The Spalding County Jail is at 401 Justice Blvd. Griffin, GA 30224. The Griffin jail desk picks up at 770-467-4286. The Spalding sheriff's main line call 770-467-4282.

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

In Spalding County, a judge must see a Spalding arrestee within 48 hours without a warrant and 72 hours with one. The Spalding judge may set a Spalding bond in cash, by bondsman or with Griffin property.

• The fee a Spalding bondsman charges follows Georgia law, and a Spalding family never gets that fee back.
• Certain serious Spalding charges need the superior court, so a Spalding wait may be longer.
• Not showing up in Griffin court brings a Spalding warrant and forfeited bond money.

More detail is on our Spalding County bail page.

Call the Spalding sheriff's office at 770-467-4282 to ask whether a Spalding warrant is active. A Spalding lawyer can help plan a surrender.

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

Visit rules and times change, so call 770-467-4286 the day before you go to Griffin. We explain lobby visits at the Spalding jail and remote visits from Griffin.

Inmates in Griffin can call out of the Spalding jail, but family cannot ring in to Griffin. See our notes on Spalding jail calls, messages in Griffin and Spalding tablets.

Money sent to a Spalding account buys snacks and soap at the Griffin commissary. Use only the ways the Spalding jail lists. Read about Spalding deposits and the Griffin jail store.

Put the person's full name on the Spalding envelope above the Griffin jail address. Plain paper works best for Griffin; glitter or tape on a letter to Griffin may cause a return. Current Spalding rules are on our mail page.

Spalding youth under 17 go to juvenile court. When a Griffin child needs detention, Spalding youth go to the Martha K. Glaze Regional Youth Detention Center. Families can call the sheriff's office at 770-467-4282 to ask where the child is.

Ring 770-467-4286 right away if your person in the Spalding County Jail has seizures or may hurt themselves in Griffin. Tell the Spalding desk write down the medicine and dose.

A federal case from Spalding County is heard in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Newnan Division, at Lewis R. Morgan Federal Building & US Courthouse, 18 Greenville Street, Newnan, GA 30263-2789, 678-423-3060. A magistrate judge in Newnan rules on release in a Spalding case.

Before trial, the U.S. Marshals keep custody, sometimes in a 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 Griffin, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 tells the Griffin jailer to confirm immigration status, after which Griffin officers tell ICE if status is missing.
• Step 3: When ICE is interested, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Spalding jail 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 ban sanctuary policies in Georgia.
• Step 5: Ask the Spalding sheriff's office whether it has a 287(g) agreement with ICE.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Griffin, try the ICE detainee locator for the Spalding detainee, or call the Atlanta field office for Spalding cases, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

Once a Spalding judge gives a prison sentence, Spalding County keeps them in the Spalding County Jail until state officers take them. The Georgia Department of Corrections then takes the Spalding inmate to a reception center. After that, Griffin prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Spalding families can look them up with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Spalding sheriff and city police cannot post a Spalding mugshot online. If you need a Spalding mugshot, contact the sheriff's office at 770-467-4282.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Griffin Police Department: 770-229-6452
• Spalding County Sheriff's Office: 770-467-4282

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