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Gulf Correctional Institution Annex Overview

Gulf Correctional Institution Annex is operated by the Florida Department of Corrections at 699 Ike Steele Road in Wewahitchka, next to its parent institution. The annex is an adult male state prison unit, holding men who have already been sentenced and committed to state custody. Its parent facility is Gulf Correctional Institution, and the two share leadership under Warden Jeremy Proctor and the same main phone line.

Because it is a state prison annex, the people here did not arrive through a Gulf County booking. They were sentenced in courts that may sit anywhere in Florida and were then placed here by the corrections department. The annex sits at published coordinates of 30.174245, -85.263793, just off the same rural route that leads to the main institution.

For a Gulf County search, the same caution applies to the annex as to its parent prison. A person recently arrested in the county will not be here, since new arrests are held at the Gulf County Detention Facility in Port St. Joe. The annex holds people who were already convicted and sent to state custody, often well after the original arrest, so a search for someone freshly booked belongs on the sheriff side, not the state side.

Gulf Correctional Institution Annex Capacity and Population

The Florida Department of Corrections lists a capacity of 720 for Gulf Correctional Institution Annex, accessed in 2026. Together with the 1,572-bed main institution, the state runs roughly 2,292 prison beds in this corner of Wewahitchka. The corrections department does not post a live daily count for the annex, so only the rated capacity is shown.

How to Look Up an Inmate at the Annex

Inmates at the annex are searched the same way as any Florida state prisoner, through the corrections department rather than the county. The Florida DOC offender search returns a sentenced inmate's current facility, photo, and sentence by name or DC number, with location changes updated nightly.

1. Open the Florida DOC offender search and choose the inmate population search.
2. Enter the inmate's name or DC number.
3. Confirm the result lists the Gulf Correctional Institution Annex as the current location.
4. Open the profile for the sentence, photo, and housing details.

The Florida DOC offender search menu is the gateway to every state-prison lookup, including the annex.

The county sheriff and the Gulf County app do not track state prisoners, so a search for someone at the annex always goes through the corrections department. For records questions, the Bureau of Classification and Central Records can be reached at 850-488-9859.

One detail trips up searches at facilities like this. Because the annex and its parent institution share leadership and a location, the offender search may list either as the current facility, and an inmate can be moved between them. The reliable step is to read the exact facility name on the locator result rather than assume, since the corrections department updates a location change nightly when it happens.

Gulf Correctional Institution Annex Address and Contact

The annex shares the institutional phone line with its parent prison and posts office hours in Central time. Mail to an inmate must carry the person's name and DC number along with the annex address.

The facility fax is 850-639-1182, and the warden's office can be reached by email at the general institutional mailbox the corrections department lists for Gulf Correctional Institution. Every letter should carry the inmate's full name and DC number, since the mailroom can delay or return mail that does not identify the person clearly.

Visiting Someone at the Annex

Visiting the annex follows the statewide Florida prison process, which is approval-based rather than open. A visitor must be approved before any visit and then reserve a slot through a weekly scheduling form. Walk-up visits without an approved application and a submitted scheduling request are not allowed. The requirements below come from the corrections department's visiting information.

The current forms and the full rules are on the Florida DOC visiting information page. Note: you cannot apply to visit while the inmate is still in the reception process, only after they reach a permanent facility.

Mail, Phone, and Money at the Annex

Communication and funds at the annex run through the same statewide Florida Department of Corrections programs used across the prison system. Phone, messaging, canteen, and deposits all go through the state's vendors. The table lists the channels the corrections department publishes for sentenced inmates.

Reception and Placement at the Annex

No one is booked into the annex off the street. A person arrives only after a court sentence and commitment to the Florida Department of Corrections, followed by the department's reception and classification review. That process sets security level and program needs and decides which facility, including whether an inmate is placed at the annex or its parent institution. An inmate may move from the Gulf County Detention Facility to a state prison only after sentencing.

This is why a name never appears on both the county jail app and the state locator at once. The handoff from the Gulf County Detention Facility to state custody is the moment the search shifts to the Florida DOC system that covers both the annex and the main Gulf Correctional Institution.

How the Annex Differs From the Main Prison

The annex and its parent institution share an address area, a phone line, and a warden, but they are not identical. The clearest difference is programming. The Florida Department of Corrections lists the main Gulf Correctional Institution with a deep slate of education, vocational, chaplaincy, and re-entry programs, while the annex page lists none of those at this time. Inmates at the annex who need such services are generally reached through the wider institution's operation.

The annex also carries a smaller rated capacity, 720 beds against the institution's 1,572. Both hold adult men who have been sentenced and committed to state custody, and the corrections department can move an inmate between the two as classification needs change. That is one reason a search should confirm the exact current location on the locator rather than assume a person stays in one unit for an entire sentence.

Records, Custody Alerts, and the Florida DOC

Because the annex is a state facility, its records and custody questions belong to the Florida Department of Corrections, not the Gulf County Sheriff. The corrections department makes inmate information and photographs available through its public offender search in the interest of public safety, and it refreshes most of that data weekly while updating location changes nightly. For questions the locator does not answer, the department directs inmate population inquiries to its Bureau of Classification and Central Records at 850-488-9859.

Families who want to be told when a sentenced inmate's status changes can register with Florida VINELink, which sends a notice for a supported inmate. None of these channels run through the county jail or the sheriff app, since those cover only local custody and never a state prisoner held at the annex.

About Gulf Correctional Institution Annex

The Florida Department of Corrections lists the annex as having no academic, substance abuse, chaplaincy, or institutional betterment programs at this time, which is a key difference from the broad program slate at the parent institution. Inmates who need those services are generally served through the wider Gulf Correctional Institution operation. To reach the annex, drivers follow the same rural route the corrections department gives for the institution, taking I-10 to Exit 142, State Road 71 south about 42 miles to Stone Mill Creek Road, then about three miles to the facility.