Facilities · Jail
Leon County Detention Center
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida
Also reported as Leon County Detention Facility; Leon County Jail; Leon County jail.
23 deaths are recorded here, from 1897 to 2025; 18 by name.
- suicide 7
- illness 5
- lynching 5
- undetermined 3
- overdose 2
- accident 1
The people
- Jesse Wampler October 4, 2025
- Andrew Wiley June 19, 2025
- John Russo April 15, 2024
- Name not reported 2024
- Name not reported 2024
- Name not reported 2024
- Name not reported 2024
- Name not reported 2024
- Milton Yates October 24, 2022
- Christopher James October 9, 2022
- John McLendon March 16, 2022
- James Reed March 11, 2022
- Erica Portillo December 9, 2019
- Amanda Mitchell November 7, 2019
- Jennifer "Casey" Norred July 24, 2017
- Casey Norred July 2017
- Willie C. White August 12, 2015
- David Bruce Voss September 8, 2007
- Richard Hawkins July 20, 1937
- Ernest Ponder July 20, 1937
- Mick Morris June 6, 1909
- Pierce Taylor February 7, 1897
- Pierson Taylor January 24, 1897
History and conditions
Research on this facility’s history, oversight and conditions is coming.