The McDuffie County Jail is at 751 Public Safety Drive Thomson, GA 30824. Call the McDuffie jail at 706-595-2040. For other McDuffie sheriff business is 706-595-2040.

Put the last name in McDuffie County Inmate Search. A late-night arrest in Thomson can take hours to show up while McDuffie booking is done.

By state law, in McDuffie County, a judge must see a McDuffie arrestee within 48 hours if there was no warrant, or 72 hours if there was one. The McDuffie judge can order a McDuffie bond in cash, by bondsman or with Thomson property.

• A bondsman's fee in McDuffie County has a legal limit, and a McDuffie family never gets that fee back.
• Some serious charges in McDuffie County need the superior court, so a McDuffie wait may be longer.
• Skipping a McDuffie court date can mean a McDuffie warrant and forfeited bond money.

More detail is on our McDuffie County bail page.

Call the McDuffie sheriff's office at 706-595-2040 to check on a warrant in Thomson. Before turning yourself in to the McDuffie jail, see a lawyer.

The Toombs Circuit public defender handles McDuffie cases once a judge in Thomson rules the person cannot pay. A McDuffie applicant owes a $50 fee, unless a judge waives it.

Visit rules and times change, so call 706-595-2040 before any trip to Thomson. Our guides cover lobby visits at the McDuffie jail and remote visits from Thomson.

Inmates in Thomson can call out of the McDuffie jail, but family cannot ring in to Thomson. See our notes on McDuffie jail calls, inmate email in Thomson and McDuffie tablets.

Money sent to a McDuffie account covers snacks and soap from the McDuffie jail store. Send money only through methods Thomson names. See our pages on McDuffie account funding and the Thomson commissary.

Put the person's full name on the McDuffie envelope with the McDuffie County Jail address. Only plain paper goes to Thomson; glitter or tape on a letter to Thomson can get it sent back. Check the McDuffie notes on our mail page.

In McDuffie County, anyone under 17 is handled in juvenile court. When a Thomson child needs detention, DJJ uses the Augusta Regional Youth Detention Center for McDuffie. Parents can call the sheriff's office at 706-595-2040 to ask where the child is.

Call 706-595-2040 right away if your person in the McDuffie County Jail has seizures or may hurt themselves in Thomson. Ask the Thomson nurse record the drug and the dose.

A federal case from McDuffie County is heard in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Augusta Division, at 600 James Brown Blvd., Augusta, GA 30901, 706-849-4400. The Augusta magistrate judge decides if the McDuffie defendant can go home.

Before trial, the U.S. Marshals keep custody, sometimes in a county jail. After sentencing, use the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach databases ICE can search.
• Step 2: When a non-citizen is booked in Thomson, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 requires McDuffie staff to confirm legal status , and the Thomson jailer informs ICE if they lack status.
• Step 3: When ICE is interested, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the McDuffie 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 ban sanctuary policies in Georgia.
• Step 5: ICE does not list McDuffie County in 287(g); ask the sheriff to confirm.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Thomson, check the ICE detainee locator for the McDuffie detainee, or phone the Atlanta field office for McDuffie cases, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

After a McDuffie County state prison sentence, the McDuffie prisoner remains in the McDuffie jail until GDC transports them. Next, the Georgia Department of Corrections moves the person from Thomson for processing, and the Thomson inmate later goes to an assigned prison. McDuffie families can look them up with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, police in Thomson may not post mugshots (booking photos) from Thomson on the web. If you need a McDuffie mugshot, contact the sheriff's office at 706-595-2040.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Thomson Police Department: 706-595-2166
• McDuffie County Sheriff's Office: 706-595-2040

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