The Irwin County Detention Center is at 132 Cotton Drive Ocilla, GA 31774. Call the Irwin jail at 229-468-4121. The Irwin sheriff's main line call 229-468-7459.

Irwin has no an online inmate list for the Ocilla jail. Ring the jail at 229-468-4121 and give the person's full name and Irwin booking date, and the Irwin desk can confirm whether they are in Irwin custody.

After a state prison sentence, Georgia Department of Corrections Find an Offender shows which prison holds them.

Under Georgia law, in Ocilla, a judge must see someone held in Ocilla within 48 hours if there was no warrant, or 72 hours if there was one. The Irwin judge can order a Irwin bond in cash, by bondsman or with Ocilla property.

• A bondsman's fee in Irwin County has a legal limit, and Ocilla families do not get it back.
• Some serious charges in Irwin County need the superior court, so a Irwin wait may be longer.
• Missing a court date in Irwin County may lead to a Irwin warrant and forfeited bond money.

See our Irwin County bail page.

Call the Irwin sheriff's office at 229-468-7459 to ask whether a Irwin warrant is active. Before a surrender in Ocilla, talk to a lawyer.

The Tifton Circuit public defender handles Irwin cases if a Irwin judge decides they cannot pay. A Irwin applicant is charged $50, which a judge can waive.

Visit rules and times change, so call 229-468-4121 before any trip to Ocilla. We explain lobby visits at the Irwin jail and remote visits from Ocilla.

Inmates in Ocilla can call out of the Irwin jail, and incoming calls to the Ocilla jail are not allowed. We cover Irwin jail calls, inmate email in Ocilla and Irwin tablets.

Money sent to a Irwin account covers snacks and soap from the Irwin jail store. Send money only through methods Ocilla names. See our pages on Irwin money transfers and the Ocilla canteen.

Put the person's full name on the Irwin envelope above the Ocilla jail address. Only plain paper goes to Ocilla; tape on mail to the Irwin jail may cause a return. Current Irwin rules are on our mail page.

In Irwin County, anyone under 17 is handled in juvenile court. If a Irwin judge orders detention, Irwin youth go to the Cadwell Regional Youth Detention Center. Parents can call the sheriff's office at 229-468-7459 to find their child.

Phone 229-468-4121 quickly if your person in the Irwin County Detention Center has diabetes or may hurt themselves in Ocilla. Tell the Irwin desk note the Irwin drug name and dose.

If the charge is federal, Irwin cases go to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Valdosta Division, at 401 North Patterson Street, Valdosta, GA 31601, --. The Valdosta magistrate judge decides if the Irwin 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 databases ICE can search.
• Step 2: If the Irwin jail books a non-citizen, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 directs Irwin staff to verify immigration status , and the Ocilla jailer informs ICE if status is missing.
• Step 3: If ICE wants the person, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Irwin jail 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 ban sanctuary policies in Georgia.
• Step 5: Ask the Irwin sheriff's office whether it has a 287(g) agreement with ICE.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Ocilla, check the ICE online locator for the Irwin detainee, or phone the ICE Atlanta field office about Ocilla, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

After a Irwin County state prison sentence, the person from Ocilla stays in the Irwin County Detention Center until the Georgia Department of Corrections picks them up. Next, the Georgia Department of Corrections moves the person from Ocilla to a diagnostic center, and the Ocilla inmate later goes to an assigned prison. Irwin families can look them up with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Irwin sheriff cannot post a Irwin mugshot online. If you need a Irwin mugshot, contact the sheriff's office at 229-468-7459.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Ocilla Police Department: 229-468-7494
• Irwin County Sheriff's Office: 229-468-7459

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