The Terrell County Inmate Population
Terrell County has two official custody facilities that shape the local inmate population. Terrell County Jail is the sheriff-run local jail for people arrested in Terrell County by the sheriff, Dawson Public Safety, or another local agency. It covers the first part of the custody path: booking, first appearance, bond, transfer, and short county sentences. Terrell County Correctional Institution is a county-operated correctional institution for adult male state inmates. It sits in the same Albany Highway area, but it is not the same as the jail and should not be treated as a pretrial roster.
The official research found no public Terrell County Jail online roster, current-inmate list, booking search, or mugshot gallery on the sheriff or county government pages. That means the current jail population must be checked through the jail phone line, the Sheriff's Office during business hours, open-records channels, and court offices when the question is about charges rather than custody. People who have moved into Georgia state custody should be searched through the Georgia Department of Corrections Find an Offender page or the direct GDC Offender Query.
Terrell County Inmate Population Statistics
The strongest local jail number located was the Terrell County Sheriff's Office Georgia Criminal Alien Track and Report Act quarterly report for calendar year 2025, Quarter 3. The report was signed by Chief Deputy Kendranna Walker on October 9, 2025. It listed inmates booked during July, August, and September, plus immigration-status reporting fields tied to Law Enforcement Support Center inquiries and USDHS detainers. It is a booking-volume report, not a daily population count.
The state-prison side has a different source. The 2016 PREA audit for Terrell County Correctional Institution listed the facility as a medium-security prison with a designed capacity of 150 and a current population of 240 during the May 3, 2016 visit. That figure applies to TCCI, which holds adult male state inmates, not to the sheriff's pretrial jail.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Terrell County Jail inmates booked | 117 | Sheriff 2025 Q3 jail report |
| LESC inquiries and responses | 1 each | Same 2025 Q3 report |
| USDHS immigration detainers | 1 | Same 2025 Q3 report |
| Terrell County Jail capacity | Not published | Sheriff/county pages reviewed |
| TCCI designed capacity | 150 | 2016 PREA audit |
| TCCI population at audit | 240 | 2016 PREA audit |
The sheriff's quarterly jail report page is the official local source for the booking report screenshot below. The image shows the embedded report location on the sheriff site, which is why the report matters more than third-party jail directories for Terrell County inmate population facts.
The report does not replace a roster search. It gives a documented quarterly count and immigration-detainer fields, while current custody still has to be confirmed through the jail or sheriff.
Terrell County Inmate Population Trends
Trend data is thin in official local sources. The sheriff's site had the 2025 Q3 jail report available during research, but no full annual booking series, current average daily population, or jail capacity table was located. TCCI has a dated but useful 2016 audit snapshot. The two sources should not be merged into one trend line because they count different populations.
| Period | Figure | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 240 TCCI inmates, 150 designed capacity | State-inmate county correctional institution audit |
| 2025 Q3 | 117 Terrell County Jail bookings | Sheriff quarterly jail report for July through September |
| Current jail ADP | Not located | No official public dashboard or roster count found |
For daily changes, bond decisions and court timing matter. A person may be booked into the jail, appear before the court, post bond, remain on a hold, or be transferred to state custody after sentencing. Each change can move the person out of the local jail count even when court records remain open in Terrell County.
Where Terrell County Inmates Are Held
Terrell County's custody map is small, but the roles are easy to mix up. The sheriff's jail is the place to start for a new arrest, booking question, bond question, or short local custody issue. TCCI is a prison-style state-inmate facility, even though it is operated locally. A sentenced person may show up in GDC systems and not be answerable through the local jail line.
| Facility | Who It Holds | Lookup Path |
|---|---|---|
| Terrell County Jail | Local arrestees, pretrial detainees, bond holds, short county sentences | Call jail first, then sheriff or open-records route |
| Terrell County Correctional Institution | Adult male state inmates assigned to a county correctional institution | Use the GDC Offender Query and confirm facility rules directly |
No separate Dawson city jail, federal prison, ICE detention center, or regional jail was located in official Terrell County sources. Federal custody uses BOP or U.S. Marshals channels. Immigration detention uses ICE's locator, even when a local jail report shows a USDHS detainer.
Laws Governing Terrell County Jail Records
Georgia public-record law is the main route for older jail records, incident reports, booking information, and records not handed out at the counter. The sheriff FAQ says the office complies with the Georgia Open Records Act and may charge research or reproduction costs allowed by law. For personal criminal-history requests, the FAQ gives a separate in-person process with a form, cash fee, and government photo ID.
Key statutes:
O.C.G.A. 50-18-70 et seq. gives a public-records process for government records, subject to exemptions.
O.C.G.A. 50-18-71 controls access timing, fees, and response handling under Georgia open-records law.
O.C.G.A. 35-1-19 limits law-enforcement posting and release of booking photographs.
O.C.G.A. Title 42, Chapter 4 covers Georgia jail duties and jail administration.
These laws do not create a Terrell County online jail roster. They explain why a records request may be needed when the current public website has no roster, mugshot gallery, or archived booking index.
How to Search Terrell County Inmates
A current Terrell County inmate search starts with the local jail because no official roster was found. Have the person's full legal name, date of birth or age, arrest date, and arresting agency if known. If the arrest was recent, staff may need booking to finish before they can confirm details. If the question is about filed charges, move from the jail to the courts.
- Call Terrell County Jail at 229-995-4027 to ask whether the person is currently in custody.
- If the jail line routes public questions to administration, call the Terrell County Sheriff's Office at 229-995-4488 during business hours.
- For a Dawson Police/Public Safety arrest, remember that county quick contacts list Dawson Police at 229-995-4414, but local custody generally routes to the county jail.
- For older booking records, incident reports, or records not available by phone, use the sheriff's open-records route.
- If the person has been sentenced to state custody, search the GDC locator instead of the county jail.
| Terrell County jail roster field | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| No official online roster located | n/a | n/a | Search by phone, in person, records request, GDC, VINELink, BOP, or ICE depending on custody type. |
State and Federal Inmate Search
Sentenced Georgia prisoners are searched through GDC, not through a Terrell County Jail roster. The GDC search page accepts name and identifying information, can filter by Terrell County as county of conviction, and separates active from inactive offenders. GDC also warns that photographs display automatically if available and that users should verify important information by written correspondence with Inmate Records and Information.
The official GDC Offender Query is the correct state locator for TCCI and other Georgia state custody. The screenshot below comes from the GDC query page and shows the disclaimer and search interface used for sentenced state offenders.
For federal sentenced inmates, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator. For immigration custody, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator. For notification rather than a full record, VINELink Georgia can help users register for custody-status updates when the agency feed supports it.
What Terrell County Inmate Records Show
Because Terrell County does not publish an official jail profile online, no local public record inventory could be inspected for fields such as mugshot, charge list, bond, housing unit, court date, warrant number, or release status. Those fields may exist inside jail records, but the public access route is phone, in-person contact, or an open-records request through the Sheriff's Office.
| Record type | What the research supports |
|---|---|
| Current custody | Confirm through jail direct line or sheriff administration. |
| Booking report | 2025 Q3 report lists bookings and immigration-detainer fields, not individual profiles. |
| Criminal-history request | Sheriff FAQ requires in-person form, government photo ID, and $15 cash. |
| State prison profile | GDC may show ID, name, photo, current status, facility, offense, county of conviction, and sentence data. |
Terrell County Inmate Population FAQ
Is there a Terrell County online jail roster? No official public online roster was located on the sheriff or county government pages. Use the jail phone line, sheriff administration, and open-records process.
Which facility handles new arrests? Terrell County Jail is the sheriff-run jail for new local arrests, bond questions, first appearance, and short county custody.
When should GDC be used? Use GDC when the person is a sentenced Georgia state offender, including someone assigned to Terrell County Correctional Institution.
Are Terrell County jail mugshots online? No official booking-photo gallery was found. Georgia law also restricts law-enforcement posting and release of booking photographs.
Where are court charges found? Criminal docket questions route to the Superior Court Clerk, while warrants and early case events often route through Magistrate Court.