Catoosa County Released Inmates Lookup

Catoosa County released inmates records are maintained by the Sheriff's Office in Ringgold. Sheriff Gary Sisk leads the department, which operates a 248-bed jail and processes bookings for the county's 65,000 residents. The jail offers video visitation through Securus, and the county provides open records access through designated contacts. You can search for released inmates by reaching out to the sheriff's office or by checking third-party roster sites that gather public booking data from Catoosa County.

Catoosa County Sheriff Inmate Search

The Catoosa County Sheriff's Office is the go-to source for released inmates records in the area. Sheriff Gary Sisk runs the department from PO Box 909 in Ringgold, GA 30736. The main phone number is 706-935-2424. Captain Bryan Huckabee oversees jail administration. The 248-bed facility is one of the larger county jails in northwest Georgia and handles a steady stream of bookings from local law enforcement agencies.

When someone is booked into the Catoosa County jail, staff record the person's name, charges, bond amount, booking date, and physical description. A booking number gets assigned. Once the person is released, whether by posting bond, completing a sentence, or having charges dismissed, that record stays in the system. It turns into a released inmates record that is subject to Georgia's public records laws.

The Catoosa County Sheriff's Office website is the main online portal for the department.

From this site you can find contact info, jail details, and links to inmate lookup tools for Catoosa County.

The sheriff's office also puts out a Most Wanted list and maintains sex offender registry data. These tools are separate from the general released inmates lookup, but they can be useful if you are trying to find information on someone who may have passed through the Catoosa County jail.

Released Inmates Records in Catoosa County

Booking records from the Catoosa County jail are public under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70. This law covers jail records the same way it covers other government documents. You have the right to see them, and the sheriff's office has to provide them when you ask. The only exceptions are records sealed by court order, juvenile records protected under O.C.G.A. § 15-11-702, or records that would compromise an active investigation.

A typical released inmates record from Catoosa County includes the person's full name and date of birth. It shows all charges at the time of arrest. Bond information tells you whether bail was set and how much. The record has the booking date and the release date. Some records note the reason for release. The arresting officer and agency are listed. If the person was held for another jurisdiction, that shows up too.

Video visitation through Securus means there may also be records of visits. But those are not part of the standard booking file.

Open Records in Catoosa County

Catoosa County has a formal open records process. For released inmates data from the jail, you can contact the sheriff's office directly. For broader county records, the open records contact is Rebecca Holcomb. Her email is rebecca.holcomb@catoosa.com. You can also send requests to catoosarecords@catoosa.com. These contacts handle requests under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71, which gives the county three business days to respond.

Your request should be in writing. State what records you want. Give the name of the person and any other details that help narrow down the search. The county may charge a fee for copies and search time if the request takes more than 15 minutes to process, per O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72. For most released inmates lookups in Catoosa County, the request is quick and the cost is low.

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.

Catoosa County State Resources

For records beyond what the Catoosa County jail keeps, the state has several tools. The Georgia Department of Corrections at gdc.georgia.gov manages state prison records. Their offender search at gdc.georgia.gov/offender-info/find-offender is free and covers anyone in state custody. If a released inmate from Catoosa County went to state prison, you can track them there.

The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles at pap.georgia.gov handles parole decisions for state inmates. The Department of Community Supervision at dcs.georgia.gov oversees probation and parole statewide, including for people from Catoosa County. The GBI at gbi.georgia.gov offers background checks under O.C.G.A. § 35-3-37.

You can also file a state-level open records request through the GDC at gdc.georgia.gov/contact-us/open-records-request.

Catoosa County Courts and Released Inmates

Catoosa County is part of the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit, which also includes Dade, Chattooga, and Walker counties. The Superior Court handles felony cases. The clerk of Superior Court maintains case files under O.C.G.A. § 15-6-61 and can tell you how a criminal case turned out for a released inmate from the Catoosa County jail. State Court handles misdemeanors and traffic cases. Magistrate Court processes warrants and bond hearings.

Court records give you the other half of the story that booking records do not. A released inmates record from the jail tells you someone was booked and released. The court record tells you what happened with the charges. Were they convicted? Did they get probation? Were the charges dropped? Both sets of records are public in most cases, and checking both gives you a fuller picture of a Catoosa County released inmate's situation.

Nearby Counties

Catoosa County borders several counties in the northwest corner of Georgia. Each county keeps its own released inmates records.