Clarke County Jail & Inmate Roster

Clarke County jail and sheriff

Where a field is blank, the county does not publish that detail on an official source we can cite.

How to find someone in the county jail

• Call the jail directly if the name does not appear; online rosters lag behind actual bookings.
• Search the county's official roster for the person's full legal name.
• If the person has already been sentenced, search the Georgia Department of Corrections offender locator instead.
• Have their date of birth ready — it is the detail that separates people with common names.
• If the charge is federal, search the Bureau of Prisons system, which is separate from both.

Cities in Clarke County

1 city in Clarke County is covered, each with its own inmate search and bail information.

The Georgia state prison system

Sentenced prisoners in Georgia are held by the Georgia Department of Corrections, not by Clarke County. A person stops appearing on the county roster once transferred.

Official Georgia offender search

How the Clarke County jail system works

County jails handle pretrial detention, which means most people inside have not been convicted of anything. They are also the intake point for the state prison system, so a transfer is the usual next step after sentencing.

After a booking, the next fixed point is a first appearance before a judge, where release conditions are set. Until that happens, the jail holds the person on the arresting agency's authority.

What to ask when you call

A single call to the jail or the sheriff's office can answer most of what a family needs to know in the first days. Having the questions ready makes the call much shorter.

• The booking number and the facility housing unit.
• The next court date and the courtroom.
• The bail amount and the accepted payment method.
• Whether the person has already been assigned counsel.
• What identification you need to visit, and the visiting hours.
• Whether there are any restrictions on calls or visits in this case.

Bail in Georgia

Bail for arrests in Clarke County is set under Georgia law. The governing provisions are listed below.

• Ga. Code § 17-6-15 Necessity for commitment where bail tendered and accepted; opportunity for bail; receipt of bail after commitment and imprisonment; imprisonment of person who offers bond for amount of bail set; effect upon common-law authority of court.

  After arrest, if bail is tendered and accepted, no regular commitment need be entered, but a simple memorandum of the fact of bail being taken shall be sufficient.

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• Ga. Code § 17-7-90 Issuance of bench warrant; execution; receiving bail, fixing bond, and approving sureties.

  A bench warrant may be issued by a judge for the arrest of a person: Accused of a crime by a grand jury; Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 17-6-11, charged with a crime who has failed to appear in court after: Actual notice of the time and place to appear to the person in open court;

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Bail in Georgia

• Ga. Code § 17-6-15 Necessity for commitment where bail tendered and accepted; opportunity for bail; receipt of bail after commitment and imprisonment; imprisonment of person who offers bond for amount of bail set; effect upon common-law authority of court.

  After arrest, if bail is tendered and accepted, no regular commitment need be entered, but a simple memorandum of the fact of bail being taken shall be sufficient.

  Public.Resource.Org / UniCourt structured HTML (opens in a new tab)
• Ga. Code § 17-7-90 Issuance of bench warrant; execution; receiving bail, fixing bond, and approving sureties.

  A bench warrant may be issued by a judge for the arrest of a person: Accused of a crime by a grand jury; Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 17-6-11, charged with a crime who has failed to appear in court after: Actual notice of the time and place to appear to the person in open court;

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