The Bulloch County Jail is at 17257 U.S. Highway 301 North Statesboro, GA 30458. You can reach the Bulloch jail at 912-764-8888. The Bulloch sheriff's main line go to 912-764-8888.

Put the last name into Bulloch County Inmate Search. A new Bulloch booking can take hours to show up while Bulloch booking is done.

Bulloch County also posts recent arrests.

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

• A bondsman's fee in Bulloch County follows Georgia law, and a Bulloch family never gets that fee back.
• Some serious charges in Bulloch County need a superior court judge, so a Bulloch wait may be longer.
• Not showing up in Statesboro court may lead to a new warrant and forfeited bond money.

More detail is on our Bulloch County bail page.

Call the Bulloch sheriff's office at 912-764-8888 to check on a warrant in Statesboro. Before turning yourself in to the Bulloch jail, see a lawyer.

The Ogeechee Circuit public defender takes Bulloch cases once a judge in Statesboro rules the person cannot pay. A Bulloch applicant pays a $50 fee, which a judge can waive.

Visiting hours can change, so call 912-764-8888 before you drive to Statesboro. We explain in-person visits at the Bulloch jail and screen visits from Statesboro.

Inmates in Statesboro can call out of the Bulloch jail, and incoming calls to the Statesboro jail are not allowed. See our notes on Bulloch jail calls, inmate email in Statesboro and Bulloch tablets.

Money sent to a Bulloch account buys food and hygiene items at the Statesboro commissary. Stick to the deposit options the Bulloch jail posts. Read about Bulloch account funding and the Statesboro canteen.

Print the person's full name on the Bulloch envelope above the Statesboro jail address. Plain paper works best for Statesboro; glitter or tape on a letter to Statesboro gets it bounced. See the Statesboro section of our mail page.

Bulloch youth under 17 go to juvenile court. If a Bulloch judge orders detention, Bulloch youth go to the Claxton Regional Youth Detention Center. Families can call the sheriff's office at 912-764-8888 to ask where the child is.

Phone 912-764-8888 quickly if your person in the Bulloch County Jail has seizures or may hurt themselves in Statesboro. Ask the Statesboro nurse write down the medicine and dose.

If the charge is federal, Bulloch cases go to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Statesboro Division, at 52 North Main Street, Statesboro, GA 30458 (not always fully staffed), 912-650-4020. The Statesboro magistrate judge decides if the Bulloch defendant can go home.

Federal detainees stay with the U.S. Marshals, at times in the Bulloch jail or another county jail. Once sentenced, check the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach federal systems ICE checks.
• Step 2: When a non-citizen is booked in Statesboro, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 tells the Bulloch jail to verify immigration status ; the Bulloch jail then notifies ICE when no status is found.
• Step 3: If ICE seeks custody, it sends Form I-247A, a request to keep 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 forbid local rules against helping ICE.
• Step 5: ICE lists the Bulloch sheriff in its 287(g) program.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Statesboro, use the ICE online locator for the Bulloch detainee, or call the ICE Atlanta field office about Statesboro, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

When a Bulloch case ends in prison, Statesboro holds the person in the jail in Statesboro until state officers take them. The Georgia Department of Corrections sends the Bulloch prisoner to intake, and the Statesboro inmate later goes to an assigned prison. Bulloch County families can track them with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Bulloch sheriff are barred from posting a Bulloch mugshot online. If you need a Bulloch mugshot, phone the sheriff's office at 912-764-8888.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Brooklet Police Department: 912-842-9911
• Portal Police Department: 912-865-5330
• Register Police Department: 912-488-2424
• Bulloch County Sheriff's Office: 912-764-8888

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