The Upson County Jail is at 235 Aviation Drive Thomaston, GA 30286. You can reach the Upson jail at 706-647-7411. Other calls to the Upson sheriff call 706-647-7411.

Enter the last name in Upson County Inmate Search. A late-night arrest in Thomaston can take hours to show up until Thomaston booking ends.

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

• What a bondsman in Thomaston charges has a legal limit, and a Upson family never gets that fee back.
• Some serious charges in Upson County need the superior court, so a Upson wait may be longer.
• Missing a court date in Upson County brings a Upson warrant and a lost bond.

Read more on our Upson County bail page.

Contact the Upson sheriff's office at 706-647-7411 to ask about an active Upson warrant. A Upson lawyer can help plan a surrender.

The Griffin Circuit public defender handles Upson cases once a judge in Thomaston rules the person cannot pay. A Upson applicant pays a $50 fee, though a judge may waive it.

Visit rules and times change, so phone 706-647-7411 before any trip to Thomaston. Our guides cover lobby visits at the Upson jail and screen visits from Thomaston.

Inmates in Thomaston can call out of the Upson jail, and incoming calls to the Thomaston jail are not allowed. Read about Upson jail calls, inmate email in Thomaston and Upson tablets.

Money sent to a Upson account buys snacks and soap through the Upson commissary. Send money only through methods Thomaston names. See our pages on Upson deposits and the Thomaston commissary.

Put the person's full name on the Upson envelope above the Thomaston jail address. Only plain paper goes to Thomaston; stickers or tape on a Upson letter gets it bounced. See the Thomaston section of our mail page.

Children under 17 in Thomaston go to juvenile court. When a Thomaston child needs detention, DJJ uses the Macon Regional Youth Detention Center for Upson. A parent can phone the sheriff's office at 706-647-7411 to learn where their child was taken.

Call 706-647-7411 right away if your person in the Upson County Jail has diabetes or may hurt themselves in Thomaston. Tell the Upson desk write down the medicine and dose.

If the charge is federal, Upson cases go to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Macon Division, at William A. Bootle Federal Building & US Courthouse, 475 Mulberry Street, Macon, GA 31201, --. The Macon magistrate judge decides if the Upson defendant can go home.

The U.S. Marshals hold people before trial, sometimes in a county jail. After sentencing, use the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach databases ICE can search.
• Step 2: Each time Thomaston jails a non-citizen, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 requires the Upson jail to confirm immigration status , after which Thomaston officers tell ICE if status is missing.
• Step 3: If ICE wants the person, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Upson jail to keep them for up to 48 extra hours.
• Step 4: The 2024 law HB 1105 also wrote O.C.G.A. 42-1-11.5 and 36-80-23, which ban sanctuary policies in Georgia.
• Step 5: ICE does not list Upson County in 287(g); ask the sheriff to confirm.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Thomaston, search the ICE detainee locator for the Upson detainee, or phone the ICE Atlanta field office about Thomaston, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

Once a Upson judge gives a prison sentence, the Upson prisoner remains in the jail in Thomaston until state officers take them. Next, the Georgia Department of Corrections moves the person from Thomaston to intake, and the Thomaston inmate later goes to an assigned prison. Upson County families can track them with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Upson sheriff cannot post a Upson mugshot online. If you need a Upson mugshot, call the sheriff's office at 706-647-7411.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Thomaston Police Department: 706-647-8417
• Upson County Sheriff's Office: 706-647-7411

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