Clinch County Released Inmates Records

Clinch County released inmates records are kept by the Sheriff's Office in Homerville. Sheriff Raymond Peterson leads the department, which handles law enforcement and jail operations for this south Georgia county of about 6,718 people. The county also has a designated open records contact for formal requests. You can search for released inmates through the sheriff's office, through the county administration, or by checking third-party roster sites that pull public booking data from across Georgia.

Clinch County Sheriff Office Inmate Data

Sheriff Raymond Peterson runs the Clinch County Sheriff's Office at 115 Court Square in Homerville, GA 31634. The phone number is 912-487-5316. The office handles all arrests and bookings for the county. When someone is brought to the jail, staff create a booking record with the person's name, charges, bond amount, booking date, and physical description. That record stays on file after the person is released. It becomes part of the released inmates records for Clinch County.

Clinch County is a small county in south Georgia. The jail does not process a huge number of bookings. But every arrest goes through the same procedure, and every booking creates a record that the public can access. Under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70, the Georgia Open Records Act, you have the right to see jail records from the Clinch County Sheriff's Office. The same law applies here as it does in the largest counties in the state.

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

Released Inmates Search for Clinch County

Third-party jail roster sites offer one way to search for Clinch County released inmates online. These sites compile public booking data from sheriff's offices across Georgia. The information may lag behind by a day or two, but it gives you a free starting point. You can search by name to see if someone from Clinch County appears in the listings.

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.

For the most accurate and current released inmates data from Clinch County, contact the sheriff's office directly. The online third-party data is useful but may not have every record. Older released inmates records, in particular, may not appear on these sites. The sheriff's office booking system has a more complete set of records going back to when the current system was put in place.

Clinch County Open Records Requests

Clinch County has a formal open records process. The county administrator, Jaclyn T. James, handles open records requests. Her office is at 22 Court Square, Suite B in Homerville. The phone number is 912-487-2667, and the email is clinchcountyga@gmail.com. You can also send requests directly to the sheriff's office at 115 Court Square for jail-specific records. Either way, O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71 gives the county three business days to respond.

Your request should include the person's full name. Add a date of birth or approximate arrest date if you have it. Describe what records you need. Booking records, release records, and charge sheets are the most common items. The county can charge for copies under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72, but they must give you a cost estimate first. For most Clinch County released inmates lookups, the request is simple and the cost is low.

In-person requests work too. Go to the sheriff's office or the county administration building in Homerville during business hours. Bring an ID. Give the staff the details and they can search the system.

Georgia State Tools for Clinch County

The Georgia Department of Corrections at gdc.georgia.gov has a free offender search at gdc.georgia.gov/offender-info/find-offender. This covers people in state prisons, not county jails. But if someone from Clinch County was sent to a state facility after their county jail stay, the GDC database has their records. You can check current status, facility location, and release dates there.

The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles at pap.georgia.gov makes parole decisions for state inmates. The Department of Community Supervision at dcs.georgia.gov monitors probation and parole across Georgia, including in Clinch County. The GBI at gbi.georgia.gov offers criminal background checks under O.C.G.A. § 35-3-37. These checks use a statewide database that includes Clinch County arrest data.

For state prison records specifically, the GDC open records request form at gdc.georgia.gov/contact-us/open-records-request is the right tool.

Clinch County Court Records

Clinch County is part of the Alapaha Judicial Circuit. The Superior Court handles felony cases in this circuit. Under O.C.G.A. § 15-6-61, the Superior Court Clerk keeps case files and makes them available to the public. If a released inmate from Clinch County was charged with a felony, the court records show the disposition. Did they get convicted? Was there a plea deal? Were charges dismissed? This information adds context to the basic booking data from the jail.

Magistrate Court in Clinch County processes warrants, bond hearings, and misdemeanor cases. Many arrests in the county start with a Magistrate Court warrant. After the arrest, the person goes to the Clinch County jail for booking. A bond hearing follows, and if the person can post bond, they get released. That process creates the released inmates record. The court records then follow the case through to its conclusion, separate from the jail records but tied to them through the same case number.

Georgia law under O.C.G.A. § 42-1-6 requires the Clinch County jail to keep records on all inmates. Those records do not go away after release and can be accessed under the Open Records Act.

Nearby Counties

Clinch County borders these counties in south Georgia. Each one keeps its own released inmates records at the county level.