The Franklin County Detention Center is at 1 James Little Street Carnesville, GA 30521. Jail staff answer at 706-384-2525. The Franklin sheriff's main line is 706-384-2525.

There is no a public jail roster for Franklin. Call the jail at 706-384-2525 and give the person's full name and Franklin booking date, and the Franklin desk can confirm whether they are in Franklin custody.

When a Franklin case ends in prison time, the Georgia Department of Corrections Find an Offender search shows where they are held.

In Franklin County, a judge has to see a Franklin arrestee within 48 hours without a warrant and 72 hours with one. The Franklin judge can order a Franklin bond in cash, by bondsman or with Carnesville property.

• What a bondsman in Carnesville charges follows Georgia law, and Carnesville families do not get it back.
• Some serious charges in Franklin County need the superior court, so a Franklin wait may be longer.
• Not showing up in Carnesville court brings a Franklin warrant and forfeited bond money.

See our Franklin County bail page.

Call the Franklin sheriff's office at 706-384-2525 to check on a warrant in Carnesville. Before a surrender in Carnesville, talk to a lawyer.

The Northern Circuit public defender covers Franklin cases once a judge in Carnesville rules they cannot pay. Someone applying in Carnesville owes a $50 fee, unless a judge waives it.

Visiting hours can change, so call 706-384-2525 before any trip to Carnesville. We explain lobby visits at the Franklin jail and screen visits from Carnesville.

Inmates in Carnesville can call out of the Franklin jail, but family cannot ring in to Carnesville. We cover Franklin jail calls, e-messages in Carnesville and Franklin tablets.

Money sent to a Franklin account buys snacks and soap from the Franklin jail store. Use only the ways the Franklin jail lists. See our pages on Franklin deposits and the Carnesville canteen.

Print the person's full name on the Franklin envelope with the Franklin County Detention Center address. Use plain paper for the Franklin jail; tape on mail to the Franklin jail gets it bounced. Check the Franklin notes on our mail page.

Franklin youth under 17 go to juvenile court. If a Franklin judge orders detention, the Department of Juvenile Justice sends Franklin youth to the Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center. Families can call the sheriff's office at 706-384-2525 to find their child.

Phone 706-384-2525 right away if your person in the Franklin County Detention Center has diabetes or may hurt themselves in Carnesville. Ask the Carnesville nurse note the Franklin drug name and dose.

A federal case from Franklin County is heard in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Athens Division, at 115 East Hancock Avenue, Athens, GA 30601, --. A magistrate judge in Athens rules on release in a Franklin case.

Federal detainees stay with the U.S. Marshals, at times in the Franklin jail or another county jail. After sentencing, use the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach databases ICE can search.
• Step 2: If the Franklin jail books a non-citizen, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 tells Carnesville jail officers to verify legal status , after which Carnesville officers tell ICE if they lack status.
• Step 3: When ICE is interested, it sends Form I-247A, a request 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 forbid local rules against helping ICE.
• Step 5: ICE lists the Franklin sheriff in its 287(g) program.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Carnesville, try the ICE detainee locator for a Franklin case, or phone the ICE Atlanta field office about Carnesville, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

After a Franklin County state prison sentence, the person from Carnesville stays in the jail in Carnesville until GDC transports them. Next, the Georgia Department of Corrections moves the person from Carnesville to a diagnostic center, and the Carnesville inmate later goes to an assigned prison. Franklin County families can track them with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Franklin sheriff are barred from posting a Franklin mugshot online. If you need a Franklin mugshot, call the sheriff's office at 706-384-2525.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Franklin Springs Police Department: 706-245-0000
• Lavonia Police Department: 706-356-4848
• Royston Police Department: 706-245-6196
• Franklin County Sheriff's Office: 706-384-2525

Where Carnesville has no city police, deputies respond. Dial 911 in an emergency.