The Bacon County Jail is at 307 South Dixon Street Alma, GA 31510. You can reach the Bacon jail at 912-632-5166. Other calls to the Bacon sheriff is 912-632-2658.

Enter the last name into Bacon County Inmate Search. A late-night arrest in Alma can take hours to show up while Bacon booking is done.

In Bacon County, a judge has to see a person arrested in Bacon County within 48 hours without a warrant and 72 hours with one. The Bacon judge can allow a bond paid in cash, through a Bacon bondsman, or with land.

• What a bondsman in Alma charges follows Georgia law, and a Bacon family never gets that fee back.
• Some serious charges in Bacon County must go to a superior court judge, so expect more time in the Bacon jail.
• Missing a court date in Bacon County can mean a Bacon warrant and the bond is lost.

More detail is on our Bacon County bail page.

Phone the Bacon sheriff's office at 912-632-2658 to ask whether a Bacon warrant is active. A Bacon lawyer can help plan a surrender.

The Waycross Circuit public defender takes Bacon cases once a judge in Alma rules the person cannot pay. Each person who applies in Bacon County pays a $50 fee, though a judge may waive it.

Visit rules and times change, so phone 912-632-5166 the day before you go to Alma. Our guides cover face-to-face visits at the Bacon jail and screen visits from Alma.

Calls from the Bacon County Jail go out only, and incoming calls to the Alma jail are not allowed. We cover Bacon jail calls, inmate email in Alma and Bacon tablets.

Money on the account pays for snacks, soap and paper through the Bacon commissary. Use only the ways the Bacon jail lists. Learn about Bacon money transfers and the Alma commissary.

Write the person's full name on the Bacon envelope above the Alma jail address. Plain paper works best for Alma; glitter or tape on a letter to Alma can get it sent back. Check the Bacon notes on our mail page.

Bacon youth under 17 go to juvenile court. When a Alma child needs detention, Bacon youth go to the Waycross Regional Youth Detention Center. Families can call the sheriff's office at 912-632-2658 to ask where the child is.

Ring 912-632-5166 right away if your person in the Alma jail has diabetes or may hurt themselves in Alma. Have Bacon jail staff note the Bacon drug name and dose.

If the charge is federal, Bacon cases 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 if the Bacon defendant can go home.

Federal detainees stay with the U.S. Marshals, sometimes in a county jail. Once sentenced, check the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Fingerprints taken at booking reach federal systems ICE checks.
• Step 2: Each time Alma jails a non-citizen, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 tells the Alma jailer to verify whether they are here lawfully , and Alma staff then alert ICE when no status is found.
• Step 3: If ICE wants the person, it sends Form I-247A, a request to keep them up to 48 hours past normal release.
• Step 4: The 2024 law HB 1105 also wrote O.C.G.A. 42-1-11.5 and 36-80-23, which forbid local rules against helping ICE.
• Step 5: Per ICE, Bacon County has a 287(g) agreement.
• Step 6: Once ICE takes custody of a Bacon detainee, use the online ICE locator to find the person from Alma, or call the Atlanta field office for Bacon cases, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

Once a Bacon judge gives a prison sentence, the Bacon inmate waits in the Alma jail until GDC transports them. The Georgia Department of Corrections sends the Bacon prisoner to intake, then on to a prison, often far from Alma. Bacon County families can track them with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Bacon sheriff are barred from posting a Bacon mugshot online. If you need a Bacon mugshot, contact the sheriff's office at 912-632-2658.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Alma Police Department: 912-632-8751
• Bacon County Sheriff's Office: 912-632-2658

Bacon deputies cover areas with no city police. In an emergency, dial 911.