Berrien County Inmate Records

Berrien County released inmates records are managed by Sheriff Ray Paulk and his staff at the county jail in Nashville. The jail sits at 500 County Farm Road and handles all bookings for arrests made in Berrien County. With a population close to 19,041, this south Georgia county keeps detailed records on everyone who passes through its jail. Booking data includes names, charges, bond amounts, and release dates. You can search for released inmates through the sheriff's website, by phone, or through third-party roster sites.

Berrien County Sheriff Office

Sheriff Ray Paulk runs the Berrien County Sheriff's Office from 500 County Farm Road in Nashville, GA 31639. The main phone line is 229-686-7071. For questions about the jail or a specific inmate, call the jail line at 229-686-7664. Staff can look up booking records and tell you if someone has been released from the Berrien County facility.

The Berrien County jail roster shows key details about each inmate. Records include the person's name, custody status, sex, height, weight, address, arrest date, how many days they have been in jail, and bond amount. When someone gets released from the Berrien County jail, their record stays on file. This data is public under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70, which is Georgia's Open Records Act. Anyone can ask the sheriff's office to pull up released inmates records from Berrien County. The office has three business days to respond to a formal request.

Walk-ins are welcome during regular business hours at the Berrien County Sheriff's Office. Bring a valid ID.

Online Inmate Search for Berrien County

You can search for Berrien County released inmates online through a few different tools. The sheriff's office feeds data to jail roster sites that list current and past inmates. These sites pull from public records and are free to use.

The InteropWeb jail population page shows the Berrien County inmate roster with booking details.

This tool lists inmates currently in the Berrien County jail along with recently released individuals and their booking information.

Third-party sites also compile Berrien County data. These can be useful when the official roster is hard to reach or when you want to cross-check info. Just keep in mind the data may be a day or two old. For current released inmates info from Berrien County, call the jail at 229-686-7664. The staff there can give you real-time answers about who is in custody and who has been let go.

VINELink is a free service that lets you track an offender's custody status in Georgia. You can sign up for alerts by phone, email, or text when an inmate is released or transferred.

VINELink covers jails and prisons across Georgia. You can search by name or offender ID to get current status info.

Berrien County Jail Visitation

Visitation at the Berrien County jail works through a video system. You need to set up an appointment ahead of time. Call the jail at 229-686-7664 to schedule your visit. This is not a walk-in deal. You must book a time slot and get it confirmed by jail staff before you show up in Berrien County.

Video visitation has become common in Georgia jails, and Berrien County uses this format for most visits. It cuts down on contraband risks and makes scheduling more flexible. If you try to visit someone and find out they are no longer in custody, the jail staff can tell you their release date. That is one way to get released inmates data from Berrien County without filing a formal records request. The visitation desk handles these kinds of questions on a regular basis.

State Resources for Berrien County

The Georgia Department of Corrections at gdc.georgia.gov runs a statewide search tool for people in state prisons. County jail inmates are not in this system. But if someone from Berrien County was sent to a state prison after their local jail stay, the GDC site will show their status. Use the offender search at gdc.georgia.gov/offender-info/find-offender to look up state inmates with ties to Berrien County.

Georgia law spells out how release data is handled at the state level. O.C.G.A. § 42-9-53 covers the Board of Pardons and Paroles and how they manage parole decisions. You can check the board's site at pap.georgia.gov for info on parolees from Berrien County. The Department of Community Supervision at dcs.georgia.gov tracks people on probation and parole. If a released inmate from Berrien County is under state watch, this is where you check.

The GBI handles criminal background checks under O.C.G.A. § 35-3-37. Their site at gbi.georgia.gov has details on how to run a check. This covers records from Berrien County and all other Georgia counties. There is a fee involved. Under O.C.G.A. § 35-1-19, law enforcement agencies across Georgia share arrest data through a central system, so records from Berrien County feed into that statewide database.

Filing an Open Records Request

To get Berrien County released inmates records in writing, send a request to the Sheriff's Office at 500 County Farm Road, Nashville, GA 31639. Include the inmate's full name and date of birth if you know it. State what records you want. The office must respond within three business days under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70.

Copy fees are set by the county and the sheriff's office must tell you the cost before they fill your request. Most Berrien County released inmates requests cost just a few dollars. If the person did time in a state facility after their stay in the Berrien County jail, you can also file a request through the GDC at gdc.georgia.gov/contact-us/open-records-request. That covers state prison records, which are separate from what the Berrien County Sheriff keeps on file.

Nearby Counties

These counties border Berrien County in south Georgia. Each county runs its own jail and keeps its own released inmates records.