The Liberty County Jail is at 180 Paul Sikes Drive Hinesville, GA 31313. The Hinesville jail desk picks up at 912-876-6411. Other calls to the Liberty sheriff go to 912-876-2131.

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

By state law, in Liberty County, a judge has to see a Liberty arrestee within 48 hours if there was no warrant, or 72 hours if there was one. The Liberty judge can allow a Liberty bond in cash, by bondsman or with Hinesville property.

• What a bondsman in Hinesville charges is set by state law, and Hinesville families do not get it back.
• A few grave charges in Hinesville need the superior court, so a Liberty wait may be longer.
• Not showing up in Hinesville court brings a Liberty warrant and a lost bond.

See our Liberty County bail page.

Call the Liberty sheriff's office at 912-876-2131 to ask about an active Liberty warrant. Before a surrender in Hinesville, talk to a lawyer.

The Atlantic Circuit public defender covers Liberty cases when a Liberty judge finds the person cannot pay. A Liberty applicant owes a $50 fee, though a judge may waive it.

Visiting hours can change, so call 912-876-6411 before you drive to Hinesville. We explain lobby visits at the Liberty jail and remote visits from Hinesville.

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

Money sent to a Liberty account buys snacks and soap through the Liberty commissary. Stick to the deposit options the Liberty jail posts. Read about Liberty account funding and the Hinesville canteen.

Put the person's full name on the Liberty envelope above the Hinesville jail address. Only plain paper goes to Hinesville; glitter or tape on a letter to Hinesville may cause a return. Check the Liberty notes on our mail page.

Liberty youth under 17 go to juvenile court. If a Liberty youth must be held, Liberty youth go to the Claxton Regional Youth Detention Center. A parent can phone the sheriff's office at 912-876-2131 to ask where the child is.

Call 912-876-6411 quickly if your person in the Liberty County Jail has seizures or may hurt themselves in Hinesville. Tell the Liberty desk record the drug and the dose.

A federal case from Liberty County is heard in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Savannah Division, at 8 Southern Oaks Ct., Savannah, GA 31405 (page says mail to 124 Barnard St), 912-650-4020. A magistrate judge in Savannah decides if the Liberty defendant can go home.

Before trial, the U.S. Marshals keep custody, at times in the Liberty jail or another county jail. Once sentenced, check the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach databases ICE can search.
• Step 2: If the Liberty jail books a non-citizen, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 tells the Liberty jail to check immigration status , and the Hinesville jailer informs ICE if they lack status.
• Step 3: When ICE is interested, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Liberty jail to keep them as long as 48 hours after release would happen.
• Step 4: The 2024 law HB 1105 also wrote O.C.G.A. 42-1-11.5 and 36-80-23, which ban sanctuary policies in Georgia.
• Step 5: Ask the Liberty sheriff's office whether it has a 287(g) agreement with ICE.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Hinesville, try the online ICE locator for the Liberty detainee, or phone the ICE Atlanta field office about Hinesville, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

After a Liberty County state prison sentence, the person from Hinesville stays in the Hinesville jail until GDC transports them. Next, the Georgia Department of Corrections moves the person from Hinesville to a reception center. After that, Hinesville prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Liberty families can look them up with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Liberty sheriff may not post a Liberty mugshot online. For a copy of a Liberty mugshot, call the sheriff's office at 912-876-2131.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Hinesville Police Department: 912-368-8211
• Midway Police Department: 912-880-1000
• Walthourville Police Department: 912-368-7501
• Liberty County Sheriff's Office: 912-876-2131

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