The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office, Detention Division is always open to innovative ideas to serve the citizens of Hernando and the inmate population incarcerated at the HCDC.  In doing so, we constantly evaluate programs to determine how they best meet the needs of the Hernando County Detention Center inmate population, the community as a whole and the individual tax payer of Hernando  County.   The SecurePak® on-line commissary system was one of those experimental programs, and while it provided some convenience, it was not found to be a sound program for the Detention Center as a whole and the citizens of Hernando County. Therefore, we have discontinued its use. This decision comes after evaluation of the program and analysis of the outcome. This in no way impacts an inmate's ability to make purchases from their inmate account. You may still place funds in the account of individual inmates for authorized use as they wish to purchase items or phone time. You may do this through the internet, placement in the kiosks at the facility or by mail to the HCDC in the form of a money order or certified check.

The Hernando County Detention Center is the central booking and intake location for all law enforcement agencies operating in Hernando County.  The care, custody and control of individuals arrested in Hernando County by the Sheriff's Office and various state and local police agencies is the responsibility of the Detention Center. Confined in the Hernando County Detention Center are those individuals who have been arrested and held without bond, been unable to post bail set by the courts, are being transferred from other states or counties while awaiting trial in Hernando County, or those found guilty and sentenced to serve less than one year in county jail.

The Sheriff operates the Hernando County Detention Center which has an authorized capacity of 818 inmates. The facility houses males, females and juveniles between the ages of 14 and 17 who have be adjudicated for treatment as adults charged or sentenced on misdemeanor and felony crimes.