The Wheeler County Jail is at 21 West Forest Ave. Alamo, GA 30411. The Alamo jail desk picks up at 912-568-7151. Other calls to the Wheeler sheriff is 912-568-7107.

Wheeler has no a public inmate list for the Alamo jail. Call the jail at 912-568-7151 and give the person's full name and Wheeler booking date, and the Wheeler desk can confirm whether they are in Wheeler custody.

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

Under Georgia law, in Alamo, a judge has to see a Wheeler arrestee within 48 hours without a warrant and 72 hours with one. The Wheeler judge may set a Wheeler bond in cash, by bondsman or with Alamo property.

• A bondsman's fee in Wheeler County is set by state law, and Alamo families do not get it back.
• A few grave charges in Alamo need the superior court, so a Wheeler wait may be longer.
• Skipping a Wheeler court date may lead to a Wheeler warrant and forfeited bond money.

Read more on our Wheeler County bail page.

Phone the Wheeler sheriff's office at 912-568-7107 to ask whether a Wheeler warrant is active. Before a surrender in Alamo, talk to a lawyer.

The Oconee Circuit public defender handles Wheeler cases when a Wheeler judge finds the person cannot pay. A Wheeler applicant pays a $50 fee, which a judge can waive.

Visiting hours can change, so phone 912-568-7151 the day before you go to Alamo. We explain lobby visits at the Wheeler jail and remote visits from Alamo.

Inmates in Alamo can call out of the Wheeler jail, but family cannot ring in to Alamo. We cover Wheeler jail calls, messages in Alamo and Wheeler tablets.

Money sent to a Wheeler account buys snacks and soap at the Alamo commissary. Send money only through methods Alamo names. Read about Wheeler money transfers and the Alamo jail store.

Put the person's full name on the Wheeler envelope above the Alamo jail address. Only plain paper goes to Alamo; stickers or tape on a Wheeler letter gets it bounced. Current Wheeler rules are on our mail page.

Wheeler youth under 17 go to juvenile court. When a Alamo child needs detention, DJJ uses the Cadwell Regional Youth Detention Center for Wheeler. Parents can call the sheriff's office at 912-568-7107 to ask where the child is.

Phone 912-568-7151 quickly if your person in the Wheeler County Jail has seizures or may hurt themselves in Alamo. Have Wheeler jail staff note the Wheeler drug name and dose.

A federal case from Wheeler County is heard in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Dublin Division, at 100 North Franklin Street, Dublin, GA 31021 (not always fully staffed), 478-272-2121. The Dublin magistrate judge decides if the Wheeler defendant can go home.

Federal detainees stay with the U.S. Marshals, sometimes in a county jail. Once sentenced, check the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach federal systems ICE checks.
• Step 2: If the Wheeler jail books a non-citizen, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 requires the Alamo jailer to check legal status , and the Alamo jailer informs ICE if they lack status.
• 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: 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 lists the Wheeler sheriff in its 287(g) program.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Alamo, try the online ICE locator for a Wheeler case, or phone the Atlanta field office for Wheeler cases, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

When a Wheeler case ends in prison, the Wheeler prisoner remains in the Wheeler jail until GDC transports them. The Georgia Department of Corrections sends the Wheeler prisoner to a reception center. After that, Alamo prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Wheeler families can look them up with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Wheeler sheriff cannot post a Wheeler mugshot online. For a copy of a Wheeler mugshot, phone the sheriff's office at 912-568-7107.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Alamo Police Department: 912-568-7011
• Glenwood Police Department: 912-523-5223
• Wheeler County Sheriff's Office: 912-568-7107

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