The Burke County Jail is at 225 Highway 24 South Waynesboro, GA 30830. The Waynesboro jail desk picks up at 706-554-2133. For other Burke sheriff business is 706-554-2133.

Put the last name in Burke County Inmate Search. An arrest in Waynesboro over the weekend may not show for a few hours as Burke staff finish booking.

In Burke County, a judge must see a Burke arrestee within 48 hours if there was no warrant, or 72 hours if there was one. The Burke judge can allow a Burke bond in cash, by bondsman or with Waynesboro property.

• What a bondsman in Waynesboro charges has a legal limit, and a Burke family never gets that fee back.
• Certain serious Burke charges need the superior court, so a Burke wait may be longer.
• Not showing up in Waynesboro court may lead to a bench warrant and a lost bond.

More detail is on our Burke County bail page.

Phone the Burke sheriff's office at 706-554-2133 to check on a warrant in Waynesboro. Before a surrender in Waynesboro, talk to a lawyer.

The Augusta Circuit public defender covers Burke cases once a judge in Waynesboro rules the person can't afford a lawyer. A Burke applicant owes a $50 fee, unless a judge waives it.

Visiting hours can change, so phone 706-554-2133 before any trip to Waynesboro. We explain in-person visits at the Burke jail and video visits from Waynesboro.

Inmates in Waynesboro can call out of the Burke jail, but family cannot ring in to Waynesboro. See our notes on Burke jail calls, e-messages in Waynesboro and Burke tablets.

Money on the account buys snacks and soap at the Waynesboro commissary. Send money only through methods Waynesboro names. Read about Burke account funding and the Waynesboro jail store.

Put the person's full name on the Burke envelope with the Burke County Jail address. Plain paper works best for Waynesboro; stickers or tape on a Burke letter gets it bounced. Check the Burke notes on our mail page.

Burke youth under 17 go to juvenile court. If a Burke youth must be held, Burke youth go to the Augusta Regional Youth Detention Center. Families can call the sheriff's office at 706-554-2133 to ask where the child is.

Call 706-554-2133 quickly if your person in the Burke County Jail has diabetes or may hurt themselves in Waynesboro. Ask the Waynesboro nurse note the Burke drug name and dose.

A federal case from Burke County is heard in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Augusta Division, at 600 James Brown Blvd., Augusta, GA 30901, 706-849-4400. A magistrate judge in Augusta rules on release in a Burke case.

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

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach federal systems ICE checks.
• Step 2: Each time Waynesboro jails a non-citizen, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 tells Burke staff to confirm their status ; Burke County then reports to ICE when no status is found.
• Step 3: When ICE is interested, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Burke 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 forbid local rules against helping ICE.
• Step 5: The Burke sheriff takes part in 287(g), per ICE.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Waynesboro, check the ICE detainee locator for the Burke detainee, or call the Atlanta field office, which covers Waynesboro, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

After a Burke County state prison sentence, the person from Waynesboro stays in the Burke jail until the Georgia Department of Corrections picks them up. The Georgia Department of Corrections then takes the Burke inmate to a reception center. After that, Waynesboro prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Waynesboro relatives can follow them on GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, police in Waynesboro cannot post a Burke mugshot online. For a copy of a Burke mugshot, contact the sheriff's office at 706-554-2133.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Sardis Police Department: 478-569-4311
• Waynesboro Police Department: 706-554-8029
• Burke County Sheriff's Office: 706-554-2133

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