Central Booking and Detention Facility Ceremony

The community is invited to attend a ceremony to mark the demolition of the former Escambia County Central Booking and Detention Facility Wednesday, Jan. 16 at 11 a.m. outside the facility's east gate/sally port entrance located near the intersection of North "H" and Baars streets.  

The brief program will include the history of the building, plans for the site, a moment of silence and prayers for the approximately 600 inmates and staff who were in the building when an explosion in the basement laundry room occurred during the April 2014 flooding event. The explosion tragically killed two and injured 184.

Parking for the ceremony is available at Escambia County Video Visitation, 1190 W. Leonard St. or in the parking lot just south of the central booking facility. Please use care in crossing Leonard Street if utilizing this parking.