The Houston County Detention Center is at 203 Perry Pkwy Perry, GA 31069. Call the Houston jail at 478-218-4900. For other Houston sheriff business is 478-542-2125.

Enter the last name into Houston County Inmate Search. A late-night arrest in Warner Robins can take hours to show up as Houston staff finish booking.

In Houston County, a judge has to see a Houston arrestee within 48 hours without a warrant and 72 hours with one. The Houston judge may set a Houston bond in cash, by bondsman or with Warner Robins property.

• A bondsman's fee in Houston County follows Georgia law, and a Houston family never gets that fee back.
• A few grave charges in Warner Robins need a superior court judge, so a Houston wait may be longer.
• Not showing up in Warner Robins court may lead to a Houston warrant and the bond is lost.

Read more on our Houston County bail page.

Contact the Houston sheriff's office at 478-542-2125 to check on a warrant in Warner Robins. A Houston lawyer can help plan a surrender.

The Houston Circuit public defender handles Houston cases once a judge in Warner Robins rules the person cannot pay. A Houston applicant owes a $50 fee, which a judge can waive.

Visit rules and times change, so phone 478-218-4900 the day before you go to Warner Robins. We explain lobby visits at the Houston jail and video visits from Warner Robins.

Inmates in Warner Robins can call out of the Houston jail, but family cannot ring in to Warner Robins. See our notes on Houston jail calls, e-messages in Warner Robins and Houston tablets.

Money sent to a Houston account covers snacks and soap from the Houston jail store. Send money only through methods Warner Robins names. Read about Houston money transfers and the Warner Robins jail store.

Write the person's full name on the Houston envelope above the Warner Robins jail address. Use plain paper for the Houston jail; tape on mail to the Houston jail may cause a return. See the Warner Robins section of our mail page.

In Houston County, anyone under 17 is handled in juvenile court. If a Houston youth must be held, Houston youth go to the Crisp Regional Youth Detention Center. Families can call the sheriff's office at 478-542-2125 to ask where the child is.

Phone 478-218-4900 right away if your person in the Houston County Detention Center has seizures or may hurt themselves in Warner Robins. Ask the Warner Robins nurse note the Houston drug name and dose.

Federal charges from Houston County go to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Macon Division, at William A. Bootle Federal Building & US Courthouse, 475 Mulberry Street, Macon, GA 31201, --. The Macon magistrate judge decides if the Houston defendant can go home.

The U.S. Marshals hold people before trial, 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 Houston County, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 requires Houston staff to check their status , and the Warner Robins jailer informs ICE if status is missing.
• Step 3: If ICE wants the person, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Houston jail to keep them for up to 48 extra hours.
• 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 Houston sheriff's office whether it has a 287(g) agreement with ICE.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Warner Robins, check the ICE online locator for a Houston case, or phone the Atlanta field office, which covers Warner Robins, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

When a Houston case ends in prison, the person from Warner Robins stays in the jail in Warner Robins until the Georgia Department of Corrections picks them up. Next, the Georgia Department of Corrections moves the person from Warner Robins for processing, and the Warner Robins inmate later goes to an assigned prison. Houston families can look them up with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, police in Warner Robins cannot post mugshots (booking photos) from Warner Robins on the web. If you need a Houston mugshot, phone the sheriff's office at 478-542-2125.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Centerville Police Department: 478-953-4222
• Perry Police Department: 478-988-2800
• Warner Robins Police Department: 478-302-5425
• Houston County Sheriff's Office: 478-542-2125

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