The Meriwether County Jail is at 17400 Roosevelt Hwy Greenville, GA 30222. Call the Meriwether jail at 706-672-4489. Other calls to the Meriwether sheriff is 706-672-4489.

Meriwether has no an online inmate list in Meriwether County. Phone the jail at 706-672-4489 with the person's full name and Meriwether booking date, and the Meriwether desk can confirm whether they are in Meriwether custody.

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

By state law, in Meriwether County, a judge must see a Meriwether arrestee within 48 hours if there was no warrant, or 72 hours if there was one. The Meriwether judge may set a Meriwether bond in cash, by bondsman or with Greenville property.

• The fee a Meriwether bondsman charges has a legal limit, and Greenville families do not get it back.
• A few grave charges in Greenville need the superior court, so a Meriwether wait may be longer.
• Not showing up in Greenville court brings a Meriwether warrant and forfeited bond money.

Read more on our Meriwether County bail page.

Phone the Meriwether sheriff's office at 706-672-4489 to ask whether a Meriwether warrant is active. A Meriwether lawyer can help plan a surrender.

The Coweta Circuit public defender covers Meriwether cases when a Meriwether judge finds they cannot pay. A Meriwether applicant owes a $50 fee, though a judge may waive it.

Visit rules and times change, so phone 706-672-4489 the day before you go to Greenville. We explain in-person visits at the Meriwether jail and remote visits from Greenville.

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

Money sent to a Meriwether account covers snacks and soap through the Meriwether commissary. Stick to the deposit options the Meriwether jail posts. See our pages on Meriwether deposits and the Greenville canteen.

Print the person's full name on the Meriwether envelope with the Meriwether County Jail address. Use plain paper for the Meriwether jail; stickers or tape on a Meriwether letter may cause a return. Current Meriwether rules are on our mail page.

Meriwether youth under 17 go to juvenile court. If a Meriwether youth must be held, Meriwether youth go to the Aaron Cohn Regional Youth Detention Center. Families can call the sheriff's office at 706-672-4489 to ask where the child is.

Ring 706-672-4489 quickly if your person in the Meriwether County Jail has seizures or may hurt themselves in Greenville. Have Meriwether jail staff note the Meriwether drug name and dose.

A federal case from Meriwether County is heard in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Newnan Division, at Lewis R. Morgan Federal Building & US Courthouse, 18 Greenville Street, Newnan, GA 30263-2789, 678-423-3060. In Newnan, a federal magistrate judge decides if the Meriwether 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 Greenville, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 tells the Greenville jailer to check immigration status , and the Greenville jailer informs ICE if status is missing.
• Step 3: If ICE wants the person, it sends Form I-247A, a request to keep them up to 48 hours past normal release.
• Step 4: HB 1105, passed in 2024, also created O.C.G.A. 42-1-11.5 and 36-80-23, which forbid local rules against helping ICE.
• Step 5: Per ICE, Meriwether County has a 287(g) agreement.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Greenville, use the online ICE locator for a Meriwether case, or call the Atlanta field office for Meriwether cases, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

After a Meriwether County state prison sentence, the person from Greenville stays in the Greenville jail until the Georgia Department of Corrections picks them up. The Georgia Department of Corrections then takes the Meriwether inmate to a diagnostic center, and the Greenville inmate later goes to an assigned prison. Greenville relatives can follow them on GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, police in Greenville cannot post a Meriwether mugshot online. For a copy of a Meriwether mugshot, contact the sheriff's office at 706-672-4489.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Greenville Police Department: 706-672-4211
• Luthersville Police Department: 770-927-6540
• Manchester Police Department: 706-846-3155
• Warm Springs Police Department: 706-655-3861
• Woodbury Police Department: 706-553-2211
• Meriwether County Sheriff's Office: 706-672-4489

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