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.
Jones County, Georgia, has about 29,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Jones 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 Jones 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: Jones County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Jones County
The Jones County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Jones County. It reported 293 arrests for 2025.
One city in Jones County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Gray, 3,541 residents: 261 arrests reported for 2025.
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 Jones County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Jones County Sheriff's Office: 293 for 2025, 322 for 2024, 349 for 2023, 274 for 2022, 386 for 2021 and 418 for 2020.
- Gray: 261 for 2025, 214 for 2024, 58 for 2023, 57 for 2021 and 42 for 2020; 2022 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 554 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 554 in 2025 against 536 in 2024, up 3.4 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 251 arrests, against 321 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Jones County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Jones 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 120 people on an average day, up from about 110 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 167 beds, and it is running at 70 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Jones County Sheriff's Office at jcsheriff.org/inmateSearch (page title: Jones County Sheriff’s Office, GA), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 Jones County
An arrest in Jones County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Jones County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Jones County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at georgiacourts.gov/eaccess-court-records).
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 Jones County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Jones County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Gray: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Jones County Superior Court, through the court records page at georgiacourts.gov/eaccess-court-records.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at jonescountyga.org (page title: Open Records Request | Jones County).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Jones County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Gray, the one city in Jones County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Jones County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Jones County each year?
The Jones County Sheriff's Office reported 293 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 554 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Jones County?
Look on the custody page of the Jones County Sheriff's Office at jcsheriff.org/inmateSearch. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Jones County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Jones County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Jones 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 Jones County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Jones 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at jonescountyga.org.
Is this the official Jones 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.