The Seminole County Jail is at 208 Court Street Donalsonville, GA 39845. Call the Seminole jail at 229-524-8396. For other Seminole sheriff business go to 229-524-5115.

Seminole has no a public inmate list in Seminole County. Phone the jail at 229-524-8396 and give the person's full name and Seminole booking date, and the Seminole desk can confirm whether they are in Seminole custody.

When a Seminole case ends in prison time, the Georgia Department of Corrections Find an Offender search shows where they are held.

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

• What a bondsman in Donalsonville charges follows Georgia law, and Donalsonville families do not get it back.
• A few grave charges in Donalsonville need a superior court judge, so a Seminole wait may be longer.
• Skipping a Seminole court date can mean a Seminole warrant and a lost bond.

Read more on our Seminole County bail page.

Contact the Seminole sheriff's office at 229-524-5115 to check on a warrant in Donalsonville. A Seminole lawyer can help plan a surrender.

The Pataula Circuit public defender covers Seminole cases once a judge in Donalsonville rules the person cannot pay. A Seminole applicant pays a $50 fee, unless a judge waives it.

Visiting hours can change, so call 229-524-8396 the day before you go to Donalsonville. Our guides cover lobby visits at the Seminole jail and screen visits from Donalsonville.

Inmates in Donalsonville can call out of the Seminole jail, but family cannot ring in to Donalsonville. See our notes on Seminole jail calls, inmate email in Donalsonville and Seminole tablets.

Money sent to a Seminole account buys snacks and soap through the Seminole commissary. Use only the ways the Seminole jail lists. See our pages on Seminole account funding and the Donalsonville canteen.

Put the person's full name on the Seminole envelope with the Seminole County Jail address. Plain paper works best for Donalsonville; tape on mail to the Seminole jail may cause a return. Check the Seminole notes on our mail page.

Seminole youth under 17 go to juvenile court. When a Donalsonville child needs detention, Seminole youth go to the Jefferson Loftiss II Regional Youth Detention Center. Parents can call the sheriff's office at 229-524-5115 to learn where their child was taken.

Ring 229-524-8396 quickly if your person in the Seminole County Jail has diabetes or may hurt themselves in Donalsonville. Ask the Donalsonville nurse note the Seminole drug name and dose.

If the charge is federal, Seminole cases go to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Albany Division, at 201 West Broad Avenue, Albany, GA 31701, --. The Albany magistrate judge decides if the Seminole defendant can go home.

Federal detainees stay with the U.S. Marshals, at times in the Seminole jail or another county jail. Once sentenced, check the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach databases ICE can search.
• Step 2: When a non-citizen is booked in Donalsonville, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 tells the Seminole jail to confirm immigration status , after which Donalsonville officers tell ICE if they lack status.
• Step 3: When ICE is interested, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Seminole jail to keep them for up to 48 extra hours.
• 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: Ask the Seminole sheriff's office whether it has a 287(g) agreement with ICE.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Donalsonville, try the ICE detainee locator for a Seminole case, or call the Atlanta field office, which covers Donalsonville, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

When a Seminole case ends in prison, the person from Donalsonville stays in the jail in Donalsonville until GDC transports them. The Georgia Department of Corrections sends the Seminole prisoner for processing. After that, Donalsonville prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Seminole families can look them up with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, police in Donalsonville may not post mugshots (booking photos) from Donalsonville on the web. If you need a Seminole mugshot, contact the sheriff's office at 229-524-5115.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Donalsonville Police Department: 229-524-2175
• Seminole County Sheriff's Office: 229-524-5115

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