The Ben Hill County Jail is at 255 Appomattox Road Fitzgerald, GA 31750. The Fitzgerald jail desk picks up at 229-426-5161. Other calls to the Ben Hill sheriff go to 229-426-5161.

Ben Hill County does not run an online jail roster for the Fitzgerald jail. Ring the jail at 229-426-5161 with the person's full name and Ben Hill booking date, and the Ben Hill desk can confirm whether they are in Ben Hill custody.

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

Ben Hill County also posts recent arrests.

Under Georgia law, in Fitzgerald, a judge must see someone held in Fitzgerald within 48 hours without a warrant and 72 hours with one. The Ben Hill judge can allow a Ben Hill bond in cash, by bondsman or with Fitzgerald property.

• A bondsman's fee in Ben Hill County follows Georgia law, and Fitzgerald families do not get it back.
• A few grave charges in Fitzgerald need the superior court, so a Ben Hill wait may be longer.
• Skipping a Ben Hill court date may lead to a Ben Hill warrant and forfeited bond money.

See our Ben Hill County bail page.

Call the Ben Hill sheriff's office at 229-426-5161 to ask whether a Ben Hill warrant is active. A Ben Hill lawyer can help plan a surrender.

The Cordele Circuit public defender covers Ben Hill cases if a Ben Hill judge decides the person cannot pay. A Ben Hill applicant is charged $50, though a judge may waive it.

Visiting hours can change, so phone 229-426-5161 before you drive to Fitzgerald. We explain face-to-face visits at the Ben Hill jail and video visits from Fitzgerald.

Inmates in Fitzgerald can call out of the Ben Hill jail, but no one can call in to Fitzgerald. We cover Ben Hill jail calls, e-messages in Fitzgerald and Ben Hill tablets.

Money sent to a Ben Hill account buys snacks, soap and paper at the Fitzgerald commissary. Use only the ways the Ben Hill jail lists. Learn about Ben Hill deposits and the Fitzgerald jail store.

Print the person's full name on the Ben Hill envelope above the Fitzgerald jail address. Plain paper works best for Fitzgerald; tape on mail to the Ben Hill jail can get it sent back. See the Fitzgerald section of our mail page.

In Ben Hill County, anyone under 17 is handled in juvenile court. When a Fitzgerald child needs detention, the Department of Juvenile Justice decides where a Ben Hill youth is held. A parent can phone the sheriff's office at 229-426-5161 to ask where the child is.

Phone 229-426-5161 quickly if your person in the jail in Fitzgerald has seizures or may hurt themselves in Fitzgerald. Tell the Ben Hill desk write down the medicine and dose.

Federal charges from Ben Hill County go to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Albany Division, at 201 West Broad Avenue, Albany, GA 31701, --. A magistrate judge in Albany decides if the Ben Hill defendant can go home.

Federal detainees stay with the U.S. Marshals, at times in the Ben Hill jail or another county jail. After sentencing, use the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach federal databases that ICE can see.
• Step 2: For any non-citizen held in Ben Hill County, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 requires Ben Hill staff to check immigration status , and Fitzgerald staff then alert ICE if they lack status.
• Step 3: If ICE seeks custody, it sends Form I-247A, asking the jail to hold them up to 48 hours past normal release.
• 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: Ask the Ben Hill sheriff's office whether it has a 287(g) agreement with ICE.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Fitzgerald, use the ICE online locator to find the person from Fitzgerald, or call the ICE Atlanta field office about Fitzgerald, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

After a Ben Hill County state prison sentence, the Ben Hill prisoner remains in the jail in Fitzgerald until state officers take them. Next, the Georgia Department of Corrections moves the person from Fitzgerald to intake. After that, Fitzgerald prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Fitzgerald relatives can follow them on GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, police in Fitzgerald may not post a Ben Hill mugshot online. For a copy of a Ben Hill mugshot, phone the sheriff's office at 229-426-5161.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Fitzgerald Police Department: 229-426-5000
• Ben Hill County Sheriff's Office: 229-426-5161

Sheriff's deputies patrol parts of Ben Hill County without a police force. Dial 911 in an emergency.