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 30, 2026.
Brooks County, Georgia, has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Brooks County is held at the county jail, run by the Brooks 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: Brooks County public records, Brooks County arrest records, Brooks County warrants, Brooks County criminal records, Brooks County court records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Brooks County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Brooks County is held at the county jail, run by the Brooks County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Brooks County Sheriff's Office at brookssheriff.com (page title: Brooks Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Brooks County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 63 people, up from about 50 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 120 beds, and it ran at 53 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Brooks County has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 39 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Brooks County Jail
The Brooks County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Quitman and Morven make the arrests that end in a booking in Brooks County.
The Pavo Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Brooks County, so its arrests are not broken out for Brooks County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Morven's 1,152 for 2025, the Brooks County Sheriff's Office's 250 for 2025 and Quitman's 179 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Brooks County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,581 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 Brooks County 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 Brooks 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 Brooks County?
Ask the Brooks County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at brookssheriff.com.
How many people are in the Brooks County jail?
About 63 on an average day in 2025, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 120 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Brooks 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 Brooks County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.