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 September 26, 2026.
Swainsboro, Georgia, in Emanuel County, has about 7,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Swainsboro is held at the county jail, run by the Emanuel 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 Swainsboro
The county jail, run by the Emanuel County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Swainsboro, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Emanuel County Sheriff's Office at emanuelcosheriff.com/current-inmates (page title: Current Inmates | Emanuel County Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Emanuel County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 59 people, down from about 130 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 62 beds, and it ran at 95 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Emanuel County has about 23,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 26 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Emanuel County Jail
The Emanuel County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Swainsboro (filed by the FBI as Swainsboro Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Swainsboro.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Emanuel County: East Georgia State College (campus police); the State Patrol at Swainsboro (state police).
The Adrian Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Emanuel County, so its arrests are not broken out for Emanuel County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Stillmore's 1,152 for 2025, the Emanuel County Sheriff's Office's 114 for 2024 and Swainsboro's 112 for 2023.
Together, the two agencies in Emanuel County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 1,266 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 Swainsboro 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 Swainsboro?
Look on the custody page of the Emanuel County Sheriff's Office at emanuelcosheriff.com/current-inmates. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Emanuel County jail?
About 59 on an average day in 2025, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 62 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Emanuel 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 Swainsboro 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.