The Clayton County Jail is at 9157 Tara Blvd. Jonesboro, GA 30236. The Jonesboro jail desk picks up at 770-471-1122. For other Clayton sheriff business go to 770-477-4469.

Type the last name in Clayton County Inmate Search. A late-night arrest in Jonesboro can take hours to show up as Clayton staff finish booking.

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

• The fee a Clayton bondsman charges follows Georgia law, and a Clayton family never gets that fee back.
• A few grave charges in Jonesboro need a superior court judge, so a Clayton wait may be longer.
• Not showing up in Jonesboro court brings a Clayton warrant and forfeited bond money.

More detail is on our Clayton County bail page.

Phone the Clayton sheriff's office at 770-477-4469 to check on a warrant in Jonesboro. Before a surrender in Jonesboro, talk to a lawyer.

The Clayton Circuit public defender covers Clayton cases if a Clayton judge decides they cannot pay. A Clayton applicant pays a $50 fee, unless a judge waives it.

Visit rules and times change, so phone 770-471-1122 before you drive to Jonesboro. We explain lobby visits at the Clayton jail and remote visits from Jonesboro.

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

An inmate account buys snacks and soap from the Clayton jail store. Send money only through methods Jonesboro names. Learn about Clayton deposits and the Jonesboro jail store.

Put the person's full name on the Clayton envelope with the Clayton County Jail address. Only plain paper goes to Jonesboro; tape on mail to the Clayton jail gets it bounced. Current Clayton rules are on our mail page.

Clayton youth under 17 go to juvenile court. When a Jonesboro child needs detention, DJJ uses the Martha K. Glaze Regional Youth Detention Center for Clayton. Families can call the sheriff's office at 770-477-4469 to find their child.

Call 770-471-1122 quickly if your person in the Clayton County Jail has seizures or may hurt themselves in Jonesboro. Ask the Jonesboro nurse record the drug and the dose.

If the charge is federal, Clayton cases go to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, at Richard B. Russell Federal Building & US Courthouse, 75 Ted Turner Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30303-3309, 404-215-1600. The Atlanta magistrate judge decides on release for a Clayton defendant.

Before trial, the U.S. Marshals keep custody, sometimes in a county jail. After sentencing, use the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach federal systems ICE checks.
• Step 2: If the Clayton jail books a non-citizen, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 directs the Clayton jail to verify immigration status , and the Jonesboro jailer informs ICE if they lack status.
• Step 3: If ICE wants the person, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Clayton jail to keep them for up to 48 extra hours.
• Step 4: HB 1105, passed in 2024, also created O.C.G.A. 42-1-11.5 and 36-80-23, which ban sanctuary policies in Georgia.
• Step 5: ICE lists the Clayton sheriff in its 287(g) program.
• Step 6: When ICE has the Clayton detainee, search the online ICE locator for a Clayton case, or call the Atlanta field office, which covers Jonesboro, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

When a Clayton case ends in prison, Clayton County keeps them in the Jonesboro jail until GDC transports them. The Georgia Department of Corrections sends the Clayton prisoner to intake, and the Jonesboro inmate later goes to an assigned prison. Jonesboro relatives can follow them on GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Clayton sheriff may not post a Clayton mugshot online. If you need a Clayton mugshot, phone the sheriff's office at 770-477-4469.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Clayton County Police Department: 770-477-3747
• Forest Park Police Department: 404-366-7280
• Jonesboro Police Department: 770-478-7407
• Lake City Police Department: 404-366-8035
• Lovejoy Police Department: 770-471-2304
• Morrow Police Department: 770-961-4006
• Riverdale Police Department: 770-996-3382
• Clayton County Sheriff's Office: 770-477-4469

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