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.
Chattooga County, Georgia, has about 25,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Chattooga County is held at the county jail, run by the Chattooga 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 Chattooga County
The county jail, run by the Chattooga County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Chattooga County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Chattooga County Sheriff's Office at chattooga-ga-sheriff.org (page title: Sheriff's Office Chattooga County, GA), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Chattooga County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 42 people on an average day, down from about 47 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 48 beds, and it is running at 88 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Chattooga County has about 25,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 17 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Chattooga County Jail
The Chattooga County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Summerville make the arrests that end in a booking in Chattooga County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Chattooga County Sheriff's Office's 422 for 2025 and Summerville's 15 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Chattooga County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 437 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 Chattooga 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 Chattooga 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 Chattooga County?
Ask the Chattooga County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at chattooga-ga-sheriff.org.
How many people are in the Chattooga County jail?
About 42 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 48 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Chattooga 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 Chattooga 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.