The Richmond County Webster Detention Center is at 1941 Phinizy Road Augusta, GA 30906. The Augusta jail desk picks up at 706-821-1110. Other calls to the Richmond sheriff is 706-821-1068.

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

By state law, in Richmond County, a judge has to see a Richmond arrestee within 48 hours if there was no warrant, or 72 hours if there was one. The Richmond judge may set a Richmond bond in cash, by bondsman or with Augusta property.

• What a bondsman in Augusta charges follows Georgia law, and a Richmond family never gets that fee back.
• A few grave charges in Augusta need the superior court, so a Richmond wait may be longer.
• Missing a court date in Richmond County brings a Richmond warrant and forfeited bond money.

More detail is on our Richmond County bail page.

Phone the Richmond sheriff's office at 706-821-1068 to ask about an active Richmond warrant. Before turning yourself in to the Richmond jail, see a lawyer.

The Augusta Circuit public defender covers Richmond cases once a judge in Augusta rules the person cannot pay. A Richmond applicant owes a $50 fee, unless a judge waives it.

Visiting hours can change, so phone 706-821-1110 before you drive to Augusta. We explain lobby visits at the Richmond jail and video visits from Augusta.

Inmates in Augusta can call out of the Richmond jail, and incoming calls to the Augusta jail are not allowed. We cover Richmond jail calls, messages in Augusta and Richmond tablets.

Money sent to a Richmond account buys snacks and soap at the Augusta commissary. Use only the ways the Richmond jail lists. Learn about Richmond deposits and the Augusta canteen.

Write the person's full name on the Richmond envelope above the Augusta jail address. Use plain paper for the Richmond jail; stickers or tape on a Richmond letter may cause a return. See the Augusta section of our mail page.

In Richmond County, anyone under 17 is handled in juvenile court. If a Richmond youth must be held, the Department of Juvenile Justice sends Richmond youth to the Augusta Regional Youth Detention Center. A parent can phone the sheriff's office at 706-821-1068 to ask where the child is.

Call 706-821-1110 quickly if your person in the Richmond County Webster Detention Center has seizures or may hurt themselves in Augusta. Have Richmond jail staff note the Richmond drug name and dose.

Federal charges from Richmond County go to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Augusta Division, at 600 James Brown Blvd., Augusta, GA 30901, 706-849-4400. A magistrate judge in Augusta decides on release for a Richmond defendant.

The U.S. Marshals hold people before trial, sometimes in a county jail. Once sentenced, check the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach federal systems ICE checks.
• Step 2: For any non-citizen held in Richmond County, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 tells Augusta jail officers to check their status, and the Augusta jailer informs ICE if status is missing.
• Step 3: If ICE seeks custody, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Richmond jail to keep them for up to 48 extra hours.
• Step 4: Georgia's HB 1105 (2024) also added O.C.G.A. 42-1-11.5 and 36-80-23, which forbid local rules against helping ICE.
• Step 5: The Richmond sheriff takes part in 287(g), per ICE.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Augusta, check the ICE online locator for the Richmond detainee, or phone the ICE Atlanta field office about Augusta, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

After a Richmond County state prison sentence, the Richmond prisoner remains in the jail in Augusta until state officers take them. The Georgia Department of Corrections then takes the Richmond inmate to a diagnostic center, and the Augusta inmate later goes to an assigned prison. Richmond families can look them up with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Richmond sheriff may not post a Richmond mugshot online. For a copy of a Richmond mugshot, phone the sheriff's office at 706-821-1068.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Blythe Police Department: 706-592-6255
• Hephzibah Police Department: 706-592-4423
• Richmond County Sheriff's Office: 706-821-1068

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