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 October 2, 2026.
Montgomery County, Georgia, has about 8,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Montgomery County is held at the county jail, run by the Montgomery 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: Montgomery County public records, Montgomery County arrest records, Montgomery County warrants, Montgomery County criminal records, Montgomery County court records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Montgomery County
The county jail, run by the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Montgomery County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office at mcsojail.countygovservices.com/Home/CurrentInmates (page title: Current Inmates | Montgomery County Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The Montgomery County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 14 people. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Montgomery County has about 8,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 17 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Montgomery County Jail
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Mount Vernon and Uvalda make the arrests that end in a booking in Montgomery County.
The Vidalia Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Montgomery County, so its arrests are not broken out for Montgomery County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Mount Vernon's 1,152 for 2025 and the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office's 43 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Montgomery County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,195 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 Montgomery County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Georgia Department of Corrections lists its inmates at gdc.georgia.gov/offender-info/find-offender.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Montgomery County?
Look on the custody page of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office at mcsojail.countygovservices.com. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Montgomery County jail?
About 14 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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.