This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, schedule jail services, or retrieve official booking records. Use the official office contacts below for those actions.
Where to Call or Request Records
For DeKalb County Jail custody questions, use the jail address and jail phone numbers. For sheriff executive offices, open records, warrants, court filings, or state prison issues, the correct office may be different.
DeKalb County Sheriff's Office headquarters / executive offices
4415 Memorial Drive, Decatur, GA 30032
Main: 404-298-8111 · Fax: 404-298-8101
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays
Jail Services Operations, DeKalb County Jail
4425 Memorial Drive, Decatur, GA 30032
Jail general information: 404-298-8145
Operations general information: 404-298-8100
Operations command: 404-298-8508
Inmate family hotline: 404-298-8090
Fax: 404-298-8264
Hours: jail operations are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Other DeKalb contacts
Open Records phone: 404-298-8171; Georgia Open Records Act requests are generally subject to the three-business-day response rule in O.C.G.A. 50-18-71. The sheriff form lists 10 cents per page and notes that the first 15 minutes of labor are free.
Public information/news media: SheriffPIO@dekalbcountyga.gov, 404-298-8144 during weekday business hours
Warrants Unit: 404-298-8200
Courts and prosecution
DeKalb County Courthouse, 556 N. McDonough Street, Decatur, GA 30030
Court hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Superior Court: 404-371-4901
State Court: 404-371-2706
Magistrate Court: 404-371-3045
District Attorney Sherry Boston, 556 N. McDonough Street, Suite 700, Decatur, GA 30030, 404-371-2561
Georgia Department of Corrections
Inmate concerns and questions: 404-656-4661
Use these pages to decide which system fits the record or custody question:
- For a person booked into DeKalb County Jail, start with jail inmate records.
- For booking-photo access and limits, use jail roster mugshots.
- For charges, hearings, and court case records after booking, use court records after a jail arrest.
- For a specific jail or state corrections facility, open the facility pages listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the Georgia Department of Corrections offender locator rather than the county jail search.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Bureau of Prisons locator, U.S. Marshals prisoner information, or the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.