Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. 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 September 30, 2026.
Jackson, Georgia, in Butts County, has about 5,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Butts County Superior Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it.
This guide covers who makes arrests, arrest counts, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Jackson public records, Butts County arrest records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Jackson
The FBI lists Jackson with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Jackson Police Department. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Butts County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 650 arrests for 2025.
Arrest Counts on File for Jackson
The FBI publishes monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. For Jackson the counts on file are partial: Jackson has sent some months but no full year since 2019, so no annual total is given here.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Jackson Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Jackson is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 220 people on an average day, down from about 350 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 305 beds, and it is running at 73 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Georgia Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at gdc.georgia.gov/offender-info/find-offender.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Jackson
An arrest in Jackson can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Butts County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at buttscountyprobatecourt.com, phone 770-775-8204); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at towaligada.com).
Georgia is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: Georgia Felon Search lets anyone check felony convictions online by name, through the Georgia Crime Information Center. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Jackson
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Georgia Open Records Act the agency must answer within 3 business days, and it may charge for search, retrieval and copying after the first quarter hour.
- An arrest by the Jackson police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at jacksonpolicenj.nextrequest.com (page title: Jackson PD Open Public RecordsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Butts County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Butts County Superior Court, through the court records page at buttscountyprobatecourt.com, phone 770-775-8204.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at buttscountyga.com/open-records-request-form (page title: Request a Public Record | Butts County, Georgia | Georgia's Outdoor Capital).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
The Butts County guide covers every agency in the county: Butts County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where are people arrested in Jackson booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Butts County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Jackson?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Georgia Crime Information Center: Georgia Felon Search lets anyone check felony convictions online by name. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Georgia Open Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Jackson?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Jackson police for its own arrests, the Butts County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Georgia Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 business days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at buttscountyga.com/open-records-request-form.
Is this the official Jackson 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.