Search Calhoun County Released Inmates

Calhoun County released inmates records are kept by the Sheriff's Office in Morgan, the county seat. This small rural county in southwest Georgia has a population of about 5,441 and handles a limited number of bookings each year. The sheriff's office manages the local jail and keeps logs on all people who pass through the facility. You can look up released inmates data through the sheriff or by filing an open records request with the county. State tools from the Georgia Department of Corrections also help track people who move from county jails to state prison.

Calhoun County Sheriff Office Records

The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office is the main law enforcement agency in this part of southwest Georgia. The office sits in Morgan and runs the county jail. All arrests made in Calhoun County get processed through this facility. Staff log each booking with the person's name, charges, bond amount, and dates. When someone gets released, that data stays on file. These are the released inmates records you can ask to see.

Calhoun County is a small place. The jail does not hold many people at one time, so the volume of released inmates records is lower than what you see in larger Georgia counties. But the same rules apply. Under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70, the Georgia Open Records Act, you have the right to ask for jail booking data from the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office. The office must respond within three business days. They can charge a small fee for copies, but they have to tell you the cost first.

Call the sheriff's office in Morgan to check on a specific person. Staff can tell you if someone is in custody or has been released.

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.

Released Inmates Data in Calhoun County

A released inmates record from Calhoun County has several key pieces of information. It will show the person's full name and date of birth. It lists all charges at the time of booking. The bond amount, if one was set, appears on the record too. You also see the booking date and the release date. Some records show the reason for release, such as bond posted, charges dropped, or time served. The arresting agency is noted as well, whether it was the Calhoun County sheriff, a city police department, or another agency.

Georgia law treats most booking records as public. O.C.G.A. § 42-1-6 says correctional facilities must keep detailed records on inmates. This applies to county jails in Calhoun County just like it does to state prisons. The records have to be kept for a set period of time, so even old released inmates data should still be on file at the sheriff's office.

Some records might be sealed by court order. Juvenile records in Calhoun County are not public under O.C.G.A. § 15-11-702. If a person was under 17 at the time of arrest, their booking data may not be available to the general public.

Georgia State Tools for Calhoun County

When someone from Calhoun County ends up in the state prison system, their records move to a different agency. The Georgia Department of Corrections runs a free offender search at gdc.georgia.gov/offender-info/find-offender. You type in a name and get back information on anyone in state custody or recently released from a state facility. This does not cover the Calhoun County jail, but it fills in the gaps if someone moved from county to state.

The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles at pap.georgia.gov makes parole decisions for state inmates. If a Calhoun County released inmate is on parole, this board has oversight. The Department of Community Supervision at dcs.georgia.gov tracks people on probation and parole statewide.

For criminal background checks that include Calhoun County data, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation at gbi.georgia.gov runs background check services under O.C.G.A. § 35-3-37. These checks pull from a statewide criminal history database that includes county-level arrests and dispositions.

The GDC also has an open records request page at gdc.georgia.gov/contact-us/open-records-request for state prison records.

How to Get Calhoun County Jail Records

You have a few options to get released inmates records from Calhoun County. The most direct way is to go to the sheriff's office in Morgan in person. Bring a valid ID and tell the staff what you need. Give them the name of the person you are looking up and any other details you have, like a date of birth or an approximate arrest date. Staff can search the system and pull up booking data for you.

You can also call the sheriff's office. Phone requests are handled during business hours. Keep in mind that staff may be limited in what they can share over the phone, especially for older records. For a full set of documents, a written open records request works best. Georgia's Open Records Act under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71 spells out the process. Put your request in writing, state what records you want, and send it to the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office. The response time is three business days.

There is no charge to look at records. Copies cost a small fee.

Calhoun County Judicial Circuit

Calhoun County falls in the Pataula Judicial Circuit. This circuit also includes Clay, Early, Miller, Quitman, Randolph, Seminole, and Terrell counties. The Superior Court in this circuit handles felony cases. If a released inmate from Calhoun County faced felony charges, court records would be filed with the Superior Court Clerk. O.C.G.A. § 15-6-61 gives the Superior Court Clerk responsibility for maintaining case files and indexes. You can check with the clerk's office for case dispositions tied to Calhoun County released inmates.

Magistrate Court in Calhoun County deals with misdemeanors, county ordinance violations, and warrant applications. Many arrests that result in released inmates records start with a warrant from Magistrate Court. The judges there also handle bond hearings, which set the terms under which someone can be released from the Calhoun County jail.

Nearby Counties

These counties border Calhoun County in southwest Georgia. Each has its own sheriff's office and keeps separate released inmates records.