How to find an inmate in Butts County
Adults picked up in Butts County go to the Butts County Jail in Jackson. Butts County does not post a roster online for Jackson, so call the jail at 770-775-8216 to ask who is held in Jackson. If your person left Jackson for prison, use Georgia Department of Corrections Find an Offender.
Where are people in Butts County held?
The Butts County Jail is at 835 Ernest Biles Drive Jackson, GA 30233. Jail staff answer at 770-775-8216. Other calls to the Butts sheriff call 770-775-8216.
Back to questions ↑Is there a Butts inmate search online?
Butts has no an online roster for Butts. Call the jail at 770-775-8216 with the person's full name and Butts booking date, and the Butts desk can confirm whether they are in Butts custody.
After a state prison sentence, you can find them on Georgia Department of Corrections Find an Offender which prison holds them.
Back to questions ↑How does bond work in Butts County?
Under Georgia law, in Jackson, a judge has to see a Butts arrestee within 48 hours without a warrant and 72 hours with one. The Butts judge may set a Butts bond in cash, by bondsman or with Jackson property.
- A bondsman's fee in Butts County follows Georgia law, and a Butts family never gets that fee back.
- Some serious charges in Butts County need the superior court, so a Butts wait may be longer.
- Not showing up in Jackson court can mean a Butts warrant and a lost bond.
See our Butts County bail page.
Back to questions ↑How do I check Butts County warrants?
Contact the Butts sheriff's office at 770-775-8216 to ask about an active Butts warrant. Before turning yourself in to the Butts jail, see a lawyer.
Back to questions ↑Is there a public defender in Butts County?
The Towaliga Circuit public defender takes Butts cases when a Butts judge finds they cannot pay. A Butts applicant pays a $50 fee, unless a judge waives it.
Back to questions ↑What are visiting rules in Jackson?
Visiting hours can change, so phone 770-775-8216 the day before you go to Jackson. We explain in-person visits at the Butts jail and video visits from Jackson.
Back to questions ↑How do phone calls work in Butts County?
Inmates in Jackson can call out of the Butts jail, but family cannot ring in to Jackson. See our notes on Butts jail calls, e-messages in Jackson and Butts tablets.
Back to questions ↑How do I put money on a Butts inmate's account?
An inmate account covers snacks, soap and paper from the Butts jail store. Send money only through methods Jackson names. Read about Butts deposits and the Jackson canteen.
Back to questions ↑How should a Butts jail letter be addressed?
Put the person's full name on the Butts envelope with the Butts County Jail address. Use plain paper for the Butts jail; stickers or tape on a Butts letter can get it sent back. Check the Butts notes on our mail page.
Back to questions ↑Where are young people from Butts County held?
Children under 17 in Jackson go to juvenile court. When a Jackson child needs detention, the Department of Juvenile Justice sends Butts youth to the Macon Regional Youth Detention Center. A parent can phone the sheriff's office at 770-775-8216 to find their child.
Back to questions ↑How do I report a Butts jail health need?
Ring 770-775-8216 quickly if your person in the Butts County Jail has seizures or may hurt themselves in Jackson. Ask the Jackson nurse note the Butts drug name and dose.
Back to questions ↑What happens in a federal case from Butts County?
A federal case from Butts County is heard in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Macon Division, at William A. Bootle Federal Building & US Courthouse, 475 Mulberry Street, Macon, GA 31201, --. In Macon, a federal magistrate judge decides if the Butts defendant can go home.
Before trial, the U.S. Marshals keep custody, sometimes in a county jail. After sentencing, use the BOP inmate locator.
Back to questions ↑ICE holds at the Butts jail, step by step
- Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach federal systems ICE checks.
- Step 2: For any non-citizen held in Butts County, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 tells Jackson jail officers to check their status , after which Jackson officers tell ICE if they lack status.
- Step 3: If ICE seeks custody, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Butts jail to keep them for up to 48 extra hours.
- 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: The Butts sheriff takes part in 287(g), per ICE.
- Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Jackson, search the ICE online locator for a Butts case, or call the Atlanta field office, which covers Jackson, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.
Moving from Butts County to state prison
Once a Butts judge gives a prison sentence, Jackson holds the person in the jail in Jackson until GDC transports them. Next, the Georgia Department of Corrections moves the person from Jackson to a reception center. After that, Jackson prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Butts County families can track them with GDC Find an Offender.
Back to questions ↑Are Butts County mugshots posted?
No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, police in Jackson cannot post a Butts mugshot online. If you need a Butts mugshot, call the sheriff's office at 770-775-8216.
State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.
Back to questions ↑Law enforcement numbers for Butts County
- Jackson Police Department: 770-775-7878
- Butts County Sheriff's Office: 770-775-8216
Where Jackson has no city police, deputies respond. Dial 911 in an emergency.
Back to questions ↑Butts County contacts
- Inmate search
- GDC Find an Offender
- Jail
- Butts County Jail, 835 Ernest Biles Drive Jackson, GA 30233, 770-775-8216
- Sheriff
- 770-775-8216