The Pierce County Detention Center is at 300 Pierce Industrial Blvd Blackshear, GA 31516. Jail staff answer at 912-449-2012. Other calls to the Pierce sheriff go to 912-449-2101.

Pierce has no a public jail roster in Pierce County. Phone the jail at 912-449-2012 with the person's full name and Pierce booking date, and the Pierce desk can confirm whether they are in Pierce custody.

After a state prison sentence, Georgia Department of Corrections Find an Offender shows their prison.

Pierce County also posts recent arrests.

By state law, in Pierce County, a judge has to see a Pierce arrestee within 48 hours without a warrant and 72 hours with one. The Pierce judge may set a Pierce bond in cash, by bondsman or with Blackshear property.

• What a bondsman in Blackshear charges has a legal limit, and a Pierce family never gets that fee back.
• A few grave charges in Blackshear need the superior court, so a Pierce wait may be longer.
• Skipping a Pierce court date brings a Pierce warrant and a lost bond.

See our Pierce County bail page.

Phone the Pierce sheriff's office at 912-449-2101 to check on a warrant in Blackshear. A Pierce lawyer can help plan a surrender.

The Waycross Circuit public defender takes Pierce cases if a Pierce judge decides they cannot pay. A Pierce applicant owes a $50 fee, unless a judge waives it.

Visiting hours can change, so phone 912-449-2012 before you drive to Blackshear. We explain lobby visits at the Pierce jail and video visits from Blackshear.

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

Money sent to a Pierce account covers snacks and soap through the Pierce commissary. Stick to the deposit options the Pierce jail posts. Learn about Pierce deposits and the Blackshear commissary.

Print the person's full name on the Pierce envelope above the Blackshear jail address. Plain paper works best for Blackshear; tape on mail to the Pierce jail gets it bounced. Check the Pierce notes on our mail page.

Pierce youth under 17 go to juvenile court. If a Pierce judge orders detention, the Department of Juvenile Justice sends Pierce youth to the Waycross Regional Youth Detention Center. Families can call the sheriff's office at 912-449-2101 to find their child.

Ring 912-449-2012 quickly if your person in the Pierce County Detention Center has diabetes or may hurt themselves in Blackshear. Ask the Blackshear nurse write down the medicine and dose.

Federal charges from Pierce County go to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Waycross Division, at 601 Tebeau Street, Waycross, GA 31501 (not always fully staffed), 912-283-2870. The Waycross magistrate judge rules on release in a Pierce case.

Before trial, the U.S. Marshals keep custody, at times in the Pierce jail or another county jail. Once sentenced, check the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach databases ICE can search.
• Step 2: For any non-citizen held in Pierce County, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 tells the Blackshear jailer to look up legal status , after which Blackshear officers tell ICE if status is missing.
• Step 3: If ICE seeks custody, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Pierce 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 forbid local rules against helping ICE.
• Step 5: The Pierce sheriff takes part in 287(g), per ICE.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Blackshear, search the ICE detainee locator for a Pierce case, or call the Atlanta field office for Pierce cases, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

When a Pierce case ends in prison, Pierce County keeps them in the Pierce jail until GDC transports them. The Georgia Department of Corrections sends the Pierce prisoner to a diagnostic center. After that, Blackshear prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Blackshear relatives can follow them on GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Pierce sheriff cannot post mugshots (booking photos) from Blackshear on the web. If you need a Pierce mugshot, contact the sheriff's office at 912-449-2101.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Blackshear Police Department: 912-449-7011
• Patterson Police Department: 912-647-5776
• Pierce County Sheriff's Office: 912-449-2101

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