The Marion County Detention Center is at 388 Geneva Road Buena Vista, GA 31803. You can reach the Marion jail at 229-649-3841. The Marion sheriff's main line is 229-649-3841.

There is no a web roster in Marion County. Ring the jail at 229-649-3841 with the person's full name and Marion booking date, and the Marion desk can confirm whether they are in Marion custody.

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

Under Georgia law, in Buena Vista, a judge must see a Marion arrestee within 48 hours if there was no warrant, or 72 hours if there was one. The Marion judge can order a Marion bond in cash, by bondsman or with Buena Vista property.

• A bondsman's fee in Marion County follows Georgia law, and a Marion family never gets that fee back.
• A few grave charges in Buena Vista need the superior court, so a Marion wait may be longer.
• Skipping a Marion court date may lead to a Marion warrant and a lost bond.

More detail is on our Marion County bail page.

Call the Marion sheriff's office at 229-649-3841 to ask whether a Marion warrant is active. A Marion lawyer can help plan a surrender.

The Chattahoochee Circuit public defender handles Marion cases when a Marion judge finds the person cannot pay. A Marion applicant pays a $50 fee, though a judge may waive it.

Visit rules and times change, so call 229-649-3841 before you drive to Buena Vista. We explain lobby visits at the Marion jail and remote visits from Buena Vista.

Inmates in Buena Vista can call out of the Marion jail, and incoming calls to the Buena Vista jail are not allowed. We cover Marion jail calls, messages in Buena Vista and Marion tablets.

Money sent to a Marion account covers snacks and soap at the Buena Vista commissary. Use only the ways the Marion jail lists. Read about Marion account funding and the Buena Vista commissary.

Print the person's full name on the Marion envelope above the Buena Vista jail address. Plain paper works best for Buena Vista; tape on mail to the Marion jail may cause a return. Check the Marion notes on our mail page.

In Marion County, anyone under 17 is handled in juvenile court. When a Buena Vista child needs detention, DJJ uses the Aaron Cohn Regional Youth Detention Center for Marion. Parents can call the sheriff's office at 229-649-3841 to learn where their child was taken.

Ring 229-649-3841 right away if your person in the Marion County Detention Center has diabetes or may hurt themselves in Buena Vista. Tell the Marion desk note the Marion drug name and dose.

If the charge is federal, Marion cases go to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Columbus Division, at 120 12th Street, Columbus, GA 31902, --. A magistrate judge in Columbus decides on release for a Marion defendant.

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 databases ICE can search.
• Step 2: If the Marion jail books a non-citizen, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 directs Marion staff to verify legal status , and the Buena Vista jailer informs ICE if status is missing.
• Step 3: If ICE seeks custody, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Marion 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 forbid local rules against helping ICE.
• Step 5: Ask the Marion sheriff's office whether it has a 287(g) agreement with ICE.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Buena Vista, try the ICE detainee locator for a Marion case, or phone the Atlanta field office for Marion cases, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

When a Marion case ends in prison, the Marion inmate waits in the jail in Buena Vista until the Georgia Department of Corrections picks them up. The Georgia Department of Corrections sends the Marion prisoner for processing. After that, Buena Vista prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Marion families can look them up with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Marion sheriff may not post a Marion mugshot online. If you need a Marion mugshot, phone the sheriff's office at 229-649-3841.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Buena Vista Police Department: 229-649-9933
• Marion County Sheriff's Office: 229-649-3841

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