Baldwin County Released Inmates Search

Baldwin County released inmates records can be searched through the Citizen Connect portal run by the Sheriff's Office in Milledgeville. This mid-sized Georgia county has about 46,000 residents and processes a significant number of jail bookings each year. Major Greg Stokes oversees jail operations. The online booking search tool lets you look up current and released inmates from Baldwin County by name, and it is free to use anytime.

Baldwin County Citizen Connect Inmate Portal

Baldwin County uses the Citizen Connect system by Southern Software for its online inmate search. This is the main tool for looking up released inmates from Baldwin County. You type in a name and the system pulls up matching booking records. It shows charges, booking dates, bond amounts, and release info when available. The search is free and open to anyone.

The Baldwin County Citizen Connect booking search portal is where you start your search.

This portal shows both current inmates and released inmates from the Baldwin County jail system.

The Citizen Connect system is used by several Georgia counties, but Baldwin County's setup is specific to its own jail data. Records in this system cover bookings handled by the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office. If someone was arrested by Milledgeville Police but booked at the county jail, they show up here too. The key is where the person was held, not who made the arrest. Any booking at the Baldwin County jail goes into this database.

Released Inmates Records in Baldwin County

Baldwin County sits in central Georgia with Milledgeville as the county seat. The county processes a good number of arrests given its population. Every booking creates a record. Every release creates another entry. Together they form the released inmates data for Baldwin County. Major Greg Stokes and the jail staff manage all of this from the detention center in Milledgeville.

Under Georgia law, these records are public. O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 is the Open Records Act, and it says government agencies must make records available when people ask. The Baldwin County Sheriff's Office follows this law. You can search online through Citizen Connect, call the office, or visit in person. For formal open records requests, put your ask in writing. The office has three business days to respond. They can charge for copies, but the cost must be fair and stated up front.

Released inmates from the Baldwin County jail include people who bonded out, served their time, got charges dropped, or were transferred. The record stays no matter what. That is why you can find people in the Citizen Connect system even months or years after they left the Baldwin County jail.

Baldwin County Jail Operations

The Baldwin County jail in Milledgeville handles all bookings for the county. Major Greg Stokes runs the jail side of things under the sheriff's authority. Staff work around the clock to process arrests, manage inmates, and handle releases. The jail takes in people arrested by the Baldwin County Sheriff's deputies, Milledgeville Police, Georgia State Patrol, and other agencies that operate in Baldwin County.

Booking at the Baldwin County jail follows a standard process. The arrested person's information goes into the system. Photos get taken. Charges are logged. Bond is set by a judge, usually at a first appearance hearing. From that point, the person either stays in the Baldwin County jail until their case resolves, posts bond and goes home, or gets transferred somewhere else. Each of these outcomes creates a different type of record. Released inmates from Baldwin County have at least a booking sheet and a release record on file.

State Searches for Baldwin County Inmates

The state of Georgia runs several databases that can help you find records on people who went through the Baldwin County jail. The Georgia Department of Corrections at gdc.georgia.gov tracks state prison inmates. Their offender search at gdc.georgia.gov/offender-info/find-offender is free to use. It shows current location, sentence length, and release dates for state inmates. If a Baldwin County released inmate later went to state prison, this is where you find them.

There are a few things to keep in mind with Baldwin County specifically. Milledgeville is home to several state facilities. The Baldwin State Prison and other correctional institutions sit in the county. But those are state facilities run by the GDC, not the Baldwin County Sheriff. Inmates at those state prisons are in the GDC system, not the county system. Only people booked at the Baldwin County jail show up in the Citizen Connect search. If you are looking for someone at a state prison in Milledgeville, use the GDC site instead.

The GBI at gbi.georgia.gov manages criminal history background checks under O.C.G.A. § 35-3-37. A GBI check pulls records from every county in Georgia, including Baldwin County. The Board of Pardons and Paroles at pap.georgia.gov handles parole decisions, and the Department of Community Supervision at dcs.georgia.gov watches over people on probation and parole in Baldwin County and everywhere else in the state.

Getting Baldwin County Inmate Records

Start with the Citizen Connect portal online. It is the fastest way to look up released inmates from Baldwin County. If you need more detail than the portal shows, contact the sheriff's office directly. Call during business hours. Explain what records you need. Staff can pull up booking data, charges, and release information from their system.

For a formal request, write to the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office in Milledgeville. Reference O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 if needed. Give the inmate's name and date of birth. Specify what you are looking for. The three-day response window applies. Most Baldwin County released inmates requests are simple and get handled fast. Electronic records from the Citizen Connect system can often be sent by email, which saves time and postage for both sides.

Baldwin County Criminal Justice System

Cases that start with a Baldwin County arrest move through the local courts. The Magistrate Court handles initial appearances and bond hearings. The Superior Court takes felony trials. The State Court hears misdemeanor cases. Each court keeps its own records that connect back to the jail booking data. So a released inmate from Baldwin County may have records at both the jail and the courthouse, depending on how far their case went.

O.C.G.A. § 42-9-53 deals with offender release information at the state level. At the county level in Baldwin County, the sheriff's office is the main keeper of jail and released inmates records. Court records are at the clerk's office. Together, these sources give a full picture of a person's case from arrest through release in Baldwin County. Probation records fall under the Department of Community Supervision if it is state probation, or the county probation office for county-level supervision.

Nearby Counties

Baldwin County is in central Georgia. These neighboring counties each have their own jail and booking system for released inmates.