The Harris County Jail is at 9825, GA Highway 116 Hamilton, GA 31811. You can reach the Harris jail at 706-628-4211. Other calls to the Harris sheriff call 706-628-4211.

There is no online roster in Harris County. Ring the jail at 706-628-4211 with the person's full name and Harris booking date, and the Harris desk can confirm whether they are in Harris custody.

After a state prison sentence, Georgia Department of Corrections Find an Offender shows where they are held.

Under Georgia law, in Hamilton, a judge must see a Harris arrestee within 48 hours without a warrant and 72 hours with one. The Harris judge can order a Harris bond in cash, by bondsman or with Hamilton property.

• A bondsman's fee in Harris County is set by state law, and Hamilton families do not get it back.
• Certain serious Harris charges need the superior court, so a Harris wait may be longer.
• Skipping a Harris court date can mean a Harris warrant and the bond is lost.

Read more on our Harris County bail page.

Call the Harris sheriff's office at 706-628-4211 to ask about an active Harris warrant. A Harris lawyer can help plan a surrender.

The Chattahoochee Circuit public defender takes Harris cases when a Harris judge finds they cannot pay. A Harris applicant is charged $50, which a judge can waive.

Visit rules and times change, so call 706-628-4211 the day before you go to Hamilton. We explain lobby visits at the Harris jail and screen visits from Hamilton.

Inmates in Hamilton can call out of the Harris jail, but family cannot ring in to Hamilton. See our notes on Harris jail calls, messages in Hamilton and Harris tablets.

Money sent to a Harris account covers snacks and soap through the Harris commissary. Use only the ways the Harris jail lists. Read about Harris account funding and the Hamilton commissary.

Print the person's full name on the Harris envelope above the Hamilton jail address. Only plain paper goes to Hamilton; glitter or tape on a letter to Hamilton gets it bounced. Check the Harris notes on our mail page.

Harris youth under 17 go to juvenile court. When a Hamilton child needs detention, the Department of Juvenile Justice sends Harris youth to the Aaron Cohn Regional Youth Detention Center. A parent can phone the sheriff's office at 706-628-4211 to find their child.

Call 706-628-4211 right away if your person in the Harris County Jail has seizures or may hurt themselves in Hamilton. Tell the Harris desk record the drug and the dose.

If the charge is federal, Harris cases go to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Columbus Division, at 120 12th Street, Columbus, GA 31902, --. The Columbus magistrate judge decides on release for a Harris defendant.

Before trial, the U.S. Marshals keep custody, sometimes in a 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 Harris County, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 directs the Harris jail to look up their status, and the Hamilton jailer informs ICE if status is missing.
• Step 3: When ICE is interested, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Harris jail to keep them as long as 48 hours after release would happen.
• Step 4: HB 1105, passed in 2024, also created O.C.G.A. 42-1-11.5 and 36-80-23, which ban sanctuary policies in Georgia.
• Step 5: ICE lists the Harris sheriff in its 287(g) program.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Hamilton, check the ICE detainee locator for the Harris detainee, or phone the Atlanta field office, which covers Hamilton, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

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

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, police in Hamilton may not post mugshots (booking photos) from Hamilton on the web. If you need a Harris mugshot, phone the sheriff's office at 706-628-4211.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Hamilton Police Department: 706-628-5318
• Pine Mountain Police Department: 706-663-2787
• Shiloh Police Department: 706-846-3814
• Waverly Hall Police Department: 706-582-2345
• West Point Police Department: 706-645-3525
• Harris County Sheriff's Office: 706-628-4211

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