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 4, 2026.
Hart County, Georgia, has about 28,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Hart County is held at the county jail, run by the Hart 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: Hart County public records, Hart County arrest records, Hart County warrants, Hart County criminal records, Hart County court records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Hart County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Hart County is held at the county jail, run by the Hart County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Hart County Sheriff's Office at hartcountyga.gov/sheriff.html (page title: Sheriff's Office | Hart County, Georgia), phone 706-376-3114, 890 Vickery St. Hartwell, GA 30643, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 706-376-3114.
The Hart County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 170 people on an average day, up from about 46 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 230 beds, and it is running at 74 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Hart County has about 28,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 61 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Hart County Jail
The Hart County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Hartwell make the arrests that end in a booking in Hart County.
The Canon Police Department and the Royston Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Hart County, so their arrests are not broken out for Hart County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Hart County Sheriff's Office's 421 for 2025 and Hartwell's 163 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Hart County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 584 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 Hart 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 Hart 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 Hart County?
Ask the Hart County Sheriff's Office at 706-376-3114; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at hartcountyga.gov/sheriff.html.
How many people are in the Hart County jail?
About 170 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 230 beds.
What is the phone number for the Hart County jail?
706-376-3114, the number on the page of the Hart County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Hart 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 Hart 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.