Wilkinson County Jail Inmate Bail & Bonds

Search his name at Wilkinson County Inmate Search. It tells you if he is booked and shows bond information when there is any. New arrests can take a few hours to show.

If you still see nothing, call 478-946-2411. Ask whether he was taken to another county.

Both the state Department of Corrections and the county list the jail at 108 Bacon Street, Irwinton, GA 31042. Mail goes to P.O. Box 178 in Irwinton.

The county has also put out bids to renovate an "old jail" at 100 Bacon Street, next to the courthouse, so two buildings on the same street are not the same thing. Drive to 108.

The county site lists the sheriff and a jail administrator. The county site lists no separate jail phone, so call 478-946-2411 and ask for the jail desk.

The desk can tell you the charges and bond on the record. It cannot lower a bond.

The county says its Magistrate Court grants bail in cases where bail is not reserved to another court. Sarah Amanda Holder is the Chief Magistrate, and Walter C. Holloway is a magistrate judge.

The court is open Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and closes from noon to 1 p.m. for lunch. Call 478-946-2222. Mail to the court goes to P.O. Box 201, Irwinton.

Under O.C.G.A. 17-4-26, a warrant arrest has to be followed by a first appearance within 72 hours.

The county page does not list when appearances happen. Ask the magistrate clerk at 478-946-2222 whether the jail uses video or brings people to the courthouse.

The law puts a lid and a floor on it. The lid is 15 percent of the bond. The floor is $50 per bonded charge, even where 15 percent would be smaller (O.C.G.A. 17-6-30(a)).

On $8,000, the lid is $1,200. On a $90 bond, the floor means $50. Count each charge separately. Anything above that deserves a call to 478-946-2411.

A listing says cash bonds are paid at a bonding window or with the clerk of court, using cash, a cashier's check, or a money order. Nothing from the county gives hours.

The Clerk of Superior Court is at 100 Bacon Street, phone 478-946-2221, open Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call the jail first about nights and weekends.

A listing says "many jails" take cards at a lobby kiosk for a fee, without saying Wilkinson County does. Call 478-946-2411 and ask.

Money put on an inmate account for phone calls is not a bond payment.

No bond schedule showed up on the county's sheriff, magistrate, or courthouse pages, so this guide lists no example amounts. The judge decides.

Ask the magistrate clerk at 478-946-2222 whether any charge you care about has a standing amount.

Under O.C.G.A. 17-6-12, a property bond needs approval from the sheriff of the county where the offense occurred. For a Wilkinson County charge, the sheriff's office decides.

Call 478-946-2411 to ask for the document list, the equity needed, and whether land in another county can be used.

Some crimes can only be bailed by a superior court judge, such as murder, rape, and armed robbery (O.C.G.A. 17-6-1). Others, including DUI and burglary, are on the 17-6-12 list and cannot be released on a promise alone.

A hold from probation, parole, or another county is another reason. The jail desk can read the holds to you.

Wilkinson County has several small towns. Ask the department that arrested the person for the report number and where they took him.

Whether any town has its own cell is not confirmed. Look at Wilkinson County Inmate Search and then call 478-946-2411.

Wilkinson County is in the Ocmulgee Circuit. The public defender has a satellite at 100 Bacon Street, Irwinton, GA 31042. The county's site lists Chief Public Defender John H. Bradley at 478-445-8100 in Milledgeville, and an assistant defender, who covers the juvenile court. That office is open Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The court decides who qualifies, so ask when you first see a judge.

The Department of Juvenile Justice sends Wilkinson County youth to the Macon Regional Youth Detention Center, 4164 Riggins Mill Road, Macon, GA 31217. The state's number is 404-508-6500.

A child's file is shielded from public search, so the adult lookup will not list a minor. The county's juvenile court page lists the clerk's office at 478-946-4300, extension 214, and says the Department of Juvenile Justice supervises juvenile probation. The Clerk of Superior Court at 478-946-2221 can also direct you.

The judge can issue a warrant and forfeit the bond. A bondsman may then pursue the person who signed.

Call the court and the bondsman the same day.

Ask the clerk when cash paid to the court is returned, and ask any bondsman in writing about the fee. Hold on to receipts.

A real office never takes gift cards or app transfers. If a caller pushes you, hang up and call 478-946-2411 or 478-946-2222.

If agents such as the FBI, DEA or ATF made the arrest, the case is federal. For Wilkinson County, that means the Middle District of Georgia, Macon Division, at William A. Bootle Federal Building & US Courthouse, 475 Mulberry Street, Macon, GA 31201 ((478) 752-3497). A federal magistrate judge, not a county judge, rules on bail. People held before trial are in the custody of the U.S. Marshals, who may place them in a county jail. People serving a federal sentence show up on the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.