Find Released Inmates in Candler County

Candler County released inmates records come from the Sheriff's Office in Metter. Sheriff John Miles heads the department, which runs a 75-bed jail and processes all local arrests. The county has about 11,117 residents and sits in the central part of southeast Georgia. Booking data from the Candler County jail shows names, charges, bond amounts, arrest dates, and custody status. You can search for released inmates through the sheriff's office or check third-party jail roster sites that pull from public records.

Candler County Sheriff Office Inmate Data

Sheriff John Miles runs the Candler County Sheriff's Office at 1015 East Hiawatha Street in Metter, Georgia 30439. The main phone number is 912-685-2568. The jail has a separate line at 912-685-2291. Staff can check on an inmate's status for you over the phone during business hours. If the person you are looking for has been released, the jail staff can confirm that and tell you the release date in most cases.

The Candler County jail holds up to 75 inmates. Booking records show quite a bit of detail. Each record includes the person's name, custody status, sex, height, weight, arrest date and time, how many days they spent in jail, the arresting officer, and bond information. When someone is released from the Candler County jail, all of that data stays in the system. It becomes a released inmates record that you can ask to see under Georgia's Open Records Act, O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70.

Walk-in requests are welcome at the sheriff's office. Bring an ID and give the staff as much detail as you can about the person you want to look up.

Released Inmates Lookup in Candler County

There are a few ways to search for Candler County released inmates online. Third-party jail roster sites compile public booking data from the sheriff's office and post it in a format that is easy to browse. These sites may not have every record, and the data can be a day or two behind what the jail has. But they are a free and fast starting point for basic lookups of released inmates in Candler County.

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.

VINELink at vinelink.com is another option for tracking Candler County inmates. It draws from the same public data that the sheriff's office keeps. You can search by name to find a specific person and check if they have been released from the Candler County facility.

The roster shows names, charges, and status for people booked into the Candler County jail.

Candler County Open Records Process

For official copies of released inmates records from Candler County, file an open records request. The Candler County Board of Commissioners handles formal open records at 1075 East Hiawatha Street, Suite A in Metter. The phone number is 912-685-2835. You can also direct requests to the sheriff's office for jail-specific records. Either way, O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71 requires a response within three business days.

Put your request in writing. State the full name of the person you are looking up. Add a date of birth or arrest date if you have it. Describe what records you need, like booking records, release records, or charge sheets. The county can charge for copies, but they must give you an estimate before billing you. Most requests for Candler County released inmates records are simple and get handled fast.

Georgia law under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72 lets agencies charge a reasonable fee for search and retrieval time if the request takes more than 15 minutes. For a basic released inmates lookup in Candler County, you are unlikely to hit that threshold.

State Resources for Candler County

The Georgia Department of Corrections at gdc.georgia.gov tracks people in state prisons. If someone from Candler County moved from the county jail to a state facility, you can search for them through the GDC offender search tool at gdc.georgia.gov/offender-info/find-offender. It is free to use and shows current status, facility location, and release information for state inmates.

Other state agencies play a role too. The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles at pap.georgia.gov handles parole decisions. The Department of Community Supervision at dcs.georgia.gov monitors probation and parole in Candler County and across the state. The GBI at gbi.georgia.gov offers background check services under O.C.G.A. § 35-3-37 that pull from the statewide criminal history database.

The GDC open records form at gdc.georgia.gov/contact-us/open-records-request is the place to go for records on state prison inmates who may have started in Candler County.

Candler County Court System

Candler County is part of the Middle Judicial Circuit. This circuit covers several counties in central Georgia. The Superior Court hears felony cases and serious civil matters. If a released inmate from Candler County was charged with a felony, court records for that case sit with the Superior Court Clerk. O.C.G.A. § 15-6-61 gives the clerk responsibility for case files, and you can ask to see them.

Magistrate Court in Candler County handles misdemeanors, small claims, and warrant applications. Many of the arrests that lead to released inmates records in Candler County start with a Magistrate Court warrant. Bond hearings also happen here. The judge sets bond, and once it is posted, the person gets released from the Candler County jail. That release creates the record you can later search for.

Nearby Counties

Counties near Candler County each run their own jails with separate released inmates records.