The White County Detention Center is at 1210 Hulsey Road Cleveland, GA 30545. Jail staff answer at 706-865-5177. Other calls to the White sheriff is 706-865-5177.

Put the last name in White County Inmate Search. A late-night arrest in Cleveland can take hours to show up as White staff finish booking.

White County also posts recent arrests.

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

• A bondsman's fee in White County is set by state law, and Cleveland families do not get it back.
• Some serious charges in White County need the superior court, so a White wait may be longer.
• Skipping a White court date brings a White warrant and a lost bond.

Read more on our White County bail page.

Contact the White sheriff's office at 706-865-5177 to ask about an active White warrant. Before a surrender in Cleveland, talk to a lawyer.

The Enotah Circuit public defender takes White cases once a judge in Cleveland rules the person cannot pay. A White applicant owes a $50 fee, though a judge may waive it.

Visit rules and times change, so phone 706-865-5177 before any trip to Cleveland. We explain lobby visits at the White jail and remote visits from Cleveland.

Inmates in Cleveland can call out of the White jail, and incoming calls to the Cleveland jail are not allowed. We cover White jail calls, inmate email in Cleveland and White tablets.

Money sent to a White account buys snacks and soap at the Cleveland commissary. Send money only through methods Cleveland names. Learn about White account funding and the Cleveland canteen.

Print the person's full name on the White envelope with the White County Detention Center address. Plain paper works best for Cleveland; glitter or tape on a letter to Cleveland may cause a return. Current White rules are on our mail page.

In White County, anyone under 17 is handled in juvenile court. If a White youth must be held, the Department of Juvenile Justice sends White youth to the Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center. Parents can call the sheriff's office at 706-865-5177 to ask where the child is.

Ring 706-865-5177 right away if your person in the White County Detention Center has diabetes or may hurt themselves in Cleveland. Tell the White desk record the drug and the dose.

If the charge is federal, White cases go to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Gainesville Division, at Sidney O. Smith Federal Building & US Courthouse, 121 Spring Street SE, Room 201, Gainesville, GA 30501-3789, 678-450-2760. The Gainesville magistrate judge decides if the White defendant can go home.

Before trial, the U.S. Marshals keep custody, at times in the White 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 Cleveland, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 requires the White jail to look up immigration status , and the Cleveland jailer informs ICE if status is missing.
• Step 3: When ICE is interested, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the White jail to keep them up to 48 hours past normal release.
• Step 4: Georgia's HB 1105 (2024) also added O.C.G.A. 42-1-11.5 and 36-80-23, which ban sanctuary policies in Georgia.
• Step 5: ICE lists the White sheriff in its 287(g) program.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Cleveland, check the ICE detainee locator for a White case, or call the ICE Atlanta field office about Cleveland, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

Once a White judge gives a prison sentence, the White inmate waits in the White County Detention Center until the Georgia Department of Corrections picks them up. The Georgia Department of Corrections sends the White prisoner to a diagnostic center. After that, Cleveland prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. White County families can track them with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the White sheriff cannot post mugshots (booking photos) from Cleveland on the web. If you need a White mugshot, call the sheriff's office at 706-865-5177.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Cleveland Police Department: 706-865-2111
• Helen Police Department: 706-878-2722
• White County Sheriff's Office: 706-865-5177

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