The Wilcox County Jail is at 126 East Main Street Abbeville, GA 31001. You can reach the Wilcox jail at 229-467-2322. For other Wilcox sheriff business go to 229-467-2322.

Wilcox has no a web roster in Wilcox County. Phone the jail at 229-467-2322 with the person's full name and Wilcox booking date, and the Wilcox desk can confirm whether they are in Wilcox custody.

When a Wilcox case ends in prison time, the Georgia Department of Corrections Find an Offender search shows which prison holds them.

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

• A bondsman's fee in Wilcox County has a legal limit, and Abbeville families do not get it back.
• A few grave charges in Abbeville need the superior court, so a Wilcox wait may be longer.
• Not showing up in Abbeville court brings a Wilcox warrant and forfeited bond money.

Read more on our Wilcox County bail page.

Call the Wilcox sheriff's office at 229-467-2322 to ask whether a Wilcox warrant is active. Before a surrender in Abbeville, talk to a lawyer.

The Cordele Circuit public defender handles Wilcox cases when a Wilcox judge finds they cannot pay. A Wilcox applicant pays a $50 fee, which a judge can waive.

Visiting hours can change, so call 229-467-2322 before you drive to Abbeville. We explain lobby visits at the Wilcox jail and screen visits from Abbeville.

Inmates in Abbeville can call out of the Wilcox jail, but family cannot ring in to Abbeville. Read about Wilcox jail calls, messages in Abbeville and Wilcox tablets.

Money sent to a Wilcox account buys snacks and soap at the Abbeville commissary. Stick to the deposit options the Wilcox jail posts. Read about Wilcox account funding and the Abbeville canteen.

Put the person's full name on the Wilcox envelope with the Wilcox County Jail address. Plain paper works best for Abbeville; glitter or tape on a letter to Abbeville gets it bounced. Current Wilcox rules are on our mail page.

Wilcox youth under 17 go to juvenile court. If a Wilcox judge orders detention, the Department of Juvenile Justice sends Wilcox youth to the Cadwell Regional Youth Detention Center. A parent can phone the sheriff's office at 229-467-2322 to learn where their child was taken.

Phone 229-467-2322 quickly if your person in the Wilcox County Jail has diabetes or may hurt themselves in Abbeville. Ask the Abbeville nurse note the Wilcox drug name and dose.

If the charge is federal, Wilcox cases 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 Wilcox 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 databases ICE can search.
• Step 2: Each time Abbeville jails a non-citizen, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 directs the Abbeville jailer to check legal status , after which Abbeville officers tell ICE if they lack status.
• Step 3: If ICE wants the person, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Wilcox jail to keep them as long as 48 hours after release would happen.
• 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 does not list Wilcox County in 287(g); ask the sheriff to confirm.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Abbeville, use the ICE detainee locator for the Wilcox detainee, or call the ICE Atlanta field office about Abbeville, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

Once a Wilcox judge gives a prison sentence, Wilcox County keeps them in the jail in Abbeville until state officers take them. The Georgia Department of Corrections then takes the Wilcox inmate to intake, and the Abbeville inmate later goes to an assigned prison. Wilcox County families can track them with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Wilcox sheriff may not post a Wilcox mugshot online. If you need a Wilcox mugshot, call the sheriff's office at 229-467-2322.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Abbeville Police Department: 229-467-3200
• Rochelle Police Department: 229-365-2246
• Wilcox County Sheriff's Office: 229-467-2322

Sheriff's deputies patrol parts of Wilcox County without a police force. Dial 911 in an emergency.