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

About Spalding County 

Spalding County was formed in 1851 by the state legislature from sections of Fayette, Henry, and Pike counties in west central Georgia. The name of the 200-square-mile county comes from Thomas Spalding, a prominent statesman and planter from coastal Georgia. The county seat is Griffin city, part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. Griffin city was incorporated in 1843 when it was still in Pikes County. Spalding County is bounded to the northeast by Henry County, east by Butts county, southeast by Lamar and Pike counties, west by Meriwether and Coweta counties, and northeast by Fayette and Clayton counties. 

Diversity 

In the 2020 united states census, the county had 67,306 people, 25,339 households, and 16,563 families. The five largest ethnic groups in Spalding County Were White (Non-Hispanic) (57.8%), Black or African American (34.2%), Hispanic or Latino (5.45%), Asians (1 %), and Native Americans (0.235). 

About The County Sheriff’s Office 

The Spalding County Sheriff’s Office’s objective is to maintain social order within ethical and constitutional boundaries while delivering professional law enforcement services. The office is headed by the sheriff, who the people elect. The chief deputy is the sheriff’s assistant and is responsible for ensuring that the office functions as usual in the sheriff’s absence by overseeing all division majors, coordinating budget management, staffing, goal planning, and personal achievement. The sheriff’s office is divided into divisions headed by division majors. 

Administration Division 

The Administration Division is in charge of overall office administration and coordination of office activities such as budget administration, training, purchasing, open records, grants, and public information transmission. The division works to develop efficient ways to manage the department’s operations and improve the organizational structure and operating procedures. 

Uniform Patrol Division 

The Uniform Patrol Division (UPD) is the most visible in the sheriff’s office. It is in charge of patrolling the county’s unincorporated regions, enforcing traffic laws, responding to service requests, and responding to emergency 911 calls. Patrol Division consists of 39 sworn deputies grouped in four shifts, each working 12-hour days. A lieutenant assisted by a sergeant commands each shift. 

Criminal Investigation Division 

The criminal investigation division comprises of: 

• General investigations 
• Gang investigations  
• Crime scene investigations 
• Juvenile investigations  
• Special operations 
• Victim service units 
• School resource officers.  

They all investigate different crimes and recover stolen property, gather forensic evidence, process evidence, maintain evidence, interview victim and witnesses, and interrogate suspects. 

Fugitive Apprehension Division 

Fugitive Apprehension locates fugitives or escapees and arranges resources for their capture.  

The division has five sworn deputies who apprehend violent offenders charged with Murder, Armed Robbery, Rape, Kidnapping, Aggravated Battery, Aggravated Assault, and Aggravated Child Molestation. 

They are also responsible for courthouse security, serving civil process papers, temporary protective orders, subpoenas, transporting people with mental health conditions, and funeral escorts.  

Detention Division 

The detention division is responsible for all operations in the Spalding County detention center. The detention center houses inmates before trial, after sentencing, and probation violators. Deputies in the detention division ensure the facility operates safely and efficiently and transport sick inmates to medical appointments and mental health hospitals. 

County Inmate Search 

Spalding County detainees are either housed in the county sheriff’s office’s Spalding County jail or in the Spalding County correctional institution, which the Department of Correction runs. Inmate information in Spalding is easily accessible under the freedom of information act. The Spalding County sheriff’s office and the Georgia Department of Corrections allow the free flow of information between the institutions and the general public. This section guides how to locate a prisoner. 

Locating an Inmate Using the Jail Registry 

The Spalding County sheriff’s office provides a jail registry online and at the sheriff’s office. The registry contains information on inmates in the Spalding County jail. The registry provides details on the following; 

• Inmates confined in Spalding County jail and their charges 
• Offenders with outstanding warrants and are currently wanted 
• Bond amounts for inmates in the county jail 
• Court dates 
• Dates of arrest and arrest area 

To access the information online, visit the sheriff’s office website. Under the ‘divisions’ section, click on detention, then scroll down to ‘find an inmate.’ The next page has a link labeled ‘one solution‘ with the inmates’ information. 

Alternatively, you can visit the sheriff’s office at 401 Justice Blvd, Griffin, GA 30224. Once you are there, request assistance from the reception desk in finding the jail register. You can also contact the sheriff’s office at (770) 467-4282 or the Spalding County jail at (770) 467-4286 and get the information. 

Locating an Inmate Using the Georgia Department of Corrections 

Inmates with higher security risks are taken to the Spalding County correctional institution. The facility is a medium-security institution with a capacity of 384 adult male inmates. The institution is located at 295 Justice Boulevard, Griffin, GA 30224, and is managed by the department of corrections. The DOC provides the general public with inmate information on its website. The DOC website has an inmate locator that displays a search option used to narrow the results. The search option allows you to input the inmate’s last name, first name, gender, race, and age. The information on the site will show the inmate’s aliases, offense, conviction county, release date, crime committed date, case number, and sentence length. 

Spalding County Sheriffs Department

Address

401 Justice Boulevard, Griffin, Georgia, 30224

Phone

770-467-4282

Fax

770-467-4268

County Jails in Spalding County, GA

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State Prisons in Spalding County, GA

Spalding County, GA Incarceration Statistics

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

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

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

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