The Oglethorpe County Jail is at 115 Buddy Faust Rd. Lexington, GA 30648. Jail staff answer at 706-743-8101. The Oglethorpe sheriff's main line is 706-743-8101.

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

Under Georgia law, in Lexington, a judge has to see an Oglethorpe arrestee within 48 hours if there was no warrant, or 72 hours if there was one. The Oglethorpe judge can allow an Oglethorpe bond in cash, by bondsman or with Lexington property.

• What a bondsman in Lexington charges is set by state law, and Lexington families do not get it back.
• A few grave charges in Lexington need a superior court judge, so an Oglethorpe wait may be longer.
• Skipping an Oglethorpe court date brings an Oglethorpe warrant and a lost bond.

More detail is on our Oglethorpe County bail page.

Phone the Oglethorpe sheriff's office at 706-743-8101 to ask whether an Oglethorpe warrant is active. An Oglethorpe lawyer can help plan a surrender.

The Northern Circuit public defender covers Oglethorpe cases if an Oglethorpe judge decides they cannot pay. An Oglethorpe applicant pays a $50 fee, though a judge may waive it.

Visit rules and times change, so phone 706-743-8101 before any trip to Lexington. We explain lobby visits at the Oglethorpe jail and remote visits from Lexington.

Inmates in Lexington can call out of the Oglethorpe jail, but family cannot ring in to Lexington. We cover Oglethorpe jail calls, messages in Lexington and Oglethorpe tablets.

Money sent to an Oglethorpe account covers snacks and soap at the Lexington commissary. Send money only through methods Lexington names. Learn about Oglethorpe account funding and the Lexington commissary.

Print the person's full name on the Oglethorpe envelope with the Oglethorpe County Jail address. Only plain paper goes to Lexington; glitter or tape on a letter to Lexington gets it bounced. See the Lexington section of our mail page.

In Oglethorpe County, anyone under 17 is handled in juvenile court. When a Lexington child needs detention, DJJ uses the Wilkes Regional Youth Detention Center for Oglethorpe. A parent can phone the sheriff's office at 706-743-8101 to ask where the child is.

Phone 706-743-8101 right away if your person in the Oglethorpe County Jail has diabetes or may hurt themselves in Lexington. Tell the Oglethorpe desk record the drug and the dose.

Federal charges from Oglethorpe County go to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Athens Division, at 115 East Hancock Avenue, Athens, GA 30601, --. A magistrate judge in Athens decides if the Oglethorpe defendant can go home.

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: For any non-citizen held in Oglethorpe County, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 directs the Lexington jailer to check their status , and the Lexington jailer informs ICE if they lack status.
• Step 3: When ICE is interested, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Oglethorpe jail 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: ICE lists the Oglethorpe sheriff in its 287(g) program.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Lexington, try the ICE detainee locator for an Oglethorpe case, or phone the ICE Atlanta field office about Lexington, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

When an Oglethorpe case ends in prison, the person from Lexington stays in the Oglethorpe County Jail until the Georgia Department of Corrections picks them up. The Georgia Department of Corrections sends the Oglethorpe prisoner to a reception center, and the Lexington inmate later goes to an assigned prison. Oglethorpe County families can track them with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, police in Lexington may not post an Oglethorpe mugshot online. If you need an Oglethorpe mugshot, phone the sheriff's office at 706-743-8101.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Winterville Police Department: 706-742-5295
• Oglethorpe County Sheriff's Office: 706-743-8101

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