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 28, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Irwin County, Georgia, has about 9,200 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Irwin County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Irwin County Superior Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Irwin County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Irwin County
The Irwin County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Irwin County. It reported 188 arrests for 2025.
One city in Irwin County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Ocilla, 2,917 residents: 83 arrests reported for 2024.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Irwin County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Irwin County Sheriff's Office: 188 for 2025, 145 for 2024, 148 for 2023, 90 for 2022, 114 for 2021 and 145 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Ocilla: 83 for 2024, 59 for 2023, 68 for 2022, 124 for 2021, 69 for 2020 and 112 for 2019.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 228 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 228 in 2024 against 207 in 2023, up 10 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Irwin County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Irwin County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 600 people on an average day, down from about 1,050 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 1,297 beds, and it is running at 46 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Irwin County Sheriff's Office at irwincounty-ga.gov/business-directory/581/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Irwin County), phone 844-965-1386, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Georgia Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at gdc.georgia.gov/offender-info/find-offender.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Irwin County
An arrest in Irwin County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Irwin County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at irwincounty-ga.gov/business-directory/566/clerk-of-superior-court, phone 844-965-1386); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pacga.org/find-your-prosecutor/county/irwin, phone 229-386-7900).
Georgia is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: Georgia Felon Search lets anyone check felony convictions online by name, through the Georgia Crime Information Center. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Irwin County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Georgia Open Records Act the agency must answer within 3 business days, and it may charge for search, retrieval and copying after the first quarter hour.
- An arrest by the Irwin County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 844-965-1386.
- An arrest in Ocilla: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 229-386-7900, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Irwin County Superior Court, through the court records page at irwincounty-ga.gov, phone 844-965-1386.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Irwin County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Ocilla, the one city in Irwin County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Irwin County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Irwin County each year?
The Irwin County Sheriff's Office reported 188 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2024, the latest year most of the agencies in Irwin County sent in full, the two with every month on file reported 228 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Irwin County?
Ask the Irwin County Sheriff's Office at 844-965-1386; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at irwincounty-ga.gov.
Where are people arrested in Irwin County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Irwin County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Irwin County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Georgia Crime Information Center: Georgia Felon Search lets anyone check felony convictions online by name. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Georgia Open Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Irwin County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Irwin County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Georgia Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 business days.
Is this the official Irwin 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.