Mitchell County Jail Overview
The Mitchell County Sheriff's Office jail information page identifies the Justice Center as the public contact point for jail questions, visitation, commissary, phones, mail, and medical requests. The facility is operated by the sheriff, not the Georgia Department of Corrections, and it serves the local arrest stream for Camilla, Pelham, Baconton, Sale City, county deputies, Georgia State Patrol, and other agencies that book people into Mitchell County custody.
The facility should not be confused with the Mitchell County Correctional Institution a few address numbers away on Highway 37 East, or with Autry State Prison in Pelham. The Justice Center handles local jail custody. The correctional institution is a county correctional institution with state and county offenders. Autry is a GDC state prison. That difference controls which lookup system works and which office can answer a custody question.
Mitchell County Jail / Justice Center
4815 Highway 37 East
Camilla, GA 31730
(229) 336-2030
Call first for custody, service, and visitor questions.
Mitchell County Jail Population
The Georgia Sheriffs' Association jail report lists Mitchell County's May 2026 county-jail count separately from county prisons and state prisons. The opened May 2026 line reported 98 people in the county jail against 122 permanent beds, or 80.3 percent of capacity. The same line counted 60 people awaiting trial, 23 serving county sentences, 12 state-sentenced inmates still held at the jail level, and 5 in other categories.
| Status | May 2026 Count | What It Means |
|---|---|---|
| Awaiting trial | 60 | People held before final case disposition. |
| County sentence | 23 | People serving a local jail sentence. |
| State-sentenced | 12 | People sentenced to state custody but still at county level. |
| Other | 5 | Other jail classifications in the GSA report. |
Mitchell County Jail Lookup
No official Mitchell County Jail public roster, booking gallery, or searchable inmate list was located on the county or sheriff websites. For a current custody check, use the official fallback chain. Have the person's full legal name, spelling variants, date of birth or age, approximate arrest date, arresting agency, and any court or warrant number. Ask whether the person is currently housed at the Justice Center, has been released, or has moved to GDC custody.
The sheriff's contact page routes general, administration, jail, investigations, coroner, warrants, and civil questions through the same main Justice Center number. The county department page also preserves older unit-specific numbers, but the current sheriff-site routing makes (229) 336-2030 the best first public call. If the arresting agency was Camilla Police, Pelham Police, Sale City Police, Georgia State Patrol, or another agency, ask whether that agency booked the person into the Justice Center or kept a separate report.
- Call the Justice Center at (229) 336-2030 and ask for the jail or shift supervisor if needed.
- If phone details are limited, request the correct open-records route for a booking record, jail log, mugshot, or release record.
- Email a narrow request to the sheriff's T.A.C. / Open Records contact at mitchellsotac@mitchellso.com when a written record is needed.
- Check GDC Find an Offender if the person may have been sentenced or transferred to state custody.
- Use Georgia VINELink / VINE for custody or release notification where Mitchell County or GDC data is available.
Note: A Mitchell County Jail inmate search is an official contact process, not a public roster click path.
Mitchell County Jail Records Limits
Because there is no public roster profile to inspect, the jail page should not be treated as if it displays booking numbers, mugshots, housing units, charges, or bond amounts online. Those facts may exist in jail or court records, but access depends on what can be released by phone, what must be requested in writing, and what is restricted by law. Juvenile, medical, sealed, investigative, and personal-identifying information may be withheld or redacted.
The sheriff's T.A.C. / Open Records page names Deborah Holton as the records contact. A narrow request is stronger than a broad one. Use a subject name, date or date range, arresting agency, and the exact record type, such as a booking record, arrest report, incident report, booking photograph, jail release record, or jail log entry. Georgia open-records guidance says agencies generally must respond within three business days with the records, a production timeline and cost, or the legal basis for withholding.
| Channel | Covers | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Jail phone | Current custody and service questions | Not a certified written record. |
| Open records | Booking, arrest, mugshot, jail, and release records | Records may be redacted or denied under law. |
| GDC locator | State custody after sentencing or transfer | Does not cover most fresh county jail bookings. |
| VINE | Custody and release notification | Not a substitute for official jail records. |
Mitchell County Jail Visits
The sheriff's jail information page states that there is no onsite visitation at present. Remote video visitation is available seven days per week, and visitors must register and schedule. Visits are no longer sorted by last name or inmate status; scheduled visits are handled first come, first served. Only people on the inmate's visitation list may visit, and visitation is a privilege that can be revoked for disciplinary reasons or guideline violations.
| Day | Hours | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Monday-Friday | 9:00 AM-9:00 PM | Remote video |
| Saturday | 9:00 AM-9:00 PM | Remote video |
| Sunday | 9:00 AM-9:00 PM | Remote video |
| Onsite visits | Not available at present | No onsite visitation |
Mitchell County Jail Services
Mail, phone, commissary, and medical access are handled through the sheriff's jail procedures. Keefe Commissary is listed as the commissary vendor, and inmates may buy up to $80 in items each week when funds are available. ICSolutions is the phone provider. The sheriff's page lists account funding through the ICSolutions website, customer care, mailed cashier's check or money order, and the Justice Center lobby kiosk. It does not publish local per-minute rates.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Inmate Name, c/o Mitchell County Justice Center, P.O. Box 28, Camilla, GA 31730 | |
| Commissary | Keefe Commissary, up to $80 weekly when funds are available |
| Phone | ICSolutions, customer care 1-888-506-8407, lobby kiosk option |
| Medical | Nurse onsite Monday-Friday 8:30 AM-5:30 PM, on call 24/7, $5 medical request fee |
| Religious services | Attendance allowed; Bibles available upon request and availability |
Medical requests are made by the inmate, not scheduled by family members. The local jail information page also states that funeral requests are no longer granted as a result of COVID. For property, medicine, or any special service question, call before traveling to the Justice Center.
Mitchell County Jail Programs
The jail service material is practical rather than program-heavy. It documents religious access, Bible availability, medical care, commissary, phone service, and remote visitation. Local jail custody is short-term for many people, so the main public need is often confirmation of custody, bond or court routing, and communication. For sentenced state custody, use the Georgia Department of Corrections locator and the separate facility pages for Mitchell County Correctional Institution or Autry State Prison.
The Justice Center is less than one mile east of Camilla on GA Highway 37. That location matters because Mitchell County has several correctional addresses close enough to confuse visitors, records requesters, and family members. A person held after a new arrest is usually searched through the Justice Center first. A person already sentenced to state custody may appear in GDC records, and a person assigned to a work detail may be tied to the correctional institution instead.
For broader Mitchell County inmate records, the jail inmate records page explains how custody checks, open records, VINE, court records, and GDC records fit together when the county has no official public jail roster.