The Brantley County Detention Center is at 95 John Wilson Street Nahunta, GA 31553. Jail staff answer at 912-462-6141. Other calls to the Brantley sheriff call 912-462-6141.

Put the last name in Brantley County Inmate Search. A late-night arrest in Nahunta can take hours to show up until Nahunta booking ends.

Under Georgia law, in Nahunta, a judge must see a Brantley arrestee within 48 hours if there was no warrant, or 72 hours if there was one. That judge can order a Brantley bond in cash, by bondsman or with Nahunta property.

• A bondsman's fee in Brantley County is set by state law, and Nahunta families do not get it back.
• A few grave charges in Nahunta need the superior court, so a Brantley wait may be longer.
• Skipping a Brantley court date may lead to a Brantley warrant and the bond is lost.

See our Brantley County bail page.

Phone the Brantley sheriff's office at 912-462-6141 to ask about an active Brantley warrant. A Brantley lawyer can help plan a surrender.

The Waycross Circuit public defender handles Brantley cases once a judge in Nahunta rules they cannot pay. A Brantley applicant pays a $50 fee, though a judge may waive it.

Visit rules and times change, so call 912-462-6141 before you drive to Nahunta. Our guides cover lobby visits at the Brantley jail and video visits from Nahunta.

People in the Brantley jail can make outgoing calls, and incoming calls to the Nahunta jail are not allowed. Read about Brantley jail calls, inmate email in Nahunta and Brantley tablets.

Money on the account covers snacks, soap and paper through the Brantley commissary. Stick to the deposit options the Brantley jail posts. See our pages on Brantley account funding and the Nahunta commissary.

Write the person's full name on the Brantley envelope over the Brantley jail's street address. Brantley County Detention Center mail should be plain paper; stickers or tape on a Brantley letter gets it bounced. Check the Brantley notes on our mail page.

In Brantley County, anyone under 17 is handled in juvenile court. If a Brantley judge orders detention, the Department of Juvenile Justice sends Brantley youth to the Waycross Regional Youth Detention Center. Families can call the sheriff's office at 912-462-6141 to find their child.

Ring 912-462-6141 quickly if your person in the Brantley County Detention Center has seizures or may hurt themselves in Nahunta. Have Brantley jail staff record the drug and the dose.

Federal charges from Brantley 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. The Waycross magistrate judge decides on release for a Brantley defendant.

The U.S. Marshals hold people before trial, sometimes in a county jail. After sentencing, use the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Fingerprints taken at booking are shared with databases ICE can search.
• Step 2: For any non-citizen held in Brantley County, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 directs the Brantley jail to confirm their status , and the Nahunta jailer informs ICE when status can't be shown.
• Step 3: If ICE wants the person, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Brantley jail 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: ICE does not list Brantley County in 287(g); ask the sheriff to confirm.
• Step 6: When ICE has the Brantley detainee, try the online ICE locator for a Brantley case, or call the ICE Atlanta field office about Nahunta, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

After a Brantley County state prison sentence, the Brantley prisoner remains in the Brantley County Detention Center until state officers take them. The Georgia Department of Corrections sends the Brantley prisoner for processing, and the Nahunta inmate later goes to an assigned prison. Nahunta relatives can follow them on GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, police in Nahunta may not post mugshots (booking photos) from Nahunta on the web. If you need a Brantley mugshot, call the sheriff's office at 912-462-6141.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Hoboken Police Department: 912-458-2575
• Nahunta Police Department: 912-462-5844
• Brantley County Sheriff's Office: 912-462-6141

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