Stewart County Jail Roster Lookup

The Stewart County jail roster is managed by the sheriff's office in Lumpkin, Georgia. Stewart County is a rural county in southwest Georgia with a small population. The sheriff's office runs the county jail and keeps booking records for all local arrests. You can search the Stewart County jail roster online or call the office for inmate info. The jail has a 144-bed capacity and the roster updates daily on weekdays. Stewart County is also home to a separate federal detention center run by CoreCivic, but that facility is not part of the county jail system. This page covers the county jail roster, contact info, and public records rules for Stewart County.

Stewart County Sheriff's Office

The Stewart County Sheriff's Office is at 1980 Broad Street, Lumpkin, GA 31815. Call (229) 838-4311 for general questions. Fax is (229) 838-6572. The sheriff's office handles all law enforcement for the county, runs the jail, and keeps the booking records. The Stewart County Sheriff's Office website has info about the jail, contact details, and links to the inmate search system.

The county jail itself sits at 202 Broad Street in Lumpkin. It is a separate building from the sheriff's main office but under the same leadership. The Stewart County jail roster updates daily, Monday through Friday. Weekend bookings show up on the next business day update. The roster gives you the inmate's name, booking number, charges, and status.

Stewart County is part of the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit. Court cases from the jail roster go through that circuit system. The county borders Alabama to the west, which sometimes causes confusion about jurisdiction. If an arrest happened in Stewart County, the booking goes on the Stewart County jail roster regardless of where the person lives.

Search Stewart County Inmate Records

You can search the Stewart County jail roster through the sheriff's office website. The inmate search tool lets you look up people by name or booking number. Results show current custody status, charges, and booking dates. The daily roster census updates on weekdays so the data stays fairly current for a county this size.

If you cannot find someone online, call the jail at (229) 838-4311. Staff can check the roster by name and give you details on charges, bond amounts, and court dates. The office is open on weekdays. For after-hours custody checks, the dispatch line can confirm whether someone is in the Stewart County jail but may not have full details.

Stewart County Jail vs. Federal Facility

Stewart County has two very different detention facilities. The county jail at 202 Broad Street is run by the sheriff. It holds local inmates from county and city arrests. This is the Stewart County jail roster that you search through the sheriff's office. The other facility is the Stewart Detention Center, a large federal immigration detention center operated by CoreCivic under contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. That facility has a capacity of 1,752 and is entirely separate from the county jail system.

Do not confuse these two. If you are looking for someone arrested on local charges in Stewart County, search the sheriff's jail roster. If you are looking for someone held on immigration matters, that is a federal issue handled through ICE. The Stewart Detention Center has its own intake and search process that does not go through the county sheriff.

Note: The federal Stewart Detention Center is not searchable through the county jail roster system.

Stewart County Records and Georgia Law

Georgia's Open Records Act, O.C.G.A. Section 50-18-70, gives the public the right to request jail roster data from the Stewart County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff must respond within three business days. The first 15 minutes of staff time are free. After that, fees are based on the hourly pay of the lowest-paid qualified employee. Copies cost $0.10 per page for non-medical records.

Under O.C.G.A. Section 35-3-37, criminal history records from Stewart County arrests can be restricted after certain time periods. Misdemeanor arrests with no court outcome get restricted after two years. Non-violent felony arrests with no disposition take four years. Serious violent felonies wait seven. Cases that were dismissed, ended in acquittal, or were never referred to a prosecutor can also be restricted. Once a record is restricted, it drops off the public jail roster but stays in the law enforcement database.

Crime victims can use VINE to get alerts about Stewart County inmates. Register at VINELink.com or call 1-800-398-2892. The service is free and private. You get alerts by phone, email, or text when an inmate's status changes. The Georgia Department of Corrections covers state prison inmates only, not the county jail. The GBI maintains criminal history records through the GCIC.

Nearby County Jail Rosters

Stewart County is in southwest Georgia along the Alabama border. These nearby counties run their own jails and maintain separate roster records.