The Chatham County Detention Center is at 1050 Carl Griffin Drive Savannah, GA 31405. You can reach the Chatham jail at 912-652-7700. For other Chatham sheriff business is 912-652-7600.

Type the last name in Chatham County Inmate Search. A new Chatham booking can take hours to show up until Savannah booking ends.

By state law, in Chatham County, a judge has to see a Chatham arrestee within 48 hours if there was no warrant, or 72 hours if there was one. The Chatham judge can allow a Chatham bond in cash, by bondsman or with Savannah property.

• A bondsman's fee in Chatham County is set by state law, and a Chatham family never gets that fee back.
• Certain serious Chatham charges need the superior court, so a Chatham wait may be longer.
• Missing a court date in Chatham County may lead to a bench warrant and forfeited bond money.

More detail is on our Chatham County bail page.

Contact the Chatham sheriff's office at 912-652-7600 to ask whether a Chatham warrant is active. Before a surrender in Savannah, talk to a lawyer.

The Eastern Circuit public defender handles Chatham cases once a judge in Savannah rules they cannot pay. Someone applying in Savannah pays a $50 fee, though a judge may waive it.

Visit rules and times change, so phone 912-652-7700 the day before you go to Savannah. Our guides cover lobby visits at the Chatham jail and video visits from Savannah.

Inmates in Savannah can call out of the Chatham jail, but family cannot ring in to Savannah. We cover Chatham jail calls, inmate email in Savannah and Chatham tablets.

An inmate account covers snacks and soap from the Chatham jail store. Send money only through methods Savannah names. Read about Chatham account funding and the Savannah canteen.

Put the person's full name on the Chatham envelope above the Savannah jail address. Plain paper works best for Savannah; glitter or tape on a letter to Savannah gets it bounced. Current Chatham rules are on our mail page.

In Chatham County, anyone under 17 is handled in juvenile court. When a Savannah child needs detention, Chatham youth go to the Savannah Regional Youth Detention Center. Families can call the sheriff's office at 912-652-7600 to ask where the child is.

Phone 912-652-7700 right away if your person in the Chatham County Detention Center has seizures or may hurt themselves in Savannah. Ask the Savannah nurse note the Chatham drug name and dose.

If the charge is federal, Chatham cases go to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Savannah Division, at 8 Southern Oaks Ct., Savannah, GA 31405 (page says mail to 124 Barnard St), 912-650-4020. In Savannah, a federal magistrate judge decides if the Chatham defendant can go home.

Federal detainees stay with the U.S. Marshals, sometimes in a county jail. Once sentenced, check the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach databases ICE can search.
• Step 2: If the Chatham jail books a non-citizen, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 tells the Savannah jailer to check legal status , after which Savannah officers tell ICE if status is missing.
• 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: Ask the Chatham sheriff's office whether it has a 287(g) agreement with ICE.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Savannah, check the ICE detainee locator for a Chatham case, or phone the ICE Atlanta field office about Savannah, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

When a Chatham case ends in prison, Savannah holds the person in the Savannah jail until GDC transports them. The Georgia Department of Corrections sends the Chatham prisoner for processing. After that, Savannah prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Savannah relatives can follow them on GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Chatham sheriff cannot post mugshots (booking photos) from Savannah on the web. If you need a Chatham mugshot, phone the sheriff's office at 912-652-7600.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Bloomingdale Police Department: 912-748-8302
• Chatham County Police Department: 912-652-6500
• Garden City Police Department: 912-966-7770
• Pooler Police Department: 912-330-8601
• Port Wentworth Police Department: 912-964-4360
• Savannah Police Department: 912-651-6664
• Thunderbolt Department of Public Safety: 912-629-4665
• Tybee Island Police Department: 912-786-5600
• Chatham County Sheriff's Office: 912-652-7600

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