The Webster County Jail is at Webster County Jail Preston, GA. The Preston jail desk picks up at 229-924-4094. The Webster sheriff's main line go to 229-828-7712.

Enter the last name into Webster County Inmate Search. A late-night arrest in Preston can take hours to show up while Webster booking is done.

By state law, in Webster County, a judge has to see a Webster arrestee within 48 hours if there was no warrant, or 72 hours if there was one. The Webster judge can allow a Webster bond in cash, by bondsman or with Preston property.

• A bondsman's fee in Webster County has a legal limit, and Preston families do not get it back.
• A few grave charges in Preston need a superior court judge, so a Webster wait may be longer.
• Skipping a Webster court date brings a Webster warrant and a lost bond.

Read more on our Webster County bail page.

Call the Webster sheriff's office at 229-828-7712 to check on a warrant in Preston. A Webster lawyer can help plan a surrender.

The Southwestern Circuit public defender takes Webster cases when a Webster judge finds the person cannot pay. A Webster applicant owes a $50 fee, unless a judge waives it.

Visit rules and times change, so call 229-924-4094 before any trip to Preston. Our guides cover lobby visits at the Webster jail and video visits from Preston.

Inmates in Preston can call out of the Webster jail, and incoming calls to the Preston jail are not allowed. We cover Webster jail calls, e-messages in Preston and Webster tablets.

Money sent to a Webster account buys snacks and soap from the Webster jail store. Send money only through methods Preston names. See our pages on Webster deposits and the Preston canteen.

Write the person's full name on the Webster envelope above the Preston jail address. Plain paper works best for Preston; glitter or tape on a letter to Preston gets it bounced. See the Preston section of our mail page.

Webster youth under 17 go to juvenile court. If a Webster judge orders detention, Webster youth go to the Aaron Cohn Regional Youth Detention Center. A parent can phone the sheriff's office at 229-828-7712 to learn where their child was taken.

Phone 229-924-4094 quickly if your person in the Webster County Jail has seizures or may hurt themselves in Preston. Tell the Webster desk record the drug and the dose.

Federal charges from Webster County go to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Albany Division, at 201 West Broad Avenue, Albany, GA 31701, --. The Albany magistrate judge decides if the Webster defendant can go home.

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 databases ICE can search.
• Step 2: For any non-citizen held in Webster County, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 tells Webster staff to check their status, after which Preston officers tell ICE if they lack status.
• Step 3: When ICE is interested, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Webster 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: Per ICE, Webster County has a 287(g) agreement.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Preston, check the ICE online locator for a Webster case, or phone the ICE Atlanta field office about Preston, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

After a Webster County state prison sentence, the person from Preston stays in the jail in Preston until the Georgia Department of Corrections picks them up. The Georgia Department of Corrections sends the Webster prisoner to a reception center. After that, Preston prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Webster County families can track them with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Webster sheriff may not post a Webster mugshot online. If you need a Webster mugshot, call the sheriff's office at 229-828-7712.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Webster County Sheriff's Office: 229-828-7712

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