BEDS WERE SO UNCOMFORTABLE! The other guest were incredibly…read morerude and the complimentary clothes looked horrible. The food was like school food and I didn't even get my own shower. Lee county you should be ashamed, definitely not somewhere you would want be for more than a few minutes.

I got stabbed, and the inmates tried to kiss me!…read more Very dissatisfied by the fact 69 wasn't there to kiss me : (

I agree with the people from Lee. I spent two years down there and used the south library off…read moreGladiolus (I believe it was on Bass.) and the north Fort Myers just over the Edison bridge. Unlike what is left of the Charlotte libraries, I never left a Lee county library empty handed. Unfortunately, I believe the reason for that is the difference in the size of the population. I'm sure Lee gets a much larger amount of funding. So much so that they have enough books to actually seperate them by type, making it easier to find what you're looking for. There is no excuse I can think of to not have a complete set of a series though. Has happened to me enough times that I no longer take out any part of a series. I tend to just be glad we have a library at all considering the state of things today. Overall I believe these people are doing the best they can with what they have to work with.

We recently moved to Charlotte County from Lee and we're disappointed in the limited selection of…read moreBOOKS at the Punta Gorda Library. Just about anything I'm interested in reading is only available electronically. The Biographies and History sections are minimal. Fiction is no better - as an example, they'll have one book from a series of seven, maybe 3 books from a series of 15 and a 32-book series has only 10 books - and they're not in series order. Makes it frustrating.

I called to see if my son needed medical attention. I was told on input it appeared he didn't and…read morethey don't check afterwards and do any rounds to check,but I know he's going through hell because he's coming off of fentanyl and needs attention. Nobody will answer the phone. I've been trying to call for two weeks and never got an answer. I had no idea how to even write because the recording cuts off halfway through tell you the address. This jail needs a complete reorganization from top to bottom and apparently more personnel if they can't answer any of their phones.. I finally had to call the clerk of the court to get some inside direct numbers and got a person to answer in records to find out if my son was even in this jail because on the website it said the jail was closed! Really, closed? I read that there's over 3000 people in the jail and it's and they're sleeping on the floor because the system is too slow in processing and you need more judges to hear the cases.The only way that a person can get medical attention is if you write to them I was told to find out if they need it! Then you report it to them can you imagine how asinine that is. I'm speaking as a doctor and very concerned about this policy. This gel is responsible to be sure people are not in jeopardy of dying because they can't get any attention that they need medically. The prisoners now also get tablets so they don't have any real visitation which I find to be inhumane. Visitation is done via video and letters are put on the tablet and they can read their tablet. I read the jail is extremely overcrowded so apparently they need to improve their organization and the judges need to hear more cases in a quick fashion instead of making the inmates wait for months in the jail when they may not even be guilty!

my best friend recently spent time at Pinellas County jail. I don't know much about prison by the…read moregrace of God and I don't know much about jail, but I do know this each every time I called the staff was extremely friendly courteous they didn't have to be most places aren't the fact that they offer free visitation over video is an extra bonus opposed to charging offer for free whoever is running this jail. May God bless you and continue to do good work my friend safe.

My stay was excellent, the inmates were lovely, and the food was delicious, unfortunately, they had…read moreto kick me out after six months.

There are pros and cons to this venue; no pun intended. The nice thing about it is it's relatively…read morenew if you're lucky enough to book a room in one of the new wings, which are plentiful as they always seem to have people clamoring to book a stay here, so more rooms are regularly being built. There are older wings too though which are a little dilapidated so try to arrange for a newer wing; you may have to fight for it, literally. Their rooms feel a little snug; they can't be much larger than 6x10, and that includes the bathroom facilities and vanity, which is conveniently integrated into the toilet itself for space savings. The walls are solid concrete which feels a little institutional but they're good for giving you a nice sense of security should inclement weather present itself. I would take a picture but the gentlemen working at the front desk took my camera and my clothes, hence the two star rating; I would have preferred to have kept my belongings while they have my outfit dry cleaned. A big complaint I have is with the phone situation. I realize hotels like to nickel and dime you to death, 25 cents per call, 50 cents per call, but this place is really ridiculous; you are required to call collect and the person on the other end has to pay a few dollars just to talk to you. I mean really, that's excessive. The common areas are well maintained, seemingly by the guests themselves as odd as that sounds. There is a communal shower kind of like what you'd find at a nice European hostel. It seemed clean enough but some of the other guests were a little more affectionate than I'd have liked while showering; one even referred to me as "Honey" which I found quite odd. There is no swimming pool, and the gym is also outside, so if you want to get a workout in while it's raining, that probably won't happen. The food is mediocre and they do not give you metal utensils, just plastic. The surrounding area is likely a little sketchy because there seem to be an abundance of security guards patrolling the grounds. Other than that though, hard to give it one star since the stay is free.

Five Star Accommodations here highly recommend. Seriously…read morethough I came here to put some money on someone's account to help them out and they were very nice and professional here under the circumstances. If you can stay at a different Hotel, it would probably be for the best

Listen I'm not condoning any person for having a visit to this place, and I don't have enough…read moreexperience to know if this is normal at other jails but I just thought everyone would get a chuckle with a review of the intake department. The entire department of intake guards is just the sheriffs department rejects. None of them have even spent a minute in a gym and the majority of them look as if they just got done eating 7 donuts. their only upper hand is that they have weapons while you have your hands cuffed. I watched one guy get taken back behind curtains and beat by 4 guards who would otherwise struggle in a fair environment, all because he made a joke about how the know-it-all guard was short. He's Hispanic/asian and is trying to grow a beard but it's a struggle for him. The inmates frequently pick on him for being short, and He thought he was cool by putting me in solitary because "I didn't look like I respected him," to which I replied that respect was earned not given. That was his green light to handcuff me, throw me into a cell, and rip apart my single sheet of paper with phone numbers. Mind you, I was arrested for a suspended license and was released same day. I did nothing violent, was quiet, posed no harm to anybody. The night time guards pretty much all of them were super reasonable and even helpful at times, and would converse or even joke a bit with you. However, the day time guards it's pretty obvious they're picked on frequently and were likely bullied when younger. I get that they're dealing with some terrible people, but they also deal with folks who made a very simple mistake and are just trying to be released. They're extremely self conscious and it's obvious that they know that if they were on and even field with the inmates that they wouldn't be nearly as confident. Yelling, speaking with a fake deep voice does not change the fact that people don't respect this group of Scorned sheriffs rejects. You have grown women out in squad cars risking their lives but then you have this group of losers sitting in intake knowing they weren't brave or qualified enough to do what the real sheriffs do