Decatur County Correctional Institution Inmate Bail & Bonds

Enter the full name in Decatur County Inmate Search. It shows booking status and the bail line for people held by the Sheriff's Office. If you cannot find the name after an hour or two, call the jail at 229-248-3050.

The Sheriff's Office is at 912 Spring Creek Road, Bainbridge. Sheriff heads it, and Captain is the jail administrator.

No. That place on Airport Road, called DCCI, is the county prison. The county says it holds more than 225 state inmates and people sentenced through State Court, so it is not where a new arrest waits for bail. Its number is 229-248-3035 if you need to ask about a person who has already been sentenced.

For a person who was just arrested, use Decatur County Inmate Search and the jail line at 229-248-3050.

It is a state facility, so look people up in the Georgia state inmate search, not the county search.

Call the jail desk at 229-248-3050. The main Sheriff's Office number is 229-248-3044. Have the full legal name, birth date, and charges on hand. Ask the jail desk when someone can take payment, because bonding hours are not posted on the county site.

The Clerk of Court works from the Historic Decatur County Courthouse, 112 West Water Street, Bainbridge. Walk-in hours are weekdays from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. and the phone is 229-248-3025.

The county also has a magistrate court. The county site lists no street address or phone for it, so reach it through the county's main line, 229-248-3030, or ask the clerk.

A judge picks it. Judges in Georgia weigh the charge, the person's record, local ties, and any danger or risk of running (O.C.G.A. 17-6-1). The county posts no bond schedule online, so no dollar figures appear here. Read the amount in Decatur County Inmate Search or ask the jail.

Often yes. A professional bondsman is a permitted route in Georgia (O.C.G.A. 17-6-50, mentioned in 17-6-1), and the sheriff decides which sureties it accepts (O.C.G.A. 17-6-1(j)). Under O.C.G.A. 17-6-30, the fee cannot top 15 percent of the bond amount, with a $50 floor for each bonded charge, so a $5,000 bond could cost no more than $750 in fees. The statute has no refund rule, so read the contract. Ask the jail at 229-248-3050 which companies are approved in Decatur County, and get the terms in writing.

Georgia treats a full cash payment as a deposit with the court or officer, and you must get a receipt (O.C.G.A. 17-6-4). Ask the jail what forms of payment it takes and when. If nobody claims the cash within two years after the case ends, the county can keep it.

The law lets the sheriff approve property in the county where the offense took place (O.C.G.A. 17-6-12). The Decatur sheriff's own rules for deeds, tax value, and owner signatures are not posted online. Phone the Sheriff's Office at 229-248-3044 before you collect papers.

Maybe no judge has seen the case. Or a hold from probation, parole, or another county may block release. Some crimes, such as murder, rape, armed robbery, and aggravated child molestation, can be bailed only by a superior court judge (O.C.G.A. 17-6-1(a)).

A lawyer can petition the superior court, and the court must set a hearing within ten days. Call the clerk at 229-248-3025 for the court's calendar.

Yes. Georgia names dozens of bail-restricted offenses, including DUI, burglary, aggravated assault, and family violence (O.C.G.A. 17-6-12). For those, release has to be secured with cash, a bondsman, or sheriff-approved property.

On a warrant arrest, Georgia law sets a limit of 72 hours before a judicial officer (O.C.G.A. 17-4-26). Call the jail at 229-248-3050 and ask which day the first hearing is set.

Decatur County is served by the South Georgia Circuit Public Defender, 118 River Street, Bainbridge, open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 229-246-2877. Ask the judge to appoint counsel at the first hearing if you cannot hire one.

A city arrest can start at a city station before the person reaches the county jail. Ask the officer or the police department for the report number, then check Decatur County Inmate Search. The city's holding practice is not listed online, so the jail line 229-248-3050 is the place to ask.

A juvenile's record is private, so Decatur County Inmate Search will not list one. Georgia's juvenile justice department sends Decatur County youth to the Judge Thomas Jefferson Loftiss II Regional Youth Detention Center, 101 Oakwood Trace, Thomasville, GA 31792, 229-227-2790. Ask the clerk at 229-248-3025 about the court date. The state main line is 404-508-6500.

The court can issue a warrant and keep the bond. Get the date from the clerk at 229-248-3025 and call a lawyer right away.

No jail takes gift cards or app payments to a stranger. Hang up on any caller who rushes you, and phone the jail yourself at 229-248-3050.

Not every arrest stays in county court. A federal charge from Decatur County is filed in the Middle District of Georgia and heard in its Albany Division: 201 West Broad Avenue, Albany, GA 31701, phone (229) 430-8432. A federal magistrate judge decides whether the person can go home before trial. The U.S. Marshals hold federal detainees, sometimes in a county jail by contract. For someone already sentenced, check the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.