The Henry County Jail is at 120 Henry Parkway McDonough, GA 30253. Henry County also has Henry County Jail Annex. Jail staff answer at 770-288-7070. For other Henry sheriff business call 770-288-7101.

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

By state law, in Henry County, a judge has to see a Henry arrestee within 48 hours without a warrant and 72 hours with one. The Henry judge may set a Henry bond in cash, by bondsman or with McDonough property.

• The fee a Henry bondsman charges follows Georgia law, and McDonough families do not get it back.
• Some serious charges in Henry County need the superior court, so a Henry wait may be longer.
• Skipping a Henry court date brings a Henry warrant and the bond is lost.

More detail is on our Henry County bail page.

Phone the Henry sheriff's office at 770-288-7101 to check on a warrant in McDonough. Before a surrender in McDonough, talk to a lawyer.

The Flint Circuit public defender takes Henry cases if a Henry judge decides the person cannot pay. A Henry applicant is charged $50, which a judge can waive.

Visiting hours can change, so call 770-288-7070 before any trip to McDonough. Our guides cover lobby visits at the Henry jail and video visits from McDonough.

Inmates in McDonough can call out of the Henry jail, and incoming calls to the McDonough jail are not allowed. Read about Henry jail calls, messages in McDonough and Henry tablets.

Money sent to a Henry account buys snacks and soap at the McDonough commissary. Send money only through methods McDonough names. See our pages on Henry money transfers and the McDonough canteen.

Put the person's full name on the Henry envelope with the Henry County Jail address. Plain paper works best for McDonough; stickers or tape on a Henry letter gets it bounced. Current Henry rules are on our mail page.

In Henry County, anyone under 17 is handled in juvenile court. When a McDonough child needs detention, the Department of Juvenile Justice sends Henry youth to the Metro Regional Youth Detention Center. Families can call the sheriff's office at 770-288-7101 to find their child.

Phone 770-288-7070 right away if your person in the Henry County Jail has diabetes or may hurt themselves in McDonough. Tell the Henry desk record the drug and the dose.

A federal case from Henry County is heard in 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. The Atlanta magistrate judge decides if the Henry defendant can go home.

Federal detainees stay with the U.S. Marshals, 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 Henry County, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 tells the Henry jail to verify their status , after which McDonough 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: 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 does not list Henry County in 287(g); ask the sheriff to confirm.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from McDonough, search the ICE online locator for the Henry detainee, or phone the ICE Atlanta field office about McDonough, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

After a Henry County state prison sentence, McDonough holds the person in the Henry County Jail until state officers take them. The Georgia Department of Corrections sends the Henry prisoner for processing. After that, McDonough prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. McDonough relatives can follow them on GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Henry sheriff may not post a Henry mugshot online. For a copy of a Henry mugshot, contact the sheriff's office at 770-288-7101.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Hampton Police Department: 770-946-4513
• Henry County Police Department: 770-288-8200
• Locust Grove Police Department: 770-957-7055
• McDonough Police Department: 770-957-1218
• Stockbridge Police Department: 770-389-7900
• Henry County Sheriff's Office: 770-288-7101

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