Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Buford, Georgia, in Gwinnett County, has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Buford is held at the county jail, run by the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Buford
The county jail, run by the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Buford, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office at gwinnettcounty.com/government/departments/sheriff/inmate-services (page title: Jail and Inmate Services | Gwinnett County | Gwinnett), 2900 University Parkway Lawrenceville, GA 30043, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Gwinnett County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 600 people, down from about 2,090 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 650 beds, and it ran at 93 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Gwinnett County has about 1.0 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 6 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Gwinnett County Jail
The Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office, the Gwinnett County Police Department and the agencies that report for Duluth, Lawrenceville, Suwanee, Snellville, Norcross and Lilburn make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Buford.
The FBI's agency list also places one other agency, one state police unit and two campus police departments in Gwinnett County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The Auburn Police Department, the Doraville Police Department, the Loganville Police Department and one more are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Gwinnett County, so their arrests are not broken out for Gwinnett County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Gwinnett County Police Department's 6,800 for 2025, Lawrenceville's 904 for 2025 and Lilburn's 807 for 2025.
Together, the eight agencies in Gwinnett County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 11,748 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Buford arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Georgia Department of Corrections lists its inmates at gdc.georgia.gov/offender-info/find-offender.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Buford?
Ask the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at gwinnettcounty.com.
How many people are in the Gwinnett County jail?
About 600 on an average day in 2025, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 650 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Gwinnett County go?
To a facility of the Georgia Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at gdc.georgia.gov/offender-info/find-offender.
Is this the official Buford website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.