The Pickens County Adult Detention Center is at 2985 Camp Road Jasper, GA 30143. Jail staff answer at 706-253-8900. For other Pickens sheriff business is 706-253-8900.

Enter the last name in Pickens County Inmate Search. A late-night arrest in Jasper can take hours to show up as Pickens staff finish booking.

Under Georgia law, in Jasper, a judge has to see a Pickens arrestee within 48 hours if there was no warrant, or 72 hours if there was one. The Pickens judge may set a Pickens bond in cash, by bondsman or with Jasper property.

• A bondsman's fee in Pickens County follows Georgia law, and Jasper families do not get it back.
• A few grave charges in Jasper need the superior court, so a Pickens wait may be longer.
• Missing a court date in Pickens County brings a Pickens warrant and the bond is lost.

See our Pickens County bail page.

Contact the Pickens sheriff's office at 706-253-8900 to check on a warrant in Jasper. Before turning yourself in to the Pickens jail, see a lawyer.

The Appalachian Circuit public defender handles Pickens cases once a judge in Jasper rules the person cannot pay. A Pickens applicant is charged $50, unless a judge waives it.

Visiting hours can change, so call 706-253-8900 the day before you go to Jasper. We explain lobby visits at the Pickens jail and screen visits from Jasper.

Inmates in Jasper can call out of the Pickens jail, but family cannot ring in to Jasper. We cover Pickens jail calls, inmate email in Jasper and Pickens tablets.

Money sent to a Pickens account buys snacks and soap at the Jasper commissary. Use only the ways the Pickens jail lists. Read about Pickens money transfers and the Jasper jail store.

Put the person's full name on the Pickens envelope above the Jasper jail address. Plain paper works best for Jasper; glitter or tape on a letter to Jasper may cause a return. See the Jasper section of our mail page.

Pickens youth under 17 go to juvenile court. If a Pickens judge orders detention, Pickens youth go to the Elbert Shaw Regional Youth Detention Center. A parent can phone the sheriff's office at 706-253-8900 to ask where the child is.

Phone 706-253-8900 quickly if your person in the Pickens County Adult Detention Center has diabetes or may hurt themselves in Jasper. Tell the Pickens desk write down the medicine and dose.

If the charge is federal, Pickens cases go to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Gainesville Division, at Sidney O. Smith Federal Building & US Courthouse, 121 Spring Street SE, Room 201, Gainesville, GA 30501-3789, 678-450-2760. The Gainesville magistrate judge decides if the Pickens 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 databases ICE can search.
• Step 2: Each time Jasper jails a non-citizen, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 tells the Jasper jailer to confirm legal status , after which Jasper officers tell ICE if status is missing.
• Step 3: If ICE wants the person, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Pickens jail to keep them up to 48 hours past normal release.
• Step 4: The 2024 law HB 1105 also wrote O.C.G.A. 42-1-11.5 and 36-80-23, which ban sanctuary policies in Georgia.
• Step 5: Ask the Pickens sheriff's office whether it has a 287(g) agreement with ICE.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Jasper, check the ICE detainee locator for a Pickens case, or call the ICE Atlanta field office about Jasper, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

Once a Pickens judge gives a prison sentence, Jasper holds the person in the jail in Jasper until GDC transports them. Next, the Georgia Department of Corrections moves the person from Jasper for processing. After that, Jasper prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Pickens families can look them up with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, police in Jasper are barred from posting a Pickens mugshot online. For a copy of a Pickens mugshot, call the sheriff's office at 706-253-8900.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Jasper Police Department: 706-692-9110
• Pickens County Sheriff's Office: 706-253-8900

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