The Brooks County Jail is at 1003 Holloway Drive Quitman, GA 31643. You can reach the Brooks jail at 229-263-8153. Other calls to the Brooks sheriff go to 229-263-9323.

There is no an online roster in Brooks County. Ring the jail at 229-263-8153 with the person's full name and Brooks booking date, and the Brooks desk can confirm whether they are in Brooks custody.

When a Brooks case ends in prison time, Georgia Department of Corrections Find an Offender shows which prison holds them.

In Brooks County, a judge must see a Brooks arrestee within 48 hours if there was no warrant, or 72 hours if there was one. That judge may set a Brooks bond in cash, by bondsman or with Quitman property.

• The fee a Brooks bondsman charges follows Georgia law, and Quitman families do not get it back.
• Certain serious Brooks charges need a superior court judge, so a Brooks wait may be longer.
• Skipping a Brooks court date brings a Brooks warrant and forfeited bond money.

See our Brooks County bail page.

Phone the Brooks sheriff's office at 229-263-9323 to check on a warrant in Quitman. A Brooks lawyer can help plan a surrender.

The Southern Circuit public defender takes Brooks cases when a Brooks judge finds the person cannot pay. A Brooks applicant owes a $50 fee, unless a judge waives it.

Visiting hours can change, so phone 229-263-8153 the day before you go to Quitman. We explain in-person visits at the Brooks jail and screen visits from Quitman.

Inmates in Quitman can call out of the Brooks jail, and incoming calls to the Quitman jail are not allowed. We cover Brooks jail calls, inmate email in Quitman and Brooks tablets.

Money sent to a Brooks account buys snacks and soap through the Brooks commissary. Use only the ways the Brooks jail lists. Learn about Brooks account funding and the Quitman canteen.

Print the person's full name on the Brooks envelope over the Brooks jail's street address. Brooks County Jail mail should be plain paper; tape on mail to the Brooks jail may cause a return. Current Brooks rules are on our mail page.

In Brooks County, anyone under 17 is handled in juvenile court. When a Quitman child needs detention, the Department of Juvenile Justice sends Brooks youth to the Jefferson Loftiss II Regional Youth Detention Center. A parent can phone the sheriff's office at 229-263-9323 to find their child.

Call 229-263-8153 quickly if your person in the Brooks County Jail has diabetes or may hurt themselves in Quitman. Tell the Brooks desk write down the medicine and dose.

A federal case from Brooks County is heard in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Valdosta Division, at 401 North Patterson Street, Valdosta, GA 31601, --. The Valdosta magistrate judge decides if the Brooks defendant can go home.

Before trial, the U.S. Marshals keep custody, sometimes in a county jail. Once sentenced, check the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints are shared with federal systems ICE checks.
• Step 2: For any non-citizen held in Brooks County, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 tells the Brooks jail to verify legal status , and the Quitman jailer informs ICE if they lack status.
• Step 3: If ICE seeks custody, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Brooks 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 ban sanctuary policies in Georgia.
• Step 5: ICE lists the Brooks sheriff in its 287(g) program.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Quitman, search the ICE detainee locator for the Brooks detainee, or phone the Atlanta field office for Brooks cases, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

Once a Brooks judge gives a prison sentence, the person from Quitman stays in the Quitman jail until GDC transports them. The Georgia Department of Corrections then takes the Brooks inmate to a diagnostic center, and the Quitman inmate later goes to an assigned prison. Brooks families can look them up with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Brooks sheriff are barred from posting Brooks booking photos (mugshots) online. If you need a Brooks mugshot, contact the sheriff's office at 229-263-9323.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Barwick Police Department: 229-735-2311
• Morven Police Department: 229-775-2475
• Pavo Police Department: 229-859-2110
• Quitman Police Department: 229-263-7556
• Brooks County Sheriff's Office: 229-263-9323

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