The Jenkins County Jail is at 1458 Old Sylvania Road Millen, GA 30442. The Millen jail desk picks up at 478-982-4211. The Jenkins sheriff's main line go to 478-982-4211.

Jenkins has no a public jail roster in Jenkins County. Ring the jail at 478-982-4211 with the person's full name and Jenkins booking date, and the Jenkins desk can confirm whether they are in Jenkins custody.

When a Jenkins case ends in prison time, the Georgia Department of Corrections Find an Offender search shows which prison holds them.

In Jenkins County, a judge must see a Jenkins arrestee within 48 hours if there was no warrant, or 72 hours if there was one. The Jenkins judge can order a Jenkins bond in cash, by bondsman or with Millen property.

• What a bondsman in Millen charges is set by state law, and Millen families do not get it back.
• A few grave charges in Millen need a superior court judge, so a Jenkins wait may be longer.
• Missing a court date in Jenkins County can mean a Jenkins warrant and forfeited bond money.

Read more on our Jenkins County bail page.

Call the Jenkins sheriff's office at 478-982-4211 to ask about an active Jenkins warrant. A Jenkins lawyer can help plan a surrender.

The Ogeechee Circuit public defender takes Jenkins cases once a judge in Millen rules they cannot pay. Someone applying in Millen is charged $50, though a judge may waive it.

Visit rules and times change, so phone 478-982-4211 before any trip to Millen. We explain lobby visits at the Jenkins jail and remote visits from Millen.

Inmates in Millen can call out of the Jenkins jail, and incoming calls to the Millen jail are not allowed. We cover Jenkins jail calls, e-messages in Millen and Jenkins tablets.

Money sent to a Jenkins account buys snacks and soap at the Millen commissary. Send money only through methods Millen names. See our pages on Jenkins deposits and the Millen commissary.

Write the person's full name on the Jenkins envelope with the Jenkins County Jail address. Only plain paper goes to Millen; glitter or tape on a letter to Millen may cause a return. Check the Jenkins notes on our mail page.

Children under 17 in Millen go to juvenile court. If a Jenkins youth must be held, Jenkins youth go to the Augusta Regional Youth Detention Center. Families can call the sheriff's office at 478-982-4211 to find their child.

Ring 478-982-4211 right away if your person in the Jenkins County Jail has seizures or may hurt themselves in Millen. Tell the Jenkins desk record the drug and the dose.

A federal case from Jenkins County is heard in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Statesboro Division, at 52 North Main Street, Statesboro, GA 30458 (not always fully staffed), 912-650-4020. The Statesboro magistrate judge decides on release for a Jenkins 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 databases ICE can search.
• Step 2: Each time Millen jails a non-citizen, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 requires Jenkins staff to confirm their status , after which Millen officers tell ICE if status is missing.
• Step 3: If ICE wants the person, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Jenkins jail to keep them for up to 48 extra hours.
• 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: ICE does not list Jenkins County in 287(g); ask the sheriff to confirm.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Millen, check the ICE online locator for a Jenkins case, or phone the ICE Atlanta field office about Millen, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

After a Jenkins County state prison sentence, the Jenkins inmate waits in the jail in Millen until state officers take them. The Georgia Department of Corrections then takes the Jenkins inmate to intake. After that, Millen prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Millen relatives can follow them on GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Jenkins sheriff are barred from posting a Jenkins mugshot online. For a copy of a Jenkins mugshot, phone the sheriff's office at 478-982-4211.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Millen Department of Public Safety: 478-982-6107
• Jenkins County Sheriff's Office: 478-982-4211

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