Jeff Davis County Detention Center Custody
Jeff Davis County Detention Center is a county jail and local detention center operated by the Jeff Davis County Sheriff's Office. The current detention center source identifies the jail at 222 Lumber City Hwy in Hazlehurst and gives the detention center phone as 912-375-6604. The sheriff's official site also uses the Lumber City Highway address and lists the main sheriff line as 912-375-6600. The county jail is the local custody point for people booked by Jeff Davis County agencies, people awaiting trial, people serving short local sentences, state-sentenced inmates who have not moved into state prison custody, and other holds that appear in jail reporting.
The facility should not be described as a state prison. Georgia Department of Corrections records may mention Jeff Davis County Jail, and the GDC offender query includes Jeff Davis County as a conviction county, but that does not turn the local jail into a GDC prison. The best official local pages for the facility are the Jeff Davis County Detention Center site, the Jeff Davis County Sheriff's Office site, and the county government's sheriff page. Those local sources control the visitor-facing jail identity.
Address note: GDC lists Jeff Davis County Jail at 4 South William Street with the sheriff main line. Treat that as a secondary or conflicting listing, not the current visitor address, because the detention center and sheriff sites point to Lumber City Highway.
Jeff Davis County Detention Center Population
Population figures for Jeff Davis County Detention Center come from more than one reporting source, so the date and source matter. The Georgia Sheriffs' Association May 2026 jail report gives the most current snapshot in the research file: 73 inmates in jail, 106 jail beds, and 68.9 percent of capacity. The same report listed 5 state-sentenced inmates, 25 awaiting trial, 4 serving a county sentence, and 8 other inmates. Those category figures are useful, but they do not sum to the reported total, so they should be read as source-reported categories rather than a full breakdown.
Older and trend sources show why the current bed count should be stated with care. A Georgia Department of Community Affairs jail report from January 2019 listed Jeff Davis with 39 people and 64 capacity. Vera's 2026 county data listed a total jail population of 57, including 42 pretrial and 15 sentenced, with capacity at 106. That means current facility copy should use 106 beds as the current sourced capacity, while treating the 64-bed figure as historical reporting rather than a present rule.
| Source | Population | Capacity | Use on This Facility Page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Sheriffs' Association, May 2026 | 73 | 106 | Best current jail snapshot found |
| Vera county data, 2026 | 57 | 106 | Trend context, with pretrial and sentenced split |
| Georgia DCA, January 2019 | 39 | 64 | Historical capacity and population context |
Jeff Davis County Detention Center Inmate Lookup
No official public online jail roster was found on the sheriff, county, or detention center websites. That is the key lookup fact for Jeff Davis County Detention Center. A current custody search therefore starts with the jail phone line or sheriff main line, then moves to records requests or notification tools when written records or status alerts are needed. For more detail on local custody channels, the county inmate records page covers the broader Jeff Davis County jail inmate records workflow.
- Call Jeff Davis County Detention Center at 912-375-6604 for current custody, release, bond, and jail account questions.
- Call the Jeff Davis County Sheriff's Office at 912-375-6600 if the jail line cannot route the request or if the question concerns sheriff records.
- Use the sheriff Record Request form for an Arrest Booking Report, Arrest Booking Photo, Incident Report, or related law-enforcement record.
- Check Georgia VINELink for custody status or notifications when a participating record is available.
- Use the GDC offender query only for state offender records, not for a same-day county jail booking.
A federal or immigration lead uses a different path. The BOP inmate locator covers federal inmates in BOP custody from 1982 forward. It does not reliably locate a new county detainee or a federal pretrial detainee held by the U.S. Marshals Service. The ICE Online Detainee Locator System covers current ICE custody or CBP custody over 48 hours and cannot search minors. If an ICE detainer exists while the person is still in Jeff Davis custody, the county jail remains the first source for the local booking and bond status.
- Booking report
- A sheriff or jail record tied to the intake event after arrest.
- Detainer
- A hold or notice from another agency that may affect release.
- GDC offender record
- A state corrections record for sentenced Georgia custody, not the local jail roster.
Jeff Davis County Detention Center Contact
Use the detention center contact for live jail matters, including whether a person is in custody, whether a release has occurred, whether a hold is present, and how to use the lobby kiosk. Use the sheriff records channel for written booking records, photos, incident reports, CAD records, 911 materials, video, photos, interviews, statements, or other law-enforcement records. The open-records page names Keith Rea as Custodian of Records, which is useful when a request needs official routing rather than a quick status check.
Jeff Davis County Detention Center
222 Lumber City Hwy
Hazlehurst, GA 31539
912-375-6604
Lobby hours listed as 24/7
Jeff Davis County Sheriff's Office
222 Lumber City Hwy
Hazlehurst, GA 31539
912-375-6600
Records requests route through the sheriff's office
The detention center team page adds local detail to the chain of responsibility. Sheriff Preston Bohannon is listed as sheriff, Keith Rea as chief deputy, Dexter Conaway as jail administrator, Felicia Spires as assistant jail administrator, Jennifer Wooten as nurse, and Angela Burkett as doctor. Routine custody questions should still go through the published jail and sheriff phone lines rather than personal staff routing.
Jeff Davis County Detention Center Visits
The detention center public-links page includes a Video Visitation label, but the inspected source did not expose a local schedule, vendor name, visit length, cost, registration rule, dress code, visitor limit, minor policy, or attorney visit procedure. That means the safe instruction is narrow: video visitation is a confirmed public-facing service label, while the operational rules must be confirmed with the jail before a visitor travels or creates an account.
No official local in-person visitation schedule was found. That does not prove in-person visits are unavailable. It only means the research did not locate a published rule sheet from the jail. Call 912-375-6604 before visiting, mailing, arranging a professional visit, or relying on a third-party visit site.
| Visit Type | Published Schedule | What Was Confirmed | What to Verify |
|---|---|---|---|
| Video visitation | Not published in the inspected text | Detention center public-links page labels Video Visitation | Vendor, cost, registration, device rules, visit length |
| In-person visitation | Not located | No local schedule or rule sheet found | Days, times, ID, dress code, visitor limits, minors |
| Attorney or professional visit | Not located | No public policy found | Scheduling, entry point, credentials, legal mail handling |
Note: Confirm visits directly with the facility before traveling, because the official sources did not publish a complete jail handbook.
Jeff Davis County Detention Center Money
Jeff Davis County Detention Center publishes two confirmed public money channels. The public-links page has a Commissary Deposit link, and it states that money can also be placed on an inmate account through the jail lobby kiosk available 24/7. CommissaryDeposit.com says users need the state and facility plus the inmate ID or name. Since Jeff Davis County does not appear to publish an official public roster, a family member who does not know the inmate ID should call the jail before attempting an online payment.
The vendor fee amounts below are observed vendor examples, not a sheriff-authored county fee ordinance. Review the live checkout before paying. The vendor also says deposited money may be subject to normal collections for debts owed by the inmate, so the full amount may not remain available as spendable commissary balance.
| Deposit Amount | Observed Fixed Fee | Observed Variable Fee |
|---|---|---|
| $0.00 to $25.00 | $3.25 | 3.0000% |
| $25.01 to $100.00 | $4.50 | 3.0000% |
| $100.01 to $200.00 | $6.00 | 3.0000% |
| $200.01 and up | $7.50 | 3.0000% |
| Service | Confirmed Detail | Research Gap |
|---|---|---|
| Lobby kiosk | Account deposits available through the jail lobby kiosk 24/7 | Local kiosk fee table not published |
| Online commissary deposit | Commissary Deposit link exists and requires state, facility, and inmate ID or name | Posting time and refund rules not confirmed locally |
| Use the jail address as the contact anchor | No published mail format, item rules, book rules, or legal-mail policy found | |
| Phone or tablets | No official local vendor found in the inspected sources | Rates, account setup, tablet program, and recording rules not published |
Jeff Davis County Detention Center Booking
A person arrested in Jeff Davis County is normally processed through the local jail unless a different agency or court order controls custody. The official local sites did not publish a step-by-step jail intake handbook, pod names, public housing units, booking timing, property rules, or medical screening details. The safe description is therefore limited to the normal jail sequence and the local records that were confirmed. A booking creates the practical custody record, while the court case follows when a warrant, first appearance, preliminary hearing, accusation, indictment, or other filing moves through the courts.
The sheriff's record request form is important because it names the record types that can be requested after intake. Select Arrest Booking Report for the administrative booking record. Select Arrest Booking Photo only for the photograph, and attach the required Letter of Affirmation. Select Incident Report when the request concerns the initial incident narrative tied to the arrest. Fees, redactions, and withholding may apply for exempt material, pending investigative records, juvenile records, medical information, criminal history records, driver's license information, child abuse records, and other protected categories.
Bond questions are time-sensitive and should start with the jail or court, not an open-records request. The detention center has a bondsman-info page that lists T&M Bonding and Jail Break Bonding, but eligibility, amount, type of bond, and any no-bond hold must be confirmed with the jail or court. Georgia first-appearance and bail rules affect the early custody path, but the local jail remains the practical source for whether a bond can actually be posted at that moment.
Jeff Davis County Detention Center Notes
Jeff Davis County Detention Center has a narrow but layered custody role. It is the local detention facility for recent county bookings and short local custody, but state prison, federal prison, immigration detention, and court-filed charges each use separate systems. A person may be booked locally and later appear in PeachCourt for filed charges, GDC for sentenced state custody, BOP for sentenced federal custody, or ICE ODLS for civil immigration detention. Those systems should not be mixed into one roster claim.
The sheriff's Q1 2026 jail report under Georgia's Criminal Alien Track and Report Act listed 199 inmates booked and 6 USDHS detainers. That figure is a quarterly booking and detainer report, not the jail's headcount on a given day. For broader county capacity and trend context, the Jeff Davis County inmate population overview separates current jail population snapshots from booking volume and state or federal custody channels.
Note: Call the detention center before visiting, mailing, or paying a vendor, because several local operating rules were not published.