This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm whether anyone is in custody or has been released, obtain an official booking record, release or transfer a person, post bond, or act for a requester. Contact the government office that holds the record or controls the custody decision.
Official Offices and Record Routes
Choose the contact according to the facility and the question. Jackson County Jail records belong with the Sheriff's Office, court outcomes belong with the Clerk, and state prison or parole matters belong with Georgia agencies.
Jackson County Sheriff's Office and Jail
555 Stan Evans Drive
Jefferson, GA 30549
Main: 706-367-8718
Jail operations, Captain Rodericus Knox: 706-367-6106
Emergency: 911
Use the Sheriff's Office for current Jackson County Jail custody, local booking and release records, bond-processing questions, and release or transfer confirmation.
Jackson County Central Records
Supervisor: Denice Fowler
Phone: 706-387-6012
Open-records email: sheriff@jacksoncountysheriff.us
In-person requests: 555 Stan Evans Drive, Jefferson, GA 30549
The Sheriff's research does not state separate public counter hours, so call before visiting. A release-record request should include the full name, approximate booking date, and booking number if known. Ask for the release date and time, reason or type, and whether the person went to the community, supervision, or another agency.
The Sheriff's published fee guidance allows administrative, search, retrieval, copying, and access-supervision charges, with no charge for the first 15 minutes. Copies are generally $0.10 per page unless otherwise noted, and the office specifies money order or certified cashier's check from a local bank.
Jackson County Clerk of Courts
Camie W. Thomas, Clerk
5000 Jackson Parkway, Suite 150
P.O. Box 7
Jefferson, GA 30549
Phone: 706-387-6255
Fax: 706-387-6273
Use the Clerk for the criminal case behind a release, including bond orders, dismissal, sentencing, probation, revocation, and disposition. The online case search is free, though an account is required to print. For civil or criminal records before 1998, call ahead and allow 24 hours for archive retrieval.
Georgia Department of Corrections
Public information and Parole and Corrections Call Center: 404-656-4661
300 Patrol Road, Forsyth, GA 31029
Inmate Records and Information: P.O. Box 1529, Forsyth, GA 31029
Use the GDC offender search for a sentenced state offender and the GDC open-records portal for state correctional release or discharge records. GDC publishes a three-business-day initial-response period, $0.10 non-medical copies, and qualified search or redaction charges.
Parole and Community Supervision
Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles: 404-656-4661
Georgia Department of Community Supervision: 678-783-4337
DCS headquarters: 2 MLK Jr. Drive SE, Suite 866 E, Atlanta, GA 30334
DCS published hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern
The Board handles parole decisions, its parolee search, and Tentative Parole Month information. DCS handles field supervision for many parolees and felony probationers. Public contact information does not guarantee disclosure of confidential supervision details.
For common tasks, use these page routes:
- To find a released person or request the release record, begin with the home search and records guide.
- For parole, felony probation, or the correct state supervision office, use Probation & Parole.
- For same-day booking and release verification, use Jail Releases: 24 Hours.
- For a prison sentence endpoint or parole-planning date, use Projected Release; for notifications, use VINELink Inmate Search.
- For one detention location, use the Jackson County Jail, Jackson County Correctional Institution, or Transitional Center page listed below.
- For a sentenced Georgia prisoner, use GDC. For a federal sentence, use the Bureau of Prisons inmate locator. For current immigration detention, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.