The Gwinnett County Detention Center is at 2900 University Parkway NE Lawrenceville, GA 30043. Jail staff answer at 770-619-6500. Other calls to the Gwinnett sheriff go to 770-822-3140.

Type the last name into Gwinnett County Inmate Search. A late-night arrest in Lawrenceville can take hours to show up as Gwinnett staff finish booking.

Gwinnett County also posts recent arrests.

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

• What a bondsman in Lawrenceville charges is set by state law, and Lawrenceville families do not get it back.
• Some serious charges in Gwinnett County need the superior court, so a Gwinnett wait may be longer.
• Skipping a Gwinnett court date may lead to a Gwinnett warrant and forfeited bond money.

Read more on our Gwinnett County bail page.

Phone the Gwinnett sheriff's office at 770-822-3140 to ask whether a Gwinnett warrant is active. Before a surrender in Lawrenceville, talk to a lawyer.

The circuit public defender takes Gwinnett cases once a judge in Lawrenceville rules they cannot pay. A Gwinnett applicant is charged $50, which a judge can waive.

Visiting hours can change, so call 770-619-6500 the day before you go to Lawrenceville. We explain lobby visits at the Gwinnett jail and video visits from Lawrenceville.

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

Money sent to a Gwinnett account covers snacks and soap through the Gwinnett commissary. Send money only through methods Lawrenceville names. Read about Gwinnett money transfers and the Lawrenceville canteen.

Write the person's full name on the Gwinnett envelope with the Gwinnett County Detention Center address. Plain paper works best for Lawrenceville; glitter or tape on a letter to Lawrenceville may cause a return. Check the Gwinnett notes on our mail page.

In Gwinnett County, anyone under 17 is handled in juvenile court. If a Gwinnett judge orders detention, the Department of Juvenile Justice sends Gwinnett youth to the Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center. Parents can call the sheriff's office at 770-822-3140 to find their child.

Ring 770-619-6500 quickly if your person in the Gwinnett County Detention Center has seizures or may hurt themselves in Lawrenceville. Have Gwinnett jail staff note the Gwinnett drug name and dose.

If the charge is federal, Gwinnett 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. A magistrate judge in Atlanta rules on release in a Gwinnett case.

Federal detainees stay with the U.S. Marshals, sometimes in a county jail. Once sentenced, check the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach databases ICE can search.
• Step 2: When a non-citizen is booked in Lawrenceville, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 directs the Lawrenceville jailer to verify legal status , after which Lawrenceville officers tell ICE if they lack status.
• Step 3: If ICE seeks custody, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Gwinnett jail to keep them up to 48 hours past normal release.
• Step 4: HB 1105, passed in 2024, also created O.C.G.A. 42-1-11.5 and 36-80-23, which forbid local rules against helping ICE.
• Step 5: Ask the Gwinnett sheriff's office whether it has a 287(g) agreement with ICE.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Lawrenceville, check the ICE online locator for the Gwinnett detainee, or call the Atlanta field office, which covers Lawrenceville, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

When a Gwinnett case ends in prison, the person from Lawrenceville stays in the Lawrenceville jail until state officers take them. The Georgia Department of Corrections sends the Gwinnett prisoner to a reception center, and the Lawrenceville inmate later goes to an assigned prison. Lawrenceville relatives can follow them on GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, police in Lawrenceville cannot post a Gwinnett mugshot online. If you need a Gwinnett mugshot, call the sheriff's office at 770-822-3140.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Buford Department of Public Safety: 770-945-6761
• Duluth Police Department: 770-476-4151
• Gwinnett County Police Department: 770-513-5208
• Lawrenceville Police Department: 770-339-2416
• Lilburn Police Department: 770-921-2211
• Norcross Police Department: 770-448-2111
• Snellville Police Department: 770-985-3574
• Suwanee Police Department: 770-945-8995
• Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office: 770-822-3140

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