is organized rather than a current bed chart. The takeaway for a search is simple. A person with protective or treatment needs may be placed in the Annex rather than the main unit, but the lookup tool is the same statewide offender search either way.

How to Look Up an Inmate at the Wakulla Correctional Institution Annex

Use the statewide offender search for anyone held at the Annex, since it is a sentenced-population state prison. Search by name or by the Department of Corrections number, then confirm the assigned facility on the record. For custody alerts after you find the person, a state notification service can send updates.

1. Open the FDC Offender Search and enter a last name or DC Number.
2. Check the alias box if the person may be listed under another name.
3. Open the record and confirm the facility shows the Wakulla complex.
4. Register for custody alerts if you want to be notified of a move or release.

The notification portal below handles those custody alerts for Florida.

Sign up through VINELink Florida for alerts, but use the offender search as the primary lookup, since VINELink is a notification layer rather than a full roster.

The state offender search comes with the same cautions it carries for any facility. The Department of Corrections updates the database regularly but warns that location, status, and release dates can change quickly, so a result is a current pointer rather than a guarantee. Name searches match on a begins-with basis, while the DC Number lands on one person. Because the Annex moves people between specialized units, the assigned housing on a record can shift even when the facility stays the same.

Wakulla Correctional Institution Annex Address and Contact

The Annex uses the same Melaleuca Drive address and main phone as the institution. Identify the Annex specifically when you call so staff route the question to the right unit.

Visiting Someone at the Wakulla Correctional Institution Annex

State prison visitation rules apply at the Annex, so plan around approval and scheduling rather than the county jail's video setup. Because the Annex includes protective management and mental health housing, specific units may carry added rules, which makes confirming details with the facility important. The table treats the schedule as approval-based, the way the state runs it.

Note: review the FDC visiting information page and call ahead, since protective and treatment units can have extra requirements.

Mail, Phone, and Money at the Wakulla Correctional Institution Annex

Mail, phone, and money for an Annex inmate run through Department of Corrections vendors and rules, which are separate from the county jail's Securus mail center and lobby kiosk. Confirm the inmate's exact facility through the offender search first, then follow the state procedures for each service. The county jail instructions do not apply to a state prisoner held here.

Verify each step with the state before sending anything, since vendors and addresses differ from the county system. The county jail's Securus mail center and lobby kiosk are for county inmates only, so they should never be used to reach a state prisoner held at the Annex.

Reception and Intake at the Wakulla Correctional Institution Annex

The Annex has a documented intake role within the complex. State facility material says it processes newly received inmates into the Wakulla facilities, meaning people arrive here after sentencing and state reception rather than after a local arrest. The Annex also assigns specialized housing, with dorms used for confinement, general population, protective management, diversionary treatment, secure transition, and inpatient mental health care. That structure reflects a sentenced population with a range of custody and treatment needs.

For a Wakulla County case, this is the far end of a long path. A person is first booked at the county detention facility, moves through the courts, and only reaches the Annex after a prison sentence and reception. Because the Annex was built in 2008 and sits a short distance from the main unit, a newly received inmate may pass through here before a longer-term assignment. None of that changes the lookup, which stays with the statewide offender search rather than any county channel.

About the Wakulla Correctional Institution Annex

The Annex is one piece of the Crawfordville state prison complex, alongside the main institution and the work camp. Its protective management and mental health units make it a notable part of the regional state prison system, and state surveys track its capacity, census, and medical care. A sentenced person from a Wakulla County case who is assigned here is in state custody, so the county roster channels no longer apply and the offender search is the place to follow their status.