The Barrow County Detention Center is at 652 Barrow Park Drive Winder, GA 30680. You can reach the Barrow jail at 770-307-3080. Other calls to the Barrow sheriff is 770-307-3080.

Enter the last name in Barrow County Inmate Search. An arrest in Winder over the weekend may take a few hours to post until Winder booking ends.

In Barrow County, a judge must see a Barrow arrestee within 48 hours without a warrant and 72 hours with one. That judge can allow a Barrow bond in cash, by bondsman or with Winder property.

• A bondsman's fee in Barrow County has a legal limit, and it is not paid back in Winder.
• A few grave charges in Winder need a superior court judge, so a Barrow wait may be longer.
• Skipping a Barrow court date brings a Barrow warrant and the bond is lost.

More detail is on our Barrow County bail page.

Contact the Barrow sheriff's office at 770-307-3080 to check on a warrant in Winder. Before turning yourself in to the Barrow jail, see a lawyer.

The Piedmont Circuit public defender handles Barrow cases once a judge in Winder rules the person can't afford a lawyer. Someone applying in Winder owes a $50 fee, which a judge can waive.

Visiting hours can change, so call 770-307-3080 before any trip to Winder. We explain in-person visits at the Barrow jail and screen visits from Winder.

Inmates in Winder can call out of the Barrow jail, but family cannot ring in to Winder. Read about Barrow jail calls, e-messages in Winder and Barrow tablets.

Money on the account covers food and hygiene items from the Barrow jail store. Use only the ways the Barrow jail lists. Learn about Barrow money transfers and the Winder canteen.

Print the person's full name on the Barrow envelope with the Barrow County Detention Center address. Plain paper works best for Winder; glitter or tape on a letter to Winder may cause a return. See the Winder section of our mail page.

In Barrow County, anyone under 17 is handled in juvenile court. When a Winder child needs detention, the Department of Juvenile Justice sends Barrow youth to the Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center. A parent can phone the sheriff's office at 770-307-3080 to learn where their child was taken.

Call 770-307-3080 quickly if your person in the Barrow County Detention Center has seizures or may hurt themselves in Winder. Tell the Barrow desk record the drug and the dose.

Federal charges from Barrow County go to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Gainesville Division, at Sidney O. Smith Federal Building & US Courthouse, 121 Spring Street SE, Room 201, Gainesville, GA 30501-3789, 678-450-2760. In Gainesville, a federal magistrate judge rules on release in a Barrow case.

Before trial, the U.S. Marshals keep custody, at times in the Barrow jail or another county jail. After a sentence, find the person with the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach databases ICE can search.
• Step 2: Each time Winder jails a non-citizen, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 requires Barrow staff to check their status ; Barrow County then reports to ICE when status can't be shown.
• Step 3: If ICE seeks custody, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Barrow jail to keep them as long as 48 hours after release would happen.
• Step 4: HB 1105, passed in 2024, also created O.C.G.A. 42-1-11.5 and 36-80-23, which ban sanctuary policies in Georgia.
• Step 5: ICE lists the Barrow sheriff in its 287(g) program.
• Step 6: When ICE has the Barrow detainee, use the ICE online locator for a Barrow case, or phone the ICE Atlanta field office about Winder, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

Once a Barrow judge gives a prison sentence, the Barrow prisoner remains in the Winder jail until state officers take them. The Georgia Department of Corrections then takes the Barrow inmate to a diagnostic center. After that, Winder prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Barrow County families can track them with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, police in Winder may not post a Barrow mugshot online. For a copy of a Barrow mugshot, phone the sheriff's office at 770-307-3080.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Auburn Police Department: 770-513-8657
• Statham Police Department: 770-725-5992
• Winder Police Department: 770-867-2156
• Barrow County Sheriff's Office: 770-307-3080

Where Winder has no city police, deputies respond. In an emergency, dial 911.