Harris County, GA Sheriff's Department, Jails and Offender Search

About Harris County 

Harris county, located in west-central Georgia, is the sixth-wealthiest county in Georgia, with a population of 32,024 as of the 2010 united states census. Recent estimates in April 2021 show a slight increase in the population to 36,080.  On December 14, 1827, Harris County was established by the Georgia legislature. The county was named after Charles Harris, a lawyer who served as mayor of Savannah, Georgia, for two-and-a-half teams. Harris occupies 473 square miles, 1.9% covered by water, and the rest is land. Agricultural produce in Harris includes tobacco, dry beans, peas, potatoes, cotton, corn, and vegetables. Animal production includes horses, hogs, pigs, sheep, poultry, cattle, and horses. 

Pine Mountain is the largest city in Harris and Hamilton is the county seat. Hamilton is part of the Columbus, Georgia-Alabama metropolitan statistical area with a population of 1680. Hamilton has a historic courthouse built in 1908 and designed by Edward Columbus Hosford, a Georgia-born architect. 

About Harris Sheriff’s Office  

The Harris sheriff’s office has its headquarters at 9825 Georgia 116 Hamilton, GA. The sheriff’s office is the primary law enforcement body in the county, serving the unincorporated area of Harris County. State laws also allow the sheriff and his deputies to provide law enforcement services in the incorporated area but under the municipal police or the city marshals. They also have jurisdiction to make warrantless arrests across the state when a crime is committed in their presence. The sheriff’s office is responsible for the county jail and providing security services for the county and district courts in the county. The sheriff is one of the independently elected county officials. 

The patrol division 

The Harris county sheriff’s office patrol division conducts routine patrols throughout Harris County’s unincorporated areas. The men and women deputies in this division are the faces of the sheriff’s office. They are the uniformed police that answer 911 calls. Patrol officers also patrol the roads in the county to ensure traffic laws are followed. The division also has volunteers from the community that assist the deputies in maintaining law and order in the county. 

Court Services Division 

The Sheriff’s Court Services Division provides professional security services and enforces court orders for the Harris Courts. The office receives, serves, and executes all civil proceedings and orders accepted for service per the law. Any civil process delivered to the Sheriff for service must be lawful on its face, issued by a competent authority, supported by proper legal instructions, and include an authentic signature, according to the law. 

Investigations Division  

Investigations’ main job is to conduct follow-up inquiries into instances that have been reported to the Patrol division and that require deeper inquiry than that which patrol personnel may conduct. They investigate a wide range of crimes, including  

• Murders  
• Sexual assaults  
• Armed robberies  
• Break-ins  
• Fraud 
• Computer crimes 

The investigators are assisted by forensic experts whose work is processing, preserving, collecting, and analyzing physical evidence found at crime scenes. Forensic experts use the following methods in the investigation process: photographing, videotaping, measuring, sketching, note taking, and latent fingerprint processing. 

Harris County Inmate Search 

Locating inmates in county jails can be tedious, especially if you don’t know where to begin. All the relevant bodies are mandated by the freedom of information act to provide inmate information to the general public. Harris county sheriff’s office complies with the act by ensuring that they provide the public with an online jail roster that contains all inmates looked up in county jails. The search requires you to search the inmate by first name, last name, or the inmate’s booking date. The search results on the website include;  

• Booking dates  
• Crime committed  
• Bail amount  
• Height  
• Age  
• Weight  
• Race 
• Address 
• Mugshots 

However, if you experience trouble locating an inmate using the online roster, the alternative is to call the sheriff’s office at 706-628-4211 or visit their offices at 286 Hamilton, GA 31811 

Inmate Search Using the Georgia Department of Criminal Justice 

Offenders arrested in Harris County go through a classification process in county jails. If the inmate’s security status requires transfer to a state facility, the department of corrections takes over. Court rulings on a case can also course an inmate to be handed to the department of corrections depending on security level and sentence.  

In such a case, the inmate records are provided by the Georgia DOC. You can search for an inmate on their website using the inmate’s name, address, or DOC number. It is worth noting the department does not take responsibility for any wrong that may arise from the misuse of information provided on the department of corrections website. 

Inmate Search Using the Sex Offender Registry 

One of the county sheriff’s office’s responsibilities is registering all sex offenders entering the county. The office provides an online list of all offenders convicted of committing a sexual crime. This serves to protect the public by offering the information on their website. The list shows the offender’s first name, last name, charges, sentence, age, date of birth, and location. The sheriff’s office also offers a free email alert service that helps victims keep track of the offender’s movement. You can also opt to contact the Harris county sheriff’s office and request records on sex offenders. 

Harris County Sheriffs Office

Address

9825 Georgia 116, Hamilton, Georgia, 31811

Phone

706-628-4211

Website

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County Jails in Harris County, GA

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Harris County, GA Incarceration Statistics

Harris County, GA Jail Inmate Population, Jail Pretrial Population and Confined Population, for 2010-2015 years

Harris County, GA Female Population, Rate & Count for 2010-2015 years

Harris County, GA Male Population, Rate & Count for 2010-2015 years

Harris County, GA Incarceration Rates by Race, for 2010-2015 years