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Chatham County Jail Overview

Chatham County Jail, also described in local sources as the Chatham County Detention Center, is operated by the Chatham County Sheriff's Office. The facility receives arrests from Savannah PD, Chatham County PD, Pooler PD, Garden City PD, Tybee Island PD, Recorder's Court, State Court, and other holding agencies. It holds pretrial detainees, people serving county sentences, state-sentenced holds, and other agency holds.

The jail has a long local history. The sheriff's official overview says the older Habersham Street jail served about 90 years, then the county moved to Montgomery Street in 1978. The current detention center opened off Chatham Parkway in 1988 and became part of the Sheriff's Complex in 1993. Later expansion added more than beds, including kitchen, warehouse, commissary, medical, receiving and discharge, laundry, engineering, video visitation, and courtroom space.

Chatham Jail Capacity Records

The strongest current county jail population source in the research is the Georgia Sheriffs' Association jail report. For April 2026, Chatham reported 1,349 inmates in a jail capacity of 2,433. The same source showed 1,280 people awaiting trial that month, which means the jail population was overwhelmingly pretrial rather than sentenced. The assigned April 2026 facility facts also identify an average daily population of 1,682 and a month-end population of 1,628.

Capacity figures should be read by source and date. The sheriff history describes older 300, 381, and 1,224-bed stages, Vera reported a 2,360-bed expansion context for 2020, and GSA showed 2,433 capacity for April 2024 through April 2026.

Look Up Chatham County Jail Inmates

The public online tool for Chatham County Jail is a recent-bookings feed, not a full searchable all-current-inmates roster. Use the sheriff's 24-hour bookings page for the freshest list and the 72-hour bookings page for a longer recent window. The page has no visible name search box in the inspected research, so browser find can help when scanning the list.

1. Open the 24-hour or 72-hour Chatham County Jail booking feed.
2. Read the sheriff disclaimer and booking photograph notice.
3. Search the page text for the person's last name if the list is long.
4. Match the DIN, full name, birth date, arrest date, agency, bond, and charge lines.
5. Call Jail Records if the person is not in the recent window or the record needs confirmation.

For broader custody routing, the Chatham County inmate population hub separates county jail intake from state, federal, and immigration custody. A sentenced state prisoner is searched through GDC, not through the jail booking feed.

Chatham Jail Record Fields

A typical Chatham County Jail booking entry is short but useful. It shows booking data, not housing assignment, projected release, next court date, judge, warrant number, or a full custody history. A zero-dollar bond line can reflect a hold, contempt, probation violation, or court order, so it should not be read as automatic release.

Chatham County Jail Contact

Use the facility contact channels based on the task. Corrections is the main jail line. Jail Records is the most direct records phone fallback. Receiving and Discharge handles booking and release processing questions, while Front Lobby, Shift Commander, Cashier, and Visitation serve more specific needs.

Chatham Jail Visitation Rules

The sheriff's Inmate Visitation page documents visitor ID, dress, contraband, conduct, and closure rules. Visitors need valid government, state, or school picture ID with date of birth and current address. People under 17 must be accompanied by an adult. Phones, pagers, Bluetooth headsets, purses, food, drink, and other restricted items must not enter the visitation area.

Remote video visitation costs 11 cents per minute or $2.20 for 20 minutes. Ordinary video visits are monitored by staff. Approved attorney-client privileged visits can be encrypted and not recorded or monitored after approval.

Chatham Jail Mail Money

Chatham County Jail has several mail and money addresses, and they should not be merged. Family letters use the JailATM.com Atlanta return address format. Money orders and certified checks for inmate accounts go to the Sheriff's Office Finance and Accounting Services address. Soft-cover vendor books, magazine subscriptions, legal mail, and religious material use the jail address at 1074 Carl Griffin Drive.

Chatham Jail Booking Intake

Booking begins after transport or commitment to the detention center. A person may arrive after an arrest by a local police agency, a court event, a state hold, or another agency action. The public feed shows the result of intake, not the full internal process. During booking, inmate cash is placed into a kiosk and posted automatically to the inmate account, which avoids officers handling money.

Chatham uses Objective Jail Classification after it becomes clear that the person will be detained for arraignment or a substantial period. Staff use arrest reports, intake screening, and records search information to assess risk and make housing or program assignments. Quick releases may not go through the full classification path.

Chatham Jail Programs

The sheriff's program material lists work release, basic life skills, HDH Addiction Services, HIV and STD risk-reduction education, GED preparation, religious services, law-library sessions, a book cart, and barbering services. Work release began in November 2007 and is meant for eligible people who can maintain lawful work under court and sheriff rules.