The Monroe County Detention Center is at 145 L Cary Bittick Drive Forsyth, GA 31029. Jail staff answer at 478-994-7051. Other calls to the Monroe sheriff is 478-994-7048.

Type the last name into Monroe County Inmate Search. A late-night arrest in Forsyth can take hours to show up as Monroe staff finish booking.

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

• What a bondsman in Forsyth charges follows Georgia law, and Forsyth families do not get it back.
• A few grave charges in Forsyth need a superior court judge, so a Monroe wait may be longer.
• Missing a court date in Monroe County may lead to a Monroe warrant and a lost bond.

More detail is on our Monroe County bail page.

Phone the Monroe sheriff's office at 478-994-7048 to ask whether a Monroe warrant is active. Before a surrender in Forsyth, talk to a lawyer.

The Towaliga Circuit public defender takes Monroe cases when a Monroe judge finds they cannot pay. A Monroe applicant owes a $50 fee, unless a judge waives it.

Visit rules and times change, so call 478-994-7051 before any trip to Forsyth. Our guides cover lobby visits at the Monroe jail and video visits from Forsyth.

Inmates in Forsyth can call out of the Monroe jail, and incoming calls to the Forsyth jail are not allowed. We cover Monroe jail calls, inmate email in Forsyth and Monroe tablets.

Money sent to a Monroe account covers snacks and soap through the Monroe commissary. Stick to the deposit options the Monroe jail posts. See our pages on Monroe account funding and the Forsyth canteen.

Write the person's full name on the Monroe envelope above the Forsyth jail address. Only plain paper goes to Forsyth; tape on mail to the Monroe jail can get it sent back. Current Monroe rules are on our mail page.

In Monroe County, anyone under 17 is handled in juvenile court. When a Forsyth child needs detention, Monroe youth go to the Macon Regional Youth Detention Center. Families can call the sheriff's office at 478-994-7048 to find their child.

Call 478-994-7051 right away if your person in the Monroe County Detention Center has diabetes or may hurt themselves in Forsyth. Ask the Forsyth nurse record the drug and the dose.

If the charge is federal, Monroe cases go to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Macon Division, at William A. Bootle Federal Building & US Courthouse, 475 Mulberry Street, Macon, GA 31201, --. The Macon magistrate judge decides if the Monroe defendant can go home.

The U.S. Marshals hold people before trial, sometimes in a county jail. After sentencing, use the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach federal systems ICE checks.
• Step 2: For any non-citizen held in Monroe County, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 requires the Forsyth jailer to check their status , and the Forsyth jailer informs ICE if they lack status.
• Step 3: If ICE wants the person, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Monroe 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 forbid local rules against helping ICE.
• Step 5: ICE lists the Monroe sheriff in its 287(g) program.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Forsyth, check the online ICE locator for the Monroe detainee, or call the Atlanta field office for Monroe cases, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

When a Monroe case ends in prison, the person from Forsyth stays in the Monroe County Detention Center until state officers take them. The Georgia Department of Corrections then takes the Monroe inmate for processing. After that, Forsyth prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Monroe families can look them up with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Monroe sheriff and city police cannot post a Monroe mugshot online. If you need a Monroe mugshot, phone the sheriff's office at 478-994-7048.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Forsyth Police Department: 478-993-1005
• Monroe County Sheriff's Office: 478-994-7048

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