This website is a private reference guide, not a Jackson County government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule visits, or retrieve official booking records. Use the official office that holds the record for those actions.
Official Jackson County Contacts
For custody and jail records questions, start with the sheriff or jail office shown in the local research sources.
- Jackson County GA Sheriff's Office: 555 Stan Evans Drive, Jefferson, GA 30549; phone 706-367-8718; fax 706-387-6040; emergency 911.
- Jackson County Jail: 555 General Jackson Drive, Jefferson, GA 30549; phone 706-367-8718.
- Jail Division commander: Captain Rodericus Knox, phone 706-367-6106.
- Sheriff: Kevin B. McCook.
- Accident and incident report requests: Sheriff's Office at 706-367-8718, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; reports are generally $0.10 per page unless otherwise noted.
- Sheriff Administration and Records: 555 Stan Evans Drive, Jefferson, GA 30549; phone 706-367-8718; fax 706-387-6040.
Use these pages when you need a more specific path:
- For someone currently in the county jail, use jail inmate records before calling the jail line.
- For booking-photo rules and Georgia limits on posting or requesting photos, use jail roster mugshots.
- For charges, first appearances, and court case records after booking, use court records after a jail arrest.
- For facility details, use the footer links for Jackson County Jail and Jackson County Correctional Institution.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the Georgia Department of Corrections offender search rather than the county roster.
- For a federal prisoner or immigration detainee, use the BOP inmate locator, ICE Online Detainee Locator System, or the appropriate U.S. Marshals contact.