The Crawford County Jail is at 21 Hortman Mill Road Knoxville, GA 31050. The Roberta jail desk picks up at 478-836-3116. The Crawford sheriff's main line go to 478-836-3116.

Crawford County does not run an online inmate list for the Roberta jail. Call the jail at 478-836-3116 and give the person's full name and Crawford booking date, and the Crawford desk can confirm whether they are in Crawford custody.

When a Crawford case ends in prison time, Georgia Department of Corrections Find an Offender shows their prison.

Under Georgia law, in Roberta, a judge has to see a Crawford arrestee within 48 hours if there was no warrant, or 72 hours if there was one. The Crawford judge can allow a Crawford bond in cash, by bondsman or with Roberta property.

• What a bondsman in Roberta charges follows Georgia law, and a Crawford family never gets that fee back.
• A few grave charges in Roberta need a superior court judge, so a Crawford wait may be longer.
• Skipping a Crawford court date may lead to a Crawford warrant and a lost bond.

See our Crawford County bail page.

Contact the Crawford sheriff's office at 478-836-3116 to ask about an active Crawford warrant. Before turning yourself in to the Crawford jail, see a lawyer.

The Macon Circuit public defender handles Crawford cases once a judge in Roberta rules they cannot pay. Someone applying in Roberta owes a $50 fee, though a judge may waive it.

Visit rules and times change, so call 478-836-3116 before you drive to Roberta. Our guides cover lobby visits at the Crawford jail and remote visits from Roberta.

Inmates in Roberta can call out of the Crawford jail, and incoming calls to the Roberta jail are not allowed. Read about Crawford jail calls, e-messages in Roberta and Crawford tablets.

Money sent to a Crawford account buys snacks and soap at the Roberta commissary. Stick to the deposit options the Crawford jail posts. See our pages on Crawford money transfers and the Roberta canteen.

Write the person's full name on the Crawford envelope above the Roberta jail address. Plain paper works best for Roberta; tape on mail to the Crawford jail may cause a return. See the Roberta section of our mail page.

In Crawford County, anyone under 17 is handled in juvenile court. When a Roberta child needs detention, Crawford youth go to the Macon Regional Youth Detention Center. Families can call the sheriff's office at 478-836-3116 to find their child.

Ring 478-836-3116 right away if your person in the Crawford County Jail has diabetes or may hurt themselves in Roberta. Ask the Roberta nurse record the drug and the dose.

If the charge is federal, Crawford cases go to 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, --. The Macon magistrate judge rules on release in a Crawford case.

Before trial, the U.S. Marshals keep custody, at times in the Crawford 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 Roberta, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 tells Crawford staff to verify immigration status , after which Roberta officers tell ICE if they lack status.
• Step 3: If ICE seeks custody, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Crawford 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: Ask the Crawford sheriff's office whether it has a 287(g) agreement with ICE.
• Step 6: When ICE has the Crawford detainee, check the ICE online locator for the Crawford detainee, or call the Atlanta field office, which covers Roberta, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

When a Crawford case ends in prison, the person from Roberta stays in the Crawford jail until the Georgia Department of Corrections picks them up. The Georgia Department of Corrections sends the Crawford prisoner to a reception center, and the Roberta inmate later goes to an assigned prison. Crawford families can look them up with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Crawford sheriff and city police cannot post a Crawford mugshot online. For a copy of a Crawford mugshot, phone the sheriff's office at 478-836-3116.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Roberta Police Department: 478-836-3119
• Crawford County Sheriff's Office: 478-836-3116

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