The Wayne County Detention Center is at 1892 S. Macon Street Jesup, GA 31545. Jail staff answer at 912-427-5975. Other calls to the Wayne sheriff is 912-427-5970.

Wayne has no a public jail roster in Wayne County. Phone the jail at 912-427-5975 and give the person's full name and Wayne booking date, and the Wayne desk can confirm whether they are in Wayne custody.

After a state prison sentence, Georgia Department of Corrections Find an Offender shows which prison holds them.

Wayne County also posts recent arrests.

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

• What a bondsman in Jesup charges has a legal limit, and a Wayne family never gets that fee back.
• A few grave charges in Jesup need a superior court judge, so a Wayne wait may be longer.
• Not showing up in Jesup court may lead to a Wayne warrant and forfeited bond money.

More detail is on our Wayne County bail page.

Phone the Wayne sheriff's office at 912-427-5970 to check on a warrant in Jesup. A Wayne lawyer can help plan a surrender.

The Brunswick Circuit public defender covers Wayne cases once a judge in Jesup rules they cannot pay. A Wayne applicant pays a $50 fee, unless a judge waives it.

Visiting hours can change, so call 912-427-5975 the day before you go to Jesup. We explain lobby visits at the Wayne jail and screen visits from Jesup.

Inmates in Jesup can call out of the Wayne jail, but family cannot ring in to Jesup. We cover Wayne jail calls, e-messages in Jesup and Wayne tablets.

Money sent to a Wayne account buys snacks and soap through the Wayne commissary. Use only the ways the Wayne jail lists. Read about Wayne money transfers and the Jesup jail store.

Put the person's full name on the Wayne envelope with the Wayne County Detention Center address. Only plain paper goes to Jesup; glitter or tape on a letter to Jesup may cause a return. See the Jesup section of our mail page.

Children under 17 in Jesup go to juvenile court. When a Jesup child needs detention, the Department of Juvenile Justice sends Wayne youth to the Claxton Regional Youth Detention Center. A parent can phone the sheriff's office at 912-427-5970 to learn where their child was taken.

Call 912-427-5975 right away if your person in the Wayne County Detention Center has seizures or may hurt themselves in Jesup. Tell the Wayne desk note the Wayne drug name and dose.

Federal charges from Wayne County go to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Brunswick Division, at 801 Gloucester Street, Brunswick, GA 31520, 912-280-1330. The Brunswick magistrate judge rules on release in a Wayne case.

Federal detainees stay with the U.S. Marshals, sometimes in a county jail. After sentencing, use the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach federal systems ICE checks.
• Step 2: If the Wayne jail books a non-citizen, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 tells the Jesup jailer to confirm legal status , and the Jesup jailer informs ICE if status is missing.
• Step 3: When ICE is interested, it sends Form I-247A, a request to keep them up to 48 hours past normal release.
• 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 lists the Wayne sheriff in its 287(g) program.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Jesup, try the ICE detainee locator for a Wayne case, or phone the ICE Atlanta field office about Jesup, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

After a Wayne County state prison sentence, the Wayne inmate waits in the jail in Jesup until the Georgia Department of Corrections picks them up. Next, the Georgia Department of Corrections moves the person from Jesup for processing, and the Jesup inmate later goes to an assigned prison. Jesup relatives can follow them on GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Wayne sheriff may not post a Wayne mugshot online. If you need a Wayne mugshot, phone the sheriff's office at 912-427-5970.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Jesup Police Department: 912-427-1300
• Screven Police Department: 912-579-2211
• Wayne County Sheriff's Office: 912-427-5970

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