The Putnam County Jail is at 111 Ridley Drive Eatonton, GA 31024. The Eatonton jail desk picks up at 706-485-8557. The Putnam sheriff's main line is 706-485-8557.

There is no a public roster in Putnam County. Ring the jail at 706-485-8557 and give the person's full name and Putnam booking date, and the Putnam desk can confirm whether they are in Putnam custody.

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

In Putnam County, a judge has to see a Putnam arrestee within 48 hours without a warrant and 72 hours with one. The Putnam judge may set a Putnam bond in cash, by bondsman or with Eatonton property.

• A bondsman's fee in Putnam County follows Georgia law, and a Putnam family never gets that fee back.
• A few grave charges in Eatonton need the superior court, so a Putnam wait may be longer.
• Skipping a Putnam court date can mean a Putnam warrant and forfeited bond money.

Read more on our Putnam County bail page.

Phone the Putnam sheriff's office at 706-485-8557 to ask about an active Putnam warrant. A Putnam lawyer can help plan a surrender.

The Ocmulgee Circuit public defender covers Putnam cases once a judge in Eatonton rules they cannot pay. Someone applying in Eatonton pays a $50 fee, which a judge can waive.

Visit rules and times change, so phone 706-485-8557 before any trip to Eatonton. We explain in-person visits at the Putnam jail and screen visits from Eatonton.

Inmates in Eatonton can call out of the Putnam jail, and incoming calls to the Eatonton jail are not allowed. Read about Putnam jail calls, inmate email in Eatonton and Putnam tablets.

Money sent to a Putnam account buys snacks and soap from the Putnam jail store. Use only the ways the Putnam jail lists. See our pages on Putnam money transfers and the Eatonton commissary.

Print the person's full name on the Putnam envelope above the Eatonton jail address. Only plain paper goes to Eatonton; stickers or tape on a Putnam letter gets it bounced. See the Eatonton section of our mail page.

Putnam youth under 17 go to juvenile court. When a Eatonton child needs detention, the Department of Juvenile Justice sends Putnam youth to the Wilkes Regional Youth Detention Center. Families can call the sheriff's office at 706-485-8557 to find their child.

Call 706-485-8557 right away if your person in the Putnam County Jail has seizures or may hurt themselves in Eatonton. Tell the Putnam desk note the Putnam drug name and dose.

A federal case from Putnam County is heard in 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 Putnam defendant can go home.

Federal detainees stay with the U.S. Marshals, sometimes in a county jail. Once sentenced, check the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach databases ICE can search.
• Step 2: Each time Eatonton jails a non-citizen, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 directs the Eatonton jailer to confirm immigration status , after which Eatonton officers tell ICE if status is missing.
• Step 3: If ICE wants the person, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Putnam jail to keep them as long as 48 hours after release would happen.
• 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: ICE does not list Putnam County in 287(g); ask the sheriff to confirm.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Eatonton, search the ICE detainee locator for a Putnam case, or phone the ICE Atlanta field office about Eatonton, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

When a Putnam case ends in prison, Putnam County keeps them in the jail in Eatonton until state officers take them. Next, the Georgia Department of Corrections moves the person from Eatonton to a reception center, and the Eatonton inmate later goes to an assigned prison. Eatonton relatives can follow them on GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Putnam sheriff are barred from posting a Putnam mugshot online. For a copy of a Putnam mugshot, phone the sheriff's office at 706-485-8557.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Eatonton Police Department: 706-485-3551
• Putnam County Sheriff's Office: 706-485-8557

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