The Decatur County Jail is at 912 Spring Creek Road Bainbridge, GA 39817. The Bainbridge jail desk picks up at 229-248-3050. Other calls to the Decatur sheriff is 229-248-3044.

Type the last name in Decatur County Inmate Search. A late-night arrest in Bainbridge can take hours to show up until Bainbridge booking ends.

By state law, in Decatur County, a judge has to see a Decatur arrestee within 48 hours if there was no warrant, or 72 hours if there was one. The Decatur judge may set a Decatur bond in cash, by bondsman or with Bainbridge property.

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

See our Decatur County bail page.

Phone the Decatur sheriff's office at 229-248-3044 to ask about an active Decatur warrant. Before a surrender in Bainbridge, talk to a lawyer.

The circuit public defender covers Decatur cases once a judge in Bainbridge rules the person cannot pay. A Decatur applicant is charged $50, though a judge may waive it.

Visiting hours can change, so call 229-248-3050 before any trip to Bainbridge. Our guides cover lobby visits at the Decatur jail and remote visits from Bainbridge.

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

Money sent to a Decatur account covers snacks and soap at the Bainbridge commissary. Send money only through methods Bainbridge names. Read about Decatur account funding and the Bainbridge canteen.

Write the person's full name on the Decatur envelope with the Decatur County Jail address. Plain paper works best for Bainbridge; tape on mail to the Decatur jail gets it bounced. Check the Decatur notes on our mail page.

In Decatur County, anyone under 17 is handled in juvenile court. If a Decatur judge orders detention, Decatur youth go to the Jefferson Loftiss II Regional Youth Detention Center. Families can call the sheriff's office at 229-248-3044 to learn where their child was taken.

Ring 229-248-3050 quickly if your person in the Decatur County Jail has diabetes or may hurt themselves in Bainbridge. Tell the Decatur desk write down the medicine and dose.

If the charge is federal, Decatur cases go to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Albany Division, at 201 West Broad Avenue, Albany, GA 31701, --. The Albany magistrate judge decides if the Decatur defendant can go home.

Before trial, the U.S. Marshals keep custody, at times in the Decatur jail or another county jail. After sentencing, use the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach federal systems ICE checks.
• Step 2: Each time Bainbridge jails a non-citizen, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 directs the Bainbridge jailer to look up immigration status , and the Bainbridge jailer informs ICE if status is missing.
• Step 3: If ICE wants the person, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Decatur jail to keep them for up to 48 extra hours.
• Step 4: The 2024 law HB 1105 also wrote O.C.G.A. 42-1-11.5 and 36-80-23, which ban sanctuary policies in Georgia.
• Step 5: The Decatur sheriff takes part in 287(g), per ICE.
• Step 6: When ICE has the Decatur detainee, try the ICE detainee locator for a Decatur case, or phone the Atlanta field office, which covers Bainbridge, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

Once a Decatur judge gives a prison sentence, the Decatur prisoner remains in the jail in Bainbridge until GDC transports them. Next, the Georgia Department of Corrections moves the person from Bainbridge to a diagnostic center. After that, Bainbridge prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Bainbridge relatives can follow them on GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, police in Bainbridge may not post mugshots (booking photos) from Bainbridge on the web. If you need a Decatur mugshot, call the sheriff's office at 229-248-3044.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Attapulgus Police Department: 229-465-3322
• Bainbridge Public Safety Department: 229-515-8595
• Decatur County Sheriff's Office: 229-248-3044

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