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 9, 2026.
St. Marys, Georgia, in Camden County, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in St. Marys is held at the county jail, run by the Camden 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.
Related guides: St. Marys public records, Camden County inmate search, St. Marys arrest records, St. Marys warrants, St. Marys criminal records, St. Marys court records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in St. Marys
The county jail, run by the Camden County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in St. Marys, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Camden County Sheriff's Office at camdensheriff.org (page title: Camden County Sheriff, GA), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Camden County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 150 people on an average day, up from about 120 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 194 beds, and it is running at 79 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Camden County has about 59,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 26 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Camden County Jail
The Camden County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for St. Marys (filed by the FBI as St. Marys Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around St. Marys.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Camden County Sheriff's Office's 716 for 2024, Kingsland's 711 for 2025 and St. Marys's 638 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Camden County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,349 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 St. Marys arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Camden County serves the sentence in a facility of the Georgia Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at gdc.georgia.gov/offender-info/find-offender.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in St. Marys?
Ask the Camden County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at camdensheriff.org.
How many people are in the Camden County jail?
About 150 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 194 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Camden 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 St. Marys 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.