The Atkinson County Jail is at 20 Smith Ave West Pearson, GA 31642. The Pearson jail desk picks up at 912-422-3291. For other Atkinson sheriff business is 912-422-3611.

Atkinson has no a public roster for the Pearson jail. Phone the jail at 912-422-3291 with the person's full name and Atkinson booking date, and staff can tell you if they are held in Pearson.

After a state prison sentence, Georgia Department of Corrections Find an Offender shows their prison.

Atkinson County also posts recent arrests.

Under Georgia law, in Pearson, a judge must see someone held in Pearson within 48 hours without a warrant and 72 hours with one. The Atkinson judge may set a cash bond, a bondsman bond, or a property bond in Pearson.

• What a bondsman in Pearson charges is set by state law, and a Atkinson family never gets that fee back.
• Some serious charges in Atkinson County need the superior court, which can mean a longer wait in Pearson.
• Not showing up in Pearson court brings a new warrant and a lost bond.

See our Atkinson County bail page.

Call the Atkinson sheriff's office at 912-422-3611 to ask whether a Atkinson warrant is active. Before a surrender in Pearson, talk to a lawyer.

The Alapaha Circuit public defender takes Atkinson cases when a Atkinson judge finds the person can't afford a lawyer. Each person who applies in Atkinson County is charged $50, though a judge may waive it.

Visiting hours can change, so phone 912-422-3291 before any trip to Pearson. Our guides cover in-person visits at the Atkinson jail and remote visits from Pearson.

Calls from the Atkinson County Jail go out only, but you cannot call in to the Pearson jail. See our notes on Atkinson jail calls, messages in Pearson and Atkinson tablets.

Money on the account pays for snacks and soap at the Pearson commissary. Send money only through methods Pearson names. Read about Atkinson deposits and the Pearson canteen.

Write the person's full name at the top of the Pearson envelope with the Atkinson County Jail address. Use plain paper for the Atkinson jail; tape on mail to the Atkinson jail gets it bounced. Current Atkinson rules are on our mail page.

Children under 17 in Pearson go to juvenile court. If a Atkinson judge orders detention, Atkinson youth go to the Waycross Regional Youth Detention Center. A parent can phone the sheriff's office at 912-422-3611 to find their child.

Phone 912-422-3291 right away if your person in the Atkinson County Jail has seizures or may hurt themselves in Pearson. Ask the Pearson nurse record the drug and the dose.

Federal charges from Atkinson County go to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Waycross Division, at 601 Tebeau Street, Waycross, GA 31501 (not always fully staffed), 912-283-2870. In Waycross, a federal magistrate judge decides on release for a Atkinson defendant.

Before trial, the U.S. Marshals keep custody, at times in the Atkinson jail or another county jail. Once sentenced, check the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Fingerprints taken at booking go to federal systems ICE checks.
• Step 2: When a non-citizen is booked in Pearson, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 tells Pearson jail officers to confirm immigration status ; the Atkinson jail then notifies ICE if status is missing.
• Step 3: When ICE is interested, it sends Form I-247A, asking the jail to hold them for up to 48 extra hours.
• Step 4: Georgia's HB 1105 (2024) also added O.C.G.A. 42-1-11.5 and 36-80-23, which ban sanctuary policies in Georgia.
• Step 5: ICE lists the Atkinson sheriff in its 287(g) program.
• Step 6: Once ICE takes custody of a Atkinson detainee, try the ICE detainee locator for the Atkinson detainee, or call the Atlanta field office, which covers Pearson, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

After a Atkinson County state prison sentence, Atkinson County keeps them in the Pearson jail until GDC transports them. The Georgia Department of Corrections then takes the Atkinson inmate to a reception center. After that, Pearson prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Atkinson County families can track them with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Atkinson sheriff cannot post mugshots (booking photos) from Pearson on the web. For a copy of a Atkinson mugshot, call the sheriff's office at 912-422-3611.

For people in state prison, photos appear on GDC Find an Offender.

• Pearson Police Department: 912-422-7411
• Willacoochee Police Department: 912-534-5151
• Atkinson County Sheriff's Office: 912-422-3611

Where Pearson has no city police, deputies respond. Dial 911 in an emergency.