The Washington County Jail is at 733 Kaolin Road Sandersville, GA 31082. The Sandersville jail desk picks up at 478-552-3088. Other calls to the Washington sheriff is 478-552-4795.

Put the last name into Washington County Inmate Search. A late-night arrest in Sandersville can take hours to show up until Sandersville booking ends.

Under Georgia law, in Sandersville, a judge must see a Washington arrestee within 48 hours if there was no warrant, or 72 hours if there was one. The Washington judge can order a Washington bond in cash, by bondsman or with Sandersville property.

• What a bondsman in Sandersville charges has a legal limit, and Sandersville families do not get it back.
• Some serious charges in Washington County need the superior court, so a Washington wait may be longer.
• Skipping a Washington court date can mean a Washington warrant and forfeited bond money.

See our Washington County bail page.

Phone the Washington sheriff's office at 478-552-4795 to check on a warrant in Sandersville. Before turning yourself in to the Washington jail, see a lawyer.

The Middle Circuit public defender covers Washington cases if a Washington judge decides the person cannot pay. A Washington applicant is charged $50, though a judge may waive it.

Visit rules and times change, so phone 478-552-3088 the day before you go to Sandersville. Our guides cover lobby visits at the Washington jail and remote visits from Sandersville.

Inmates in Sandersville can call out of the Washington jail, and incoming calls to the Sandersville jail are not allowed. Read about Washington jail calls, e-messages in Sandersville and Washington tablets.

Money sent to a Washington account covers snacks and soap from the Washington jail store. Send money only through methods Sandersville names. Read about Washington deposits and the Sandersville jail store.

Write the person's full name on the Washington envelope above the Sandersville jail address. Only plain paper goes to Sandersville; stickers or tape on a Washington letter may cause a return. Check the Washington notes on our mail page.

In Washington County, anyone under 17 is handled in juvenile court. If a Washington youth must be held, Washington youth go to the Wilkes Regional Youth Detention Center. Parents can call the sheriff's office at 478-552-4795 to learn where their child was taken.

Ring 478-552-3088 right away if your person in the Washington County Jail has seizures or may hurt themselves in Sandersville. Have Washington jail staff note the Washington drug name and dose.

Federal charges from Washington County 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 Washington defendant can go home.

Federal detainees stay with the U.S. Marshals, at times in the Washington jail or another 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 Sandersville, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 directs the Sandersville jailer to verify legal status , after which Sandersville officers tell ICE if they lack status.
• Step 3: If ICE wants the person, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Washington 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 forbid local rules against helping ICE.
• Step 5: ICE does not list Washington County in 287(g); ask the sheriff to confirm.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Sandersville, search the online ICE locator for the Washington detainee, or phone the Atlanta field office for Washington cases, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

After a Washington County state prison sentence, Sandersville holds the person in the Washington jail until GDC transports them. The Georgia Department of Corrections then takes the Washington inmate to intake, and the Sandersville inmate later goes to an assigned prison. Washington families can look them up with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Washington sheriff are barred from posting a Washington mugshot online. If you need a Washington mugshot, phone the sheriff's office at 478-552-4795.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Davisboro Police Department: 478-348-4401
• Sandersville Police Department: 478-552-1818
• Tennille Police Department: 478-552-7991
• Washington County Sheriff's Office: 478-552-4795

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