The Tift County Jail is at 500 Morgan Drive Tifton, GA 31793. You can reach the Tift jail at 229-388-6020. Other calls to the Tift sheriff go to 229-388-6054.

Tift has no a web roster for the Tifton jail. Phone the jail at 229-388-6020 with the person's full name and Tift booking date, and the Tift desk can confirm whether they are in Tift custody.

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

Tift County also posts recent arrests.

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

• The fee a Tift bondsman charges follows Georgia law, and Tifton families do not get it back.
• Some serious charges in Tift County need the superior court, so a Tift wait may be longer.
• Not showing up in Tifton court may lead to a Tift warrant and the bond is lost.

Read more on our Tift County bail page.

Call the Tift sheriff's office at 229-388-6054 to check on a warrant in Tifton. Before a surrender in Tifton, talk to a lawyer.

The Tifton Circuit public defender takes Tift cases if a Tift judge decides the person cannot pay. A Tift applicant owes a $50 fee, unless a judge waives it.

Visiting hours can change, so phone 229-388-6020 before any trip to Tifton. We explain in-person visits at the Tift jail and video visits from Tifton.

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

Money sent to a Tift account covers snacks and soap through the Tift commissary. Send money only through methods Tifton names. Read about Tift money transfers and the Tifton jail store.

Write the person's full name on the Tift envelope with the Tift County Jail address. Use plain paper for the Tift jail; stickers or tape on a Tift letter can get it sent back. Current Tift rules are on our mail page.

In Tift County, anyone under 17 is handled in juvenile court. If a Tift judge orders detention, the Department of Juvenile Justice sends Tift youth to the Crisp Regional Youth Detention Center. A parent can phone the sheriff's office at 229-388-6054 to find their child.

Phone 229-388-6020 quickly if your person in the Tift County Jail has seizures or may hurt themselves in Tifton. Tell the Tift desk record the drug and the dose.

If the charge is federal, Tift cases go to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Valdosta Division, at 401 North Patterson Street, Valdosta, GA 31601, --. The Valdosta magistrate judge decides if the Tift defendant can go home.

Federal detainees stay with the U.S. Marshals, at times in the Tift jail or another county jail. After sentencing, use the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach databases ICE can search.
• Step 2: If the Tift jail books a non-citizen, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 tells the Tift jail to check immigration status , and the Tifton jailer informs ICE if status is missing.
• Step 3: If ICE wants the person, 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 ban sanctuary policies in Georgia.
• Step 5: Per ICE, Tift County has a 287(g) agreement.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Tifton, use the ICE online locator for a Tift case, or call the Atlanta field office for Tift cases, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

When a Tift case ends in prison, Tifton holds the person in the jail in Tifton until the Georgia Department of Corrections picks them up. The Georgia Department of Corrections then takes the Tift inmate for processing. After that, Tifton prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Tift County families can track them with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Tift sheriff cannot post mugshots (booking photos) from Tifton on the web. If you need a Tift mugshot, contact the sheriff's office at 229-388-6054.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Tifton Police Department: 229-382-3132
• Tift County Sheriff's Office: 229-388-6054

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