The Gordon County Jail is at 2700 US Hwy. 41 Northwest Calhoun, GA 30701. You can reach the Gordon jail at 706-629-1246. For other Gordon sheriff business call 706-629-1244.

Enter the last name into Gordon County Inmate Search. A late-night arrest in Calhoun can take hours to show up while Gordon booking is done.

Gordon County also posts recent arrests.

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

• A bondsman's fee in Gordon County has a legal limit, and a Gordon family never gets that fee back.
• A few grave charges in Calhoun need the superior court, so a Gordon wait may be longer.
• Skipping a Gordon court date may lead to a Gordon warrant and forfeited bond money.

Read more on our Gordon County bail page.

Contact the Gordon sheriff's office at 706-629-1244 to ask whether a Gordon warrant is active. A Gordon lawyer can help plan a surrender.

The Cherokee Circuit public defender handles Gordon cases if a Gordon judge decides they cannot pay. A Gordon applicant owes a $50 fee, which a judge can waive.

Visit rules and times change, so call 706-629-1246 the day before you go to Calhoun. We explain lobby visits at the Gordon jail and remote visits from Calhoun.

Inmates in Calhoun can call out of the Gordon jail, but family cannot ring in to Calhoun. Read about Gordon jail calls, e-messages in Calhoun and Gordon tablets.

Money sent to a Gordon account covers snacks and soap from the Gordon jail store. Use only the ways the Gordon jail lists. Learn about Gordon deposits and the Calhoun jail store.

Put the person's full name on the Gordon envelope above the Calhoun jail address. Use plain paper for the Gordon jail; stickers or tape on a Gordon letter gets it bounced. See the Calhoun section of our mail page.

Gordon youth under 17 go to juvenile court. When a Calhoun child needs detention, Gordon youth go to the Bob Richards Regional Youth Detention Center. A parent can phone the sheriff's office at 706-629-1244 to ask where the child is.

Phone 706-629-1246 right away if your person in the Gordon County Jail has seizures or may hurt themselves in Calhoun. Ask the Calhoun nurse note the Gordon drug name and dose.

Federal charges from Gordon County go to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Rome Division, at Harold L. Murphy Federal Building & US Courthouse, 600 East First Street, Rome, GA 30161-3149, 706-378-4060. A magistrate judge in Rome decides on release for a Gordon defendant.

Before trial, the U.S. Marshals keep custody, at times in the Gordon jail or another county jail. Once sentenced, check the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach federal systems ICE checks.
• Step 2: For any non-citizen held in Gordon County, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 directs the Calhoun jailer to confirm immigration status , after which Calhoun officers tell ICE if status is missing.
• Step 3: If ICE seeks custody, it sends Form I-247A, a request to keep them up to 48 hours past normal release.
• Step 4: Georgia's HB 1105 (2024) also added O.C.G.A. 42-1-11.5 and 36-80-23, which forbid local rules against helping ICE.
• Step 5: ICE does not list Gordon County in 287(g); ask the sheriff to confirm.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Calhoun, use the ICE online locator for a Gordon case, or phone the Atlanta field office, which covers Calhoun, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

Once a Gordon judge gives a prison sentence, Calhoun holds the person in the Gordon County Jail until the Georgia Department of Corrections picks them up. The Georgia Department of Corrections sends the Gordon prisoner to intake, and the Calhoun inmate later goes to an assigned prison. Calhoun relatives can follow them on GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Gordon sheriff are barred from posting a Gordon mugshot online. If you need a Gordon mugshot, phone the sheriff's office at 706-629-1244.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Calhoun Police Department: 706-602-5752
• Fairmount Police Department: 706-337-5503
• Gordon County Sheriff's Office: 706-629-1244

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