United States · Florida · Fort Myers
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Lee County Jail is a county jail located in Lee County, Florida. Rated capacity: 457. Reported population: 371. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Capacity
457
Current population
371
Occupancy
81%
Year opened
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Operator
Lee County Sheriff / CorrectionsPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
—
Region
Florida
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
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This facility scores 1. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 1 points below national average.
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
e a wild horse, roaming the countryside with no respect for life, including my own. One result was a 675-mile transfer from USP Leavenworth, a medium security prison in Kansas, to USP Lee, a high security facility in Virginia. It was my third prison in eight years. I got to Lee at about 8:30 in the evening. As I walked with 30 other prisoners to G-Block, I could see the anxiety and curiosity in
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World Prisons. (2026). Lee County Jail. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lee-county-jail
"Lee County Jail." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lee-county-jail.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Lee County Jail},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lee-county-jail},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}