Twiggs County Jail Overview
Twiggs County Jail is operated by the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff contact page lists the jail and sheriff's office at 37 North Ash Street, Jeffersonville, Georgia. The same official page separates the jail phone from sheriff administration and names Captain John Gary as Captain of Jail Operations. The Georgia Department of Corrections location page also lists Twiggs County Jail as a county jail, which is important because it is not a state prison even though some state-sentenced people can appear in local jail reports.
The facility is the only detention facility in the Twiggs County facility map. Official research found no separate municipal jail for Jeffersonville, Allentown, or Danville, and no state prison, BOP prison, ICE detention center, regional jail, or work-release annex physically in the county. For that reason, local jail custody starts with Twiggs County Jail, while sentenced state prisoners and federal or immigration detainees require separate locator systems after transfer.
Twiggs County Jail Population
The strongest population figures for Twiggs County Jail come from the Georgia Sheriffs' Association monthly jail report. The report listed 48 permanent beds in both April and May 2026. It listed 28 people in April 2026, or 58.3 percent of capacity, and 29 people in May 2026, or 60.4 percent of capacity. The live roster showed 27 to 30 current inmates during June 4, 2026 research because the public roster changed during the research window.
The May 2026 custody mix showed the jail's practical role. Of 29 people reported, 25 were awaiting trial, three were state-sentenced, and one was county-sentenced. That means Twiggs County Jail should be framed mainly as a pretrial and local detention facility on the latest official monthly report, not as a long-term state prison. No official county source located during research published pod maps, detailed security classifications, accreditation status, or housing-unit layouts.
| Category | May 2026 Count | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Awaiting trial | 25 | People held before final case disposition. |
| State-sentenced | 3 | People with state-sentenced status or holds reported in the county jail report. |
| County-sentenced | 1 | Person serving a local county sentence. |
| Other | 0 | No other category reported in the May 2026 GSA snapshot. |
Look Up Twiggs County Jail Inmates
Use the official Twiggs County current inmates portal for people believed to be held at Twiggs County Jail now. The portal has Current Inmates, 24 Hours Arrests, and Inmates by Arrest Date tabs, plus an optional name filter. It was free and did not require a login during research. The public record can show a mugshot, name, status, sex, height, weight, city and state address, arrest date, arresting agency, days in jail, total bond, warrant number, statute, charge description, felony or misdemeanor marker, and court.
- Open the current inmates portal and start on Current Inmates for present jail custody.
- Use the optional name filter, or leave it blank and browse the page numbers.
- Check the 24 Hours Arrests tab if the arrest was very recent.
- Review the entry for bond, holds, charges, court, and days in jail.
- Call Twiggs County Jail at (478) 945-2512 when the record is unclear or time-sensitive.
For a broader discussion of roster fields and state or federal fallback searches, use the Twiggs County inmate records page.
Twiggs County Jail Contact
The jail and sheriff's office share the same street address. The sheriff contact page lists jail, administration, records, warrants, and dispatch numbers separately, so use the number that fits the need. Jail staff are the correct route for current custody, charges, bond, holds, and jail-operation questions. The records custodian is the route for written public-records requests.
Twiggs County Jail
37 North Ash Street
Jeffersonville, GA 31044
(478) 945-2512
Jail information, charges, bond, holds, and facility questions.
Twiggs County Sheriff's Office
37 North Ash Street
Jeffersonville, GA 31044
(478) 945-3357
Administration, records routing, warrants, and sheriff office questions.
Twiggs County Jail Source Page
The GDC Twiggs County Jail location page independently lists the facility as a county jail and shows the same Jeffersonville address used by the sheriff materials.
The GDC listing helps confirm facility type. It should not be read as a state-prison page for Twiggs County Jail.
Twiggs County Jail Booking Bond
Booking is the jail intake step after arrest and transport. The public roster confirms the jail records arrest date, arresting agency, custody status, bond, and charge table information. The sheriff FAQ says a person in jail may have bond issued immediately after booking or within 72 hours, depending on the charges. Twiggs Magistrate Court handles first appearances and bond hearings, while felony cases can move toward Superior Court and the Dublin Judicial Circuit District Attorney.
Bond at Twiggs County Jail has several local rules. The sheriff FAQ lists cash bond, property bond, and professional bondsman options. Property bonds are handled weekdays between 9:00 and 5:00. Cash bond must be paid by money order. A $20 money-order bond fee applies to all bond types. If the court ordered a cash-only bond, property and professional bondsman routes do not release the person. A hold for another agency, court, probation, or parole can also block release.
| Release Topic | Twiggs County Detail |
|---|---|
| Immediate or later bond | FAQ says bond may be issued immediately or within 72 hours depending on charges. |
| Property bond | Weekdays between 9:00 and 5:00 at the sheriff's office. |
| Cash bond | Paid by money order. |
| Bond fee | $20 money order for all bond types. |
| Holds | Call jail to ask whether another agency or court hold prevents release. |
Visit Twiggs County Jail
No official Twiggs County Jail visitation schedule, visitor-approval process, dress code, video-visit vendor, attorney-visit rule, child-visitor rule, holiday rule, or mail-scanning policy was located during research. That is a real local gap. Rules from Georgia state prisons or other county jails should not be copied onto this facility page because Twiggs County Jail is a county jail with its own local procedures.
| Visitation or Mail Topic | Official Local Finding | What to Do |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visit schedule | Not published in located sheriff materials. | Call (478) 945-2512. |
| Visitor list or approval | Not located. | Confirm before travel. |
| Dress code | Not located. | Ask jail staff for current rules. |
| Video visits | No official vendor located. | Do not assume remote visits are available. |
| Personal mail format | Not located. | Call before mailing letters, books, or packages. |
Mail Phone Money at Twiggs County Jail
The sheriff FAQ names Paytel for phone calls. It says inmates can make a few collect calls, and that money must be on a Paytel account for an inmate to talk when out of cells. The same FAQ gives three money routes for commissary or inmate accounts: a money order made out to the inmate and delivered to a jail officer, the Canteen route at mycarepack.com with Twiggs County GA selected, and a cash or debit-card kiosk in the sheriff's office lobby.
| Service | Provider or Method | Local Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Phone | Paytel | Used for inmate calls when account funds are available. |
| Money order | At the jail | Make payable to the inmate and give it to the jail officer. |
| Online commissary | Canteen / mycarepack | Select Twiggs County GA and follow the deposit instructions. |
| Lobby kiosk | Cash or debit card | Kiosk is in the sheriff's office lobby. |
Note: Confirm custody before sending funds, because a transfer or release can change the correct money route.
Twiggs County Jail Records Photos
Booking photos appeared on the current Twiggs roster during research, but the roster did not publish how long photos remain online after release. Georgia law also places limits around booking photographs. O.C.G.A. 35-1-19 restricts law-enforcement website posting and release of booking photographs in certain circumstances, especially when a requester may place the image on a publication or website that charges for removal. That means public access to a current roster image should not be treated as a promise of archived mugshot access.
For records not shown online, submit a written request through the sheriff records custodian. The sheriff open-records page names Erica Snelgrove, phone (478) 945-3357 ext. 156, email erica.snelgrove@twiggssheriff.org. Include names, dates, times, locations, and the exact record requested. The sheriff says the records custodian will respond within three business days, excluding weekends and holidays, with an estimated cost. For more detail on booking photos, use the Twiggs County jail mugshots page.
Twiggs County Jail Conditions Programs
Official program detail for Twiggs County Jail was limited. The sheriff FAQ says the jail has trained medical staff, and an inmate who is sick or injured must request to see the nurse. Jail staff assist as required, but the sheriff and jail staff do not give medical advice. The FAQ also says good time is a privilege based on behavior, sentence type, and participation in work details, and it may be revoked for jail infractions.
No official GED program, vocational schedule, substance-abuse treatment schedule, religious-services plan, tablet program, grievance procedure, PREA page, county jail inspection report, or accreditation status was located in the official Twiggs sources reviewed. Those omissions should be described as research gaps rather than replaced with generic jail programming claims.
Twiggs County Jail Transfers
A person may leave Twiggs County Jail without becoming searchable in the same local roster. A Georgia state sentence points to the GDC offender query. GDC can show state offender information such as state ID or EF number, crime, tentative parole month, place of incarceration, and photos if available, but it says data is not real-time and First Offender Act records are not published. A federal sentence points to BOP. Immigration detention points to ICE ODLS. VINELink can help with custody notifications where Georgia or local data is available.