The DeKalb County Jail is at 4415 Memorial Drive Decatur, GA 30032. Call the DeKalb jail at 404-298-8145. The DeKalb sheriff's main line go to 404-298-8111.

Put the last name in DeKalb County Inmate Search. A late-night arrest in Decatur can take hours to show up as DeKalb staff finish booking.

In DeKalb County, a judge must see a DeKalb arrestee within 48 hours if there was no warrant, or 72 hours if there was one. The DeKalb judge can order a DeKalb bond in cash, by bondsman or with Decatur property.

• What a bondsman in Decatur charges follows Georgia law, and Decatur families do not get it back.
• A few grave charges in Decatur need a superior court judge, so a DeKalb wait may be longer.
• Skipping a DeKalb court date brings a bench warrant and forfeited bond money.

See our DeKalb County bail page.

Contact the DeKalb sheriff's office at 404-298-8111 to check on a warrant in Decatur. Before a surrender in Decatur, talk to a lawyer.

The Stone Mountain Circuit public defender takes DeKalb cases once a judge in Decatur rules they cannot pay. A DeKalb applicant is charged $50, unless a judge waives it.

Visit rules and times change, so call 404-298-8145 before any trip to Decatur. Our guides cover lobby visits at the DeKalb jail and remote visits from Decatur.

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

Money sent to a DeKalb account covers snacks and soap through the DeKalb commissary. Stick to the deposit options the DeKalb jail posts. See our pages on DeKalb money transfers and the Decatur jail store.

Print the person's full name on the DeKalb envelope with the DeKalb County Jail address. Use plain paper for the DeKalb jail; stickers or tape on a DeKalb letter can get it sent back. Current DeKalb rules are on our mail page.

In DeKalb County, anyone under 17 is handled in juvenile court. If a DeKalb youth must be held, DJJ uses the DeKalb Regional Youth Detention Center for DeKalb. A parent can phone the sheriff's office at 404-298-8111 to ask where the child is.

Ring 404-298-8145 right away if your person in the DeKalb County Jail has seizures or may hurt themselves in Decatur. Tell the DeKalb desk write down the medicine and dose.

If the charge is federal, DeKalb 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. In Atlanta, a federal magistrate judge decides if the DeKalb defendant can go home.

The U.S. Marshals hold people before trial, sometimes in a county jail. After sentencing, use the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach federal systems ICE checks.
• Step 2: For any non-citizen held in DeKalb County, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 tells DeKalb staff to look up legal status , after which Decatur officers tell ICE if they lack status.
• Step 3: If ICE wants the person, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the DeKalb jail to keep them up to 48 hours past normal release.
• 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: ICE does not list DeKalb County in 287(g); ask the sheriff to confirm.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Decatur, check the ICE online locator for a DeKalb case, or call the Atlanta field office for DeKalb cases, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

After a DeKalb County state prison sentence, DeKalb County keeps them in the jail in Decatur until GDC transports them. The Georgia Department of Corrections sends the DeKalb prisoner for processing. After that, Decatur prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Decatur relatives can follow them on GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the DeKalb sheriff and city police cannot post a DeKalb mugshot online. For a copy of a DeKalb mugshot, contact the sheriff's office at 404-298-8111.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Chamblee Police Department: 470-395-2410
• Clarkston Police Department: 404-292-9465
• Decatur Police Department: 404-373-6551
• DeKalb County Police Department: 770-724-7440
• Doraville Police Department: 770-455-1000
• Dunwoody Police Department: 678-382-6900
• Lithonia Police Department: 770-482-5971
• Pine Lake Police Department: 404-292-4250
• DeKalb County Sheriff's Office: 404-298-8111

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