The Screven County Jail is at 202 Rocky Ford Road Sylvania, GA 30467. You can reach the Screven jail at 912-564-2013. For other Screven sheriff business go to 912-564-2013.

Screven has no public roster for the Sylvania jail. Ring the jail at 912-564-2013 and give the person's full name and Screven booking date, and the Screven desk can confirm whether they are in Screven custody.

When a Screven case ends in prison time, Georgia Department of Corrections Find an Offender shows which prison holds them.

In Screven County, a judge has to see a Screven arrestee within 48 hours if there was no warrant, or 72 hours if there was one. The Screven judge can order a Screven bond in cash, by bondsman or with Sylvania property.

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

Read more on our Screven County bail page.

Phone the Screven sheriff's office at 912-564-2013 to ask about an active Screven warrant. Before a surrender in Sylvania, talk to a lawyer.

The Ogeechee Circuit public defender handles Screven cases once a judge in Sylvania rules they cannot pay. Someone applying in Sylvania owes a $50 fee, though a judge may waive it.

Visiting hours can change, so call 912-564-2013 the day before you go to Sylvania. Our guides cover lobby visits at the Screven jail and video visits from Sylvania.

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

Money sent to a Screven account buys snacks and soap at the Sylvania commissary. Stick to the deposit options the Screven jail posts. See our pages on Screven account funding and the Sylvania canteen.

Print the person's full name on the Screven envelope above the Sylvania jail address. Only plain paper goes to Sylvania; glitter or tape on a letter to Sylvania may cause a return. See the Sylvania section of our mail page.

In Screven County, anyone under 17 is handled in juvenile court. If a Screven judge orders detention, Screven youth go to the Augusta Regional Youth Detention Center. Parents can call the sheriff's office at 912-564-2013 to ask where the child is.

Ring 912-564-2013 right away if your person in the Screven County Jail has seizures or may hurt themselves in Sylvania. Tell the Screven desk write down the medicine and dose.

If the charge is federal, Screven cases go to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Statesboro Division, at 52 North Main Street, Statesboro, GA 30458 (not always fully staffed), 912-650-4020. In Statesboro, a federal magistrate judge decides if the Screven 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 federal systems ICE checks.
• Step 2: When a non-citizen is booked in Sylvania, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 directs Screven staff to confirm legal status, and the Sylvania jailer informs ICE if status is missing.
• Step 3: When ICE is interested, it sends Form I-247A, a request 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: Per ICE, Screven County has a 287(g) agreement.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Sylvania, try the ICE online locator for a Screven case, or call the Atlanta field office, which covers Sylvania, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

After a Screven County state prison sentence, Sylvania holds the person in the jail in Sylvania until the Georgia Department of Corrections picks them up. Next, the Georgia Department of Corrections moves the person from Sylvania to intake. After that, Sylvania prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Screven County families can track them with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Screven sheriff are barred from posting a Screven mugshot online. For a copy of a Screven mugshot, call the sheriff's office at 912-564-2013.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Hiltonia Police Department: 912-829-3999
• Newington Police Department: 912-857-3115
• Oliver Police Department: 912-857-3789
• Sylvania Police Department: 912-564-2056
• Screven County Sheriff's Office: 912-564-2013

Sheriff's deputies patrol parts of Screven County without a police force. Dial 911 in an emergency.