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.
Sylvester, Georgia, in Worth County, has about 5,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sylvester is held at the county jail, run by the Worth 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 Sylvester
The county jail, run by the Worth County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Sylvester, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Worth County Sheriff's Office at worthcountyboc.com/sheriffs/page/current-inmate-charges-and-bonds (page title: Current Inmate Charges and Bonds | Worth County GA), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Worth County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2022 the jail held about 24 people, down from about 37 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2022 was 23 beds, and it ran at 104 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Worth County has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 12 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Worth County Jail
The Worth County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Sylvester (filed by the FBI as Sylvester Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Sylvester.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Worth County Sheriff's Office's 375 for 2025, Sylvester's 137 for 2023 and Warwick's 26 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Worth County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 401 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 Sylvester 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 Worth 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 Sylvester?
Ask the Worth County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at worthcountyboc.com.
How many people are in the Worth County jail?
About 24 on an average day in 2022, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 23 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Worth 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 Sylvester 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.