Douglas County Jail Roster

The Douglas County jail roster tracks all inmates held at the county detention center in Douglasville, Georgia. Douglas County sits on the west side of metro Atlanta and has grown a lot over the past two decades. The sheriff's office runs the jail and updates the roster with each booking and release. You can search the Douglas County jail roster through online tools, call the sheriff's office for a quick answer, or request records in writing. This page gives you the full picture of how to find inmates and what Georgia law says about jail roster access in Douglas County.

Douglas County Sheriff's Office

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is in charge of the jail and the inmate roster. Douglasville serves as the county seat, and that is where the jail and sheriff's office are based. The office handles patrol, criminal investigations, court security, and all detention operations. If you need to ask about someone on the Douglas County jail roster, the sheriff's office is where you start. Staff can look up inmates by name and tell you their status.

Douglas County has seen rapid growth over the past 20 years. The population sits around 146,000. As the area has grown, so has the demand on the jail. More residents mean more calls for service and more arrests. The Douglas County jail roster is longer today than it was a decade ago. The sheriff's office has had to add staff and expand resources to keep up with the pace of bookings and inmate management.

The jail processes arrests from the sheriff's office, Douglasville Police Department, and state patrol. All of these agencies feed into the same Douglas County jail roster. If someone was picked up anywhere in the county, this is where they end up.

Search Douglas County Inmate Records

There are a few solid ways to search the Douglas County jail roster. Calling the sheriff's office gives you the most current data. For online searches, third-party sites that pull from Georgia county jails are the easiest option. These tools let you search by name and see booking info, charges, and bond amounts.

VINELink is a free notification service that ties into the Douglas County jail. Sign up online or call 1-800-398-2892. You set a PIN and pick how you want alerts. VINE will tell you when an inmate is released, transferred, or has a status change. The system is confidential and runs around the clock. It is one of the best tools for keeping tabs on someone in the Douglas County jail without having to check the roster every day.

Douglas County Jail Records and Law

Georgia's Open Records Act, O.C.G.A. Section 50-18-70, gives you the right to access most Douglas County jail roster data. Booking records, arrest details, and inmate info are public unless they fall under a specific exemption. To get copies, send a written request to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. Cite O.C.G.A. Section 50-18-71 in your letter. They have three business days to respond. The first 15 minutes of staff search time are free, and copies cost $0.10 per page.

Criminal history records in Douglas County fall under O.C.G.A. Section 35-3-37. This law sets time limits for when records get restricted. Misdemeanor arrests with no conviction are restricted after two years. Non-violent felony arrests that have no case outcome are restricted after four years. Serious violent crimes wait seven years. The GCIC at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation manages record restriction at the state level. When the GCIC restricts a record, the Douglas County jail has 30 days to restrict its own copy after receiving a written request.

Under O.C.G.A. Section 50-18-74, agencies that wrongly deny open records requests face fines. The first offense carries up to $1,000. Repeat offenses within a year can cost up to $2,500. This applies to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office the same as any other agency in Georgia. Security procedures, medical records, and employee personal data are exempt from public access, but basic booking and jail roster data are not.

State Search Tools for Douglas County

When someone is moved from the Douglas County jail to a state prison, they drop off the local jail roster. To find them, use the GDC offender search tool. The Georgia Department of Corrections runs this free search for all state inmates. You search by name or offender ID. Results show where the person is held, what charges they have, and their tentative parole date. The GDC tool does not cover county jail inmates.

The GDC facility directory lists all state prisons, county facilities, and transitional centers in Georgia. For state open records, the GDC open records page takes formal requests. The Georgia Sheriffs' Association can help you find contact info for the Douglas County sheriff or any other sheriff in the state.

Douglasville and Douglas County Jail

Douglasville is the county seat and the main city in Douglas County. Arrests made by the Douglasville Police Department go to the Douglas County jail. There is no separate city jail. If someone was picked up by Douglasville PD, their name shows up on the Douglas County jail roster the same as anyone else booked into the facility. The city and county share the same detention system.

Douglas County is part of the greater metro Atlanta area. People who live and work in the western suburbs pass through here daily. The jail sees bookings from traffic stops on I-20, local arrests, and warrant pickups. All of it goes on the same Douglas County jail roster.

Nearby County Jail Rosters

Douglas County is west of Atlanta. If you need to check jail rosters in neighboring areas, use the links below.