This is a private reference website, not a Washington County government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule a visit, or pull official booking, court, or jail records. Use the official contacts below for those tasks.
Official Offices to Check
The right contact depends on whether the person is in the county jail, a state prison, federal custody, immigration detention, or a court-record stage after arrest.
Washington County Jail and Sheriff's Office
Washington County Jail is located at 733 Kaolin Road, Sandersville, GA 31082. The jail information phone is 478-552-3088. The Sheriff's Office is also at 733 Kaolin Road and can be reached at 478-552-4795. For emergencies, call 911. Sheriff Joel Cochran leads the office, and the published mailing address is P.O. Drawer 30, Sandersville, GA 31082. The jail contact block also lists Captain Amy Watson with 478-552-4795.
Clerk and Court Contacts
The Washington County Clerk of Court is Megan Cramer. The office is at 132 W. Haynes Street, Sandersville, GA 31082, with mailing at P.O. Box 231. The phone number is 478-552-3186, fax is 478-553-9969, and public hours are Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM. This office holds criminal and civil filings. Superior Court, State Court, and Magistrate Court matters run through the county court channels. Magistrate first appearances and bond hearings are held weekdays as needed at the jail at 4 PM.
District Attorney and Open Records
The Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney is Tripp Fitzner. The main office listed for the circuit is 101 North Main Street, Suite 200, Swainsboro, GA 30401, with hours Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM. The circuit website is middleda.org, and its contact page is middleda.org/contact. For District Attorney open-records matters, the listed official is Investigator Rocky Davis at jrdavis@pacga.org. The Lyons Office phone shown for that process is 912-526-5211, and the open-records page is middleda.org/open-records.
Use these lookup paths before calling if you only need to check a public listing:
- For a person in the county jail, start with jail inmate records or the county roster at CurrentInmates.aspx, including its 24 Hours Arrests and Inmates by Arrest Date tabs.
- For booking photos and related limits, review jail roster mugshots and Georgia rules on booking photograph requests.
- For charges, filings, and hearings after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Clerk of Court contact above.
- For a facility-specific question, use the Washington County Jail or Washington State Prison pages listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the Georgia Department of Corrections offender query.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP inmate locator or the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.