Find Rabun County Detention Center Inmates

Rabun County Detention Center Overview

Rabun County Detention Center is the primary and only local detention facility identified in the Rabun County facility map. It is operated by the Rabun County Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff Mark Gerrells. The official county Jail Division page states that the sheriff has the responsibility of being the county's official jailer, which matches Georgia county-jail law. The jail is a county detention center, not a state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention facility.

The detention center holds pretrial detainees, county-sentenced inmates, state-sentenced inmates who remain in county custody while awaiting transfer or other processing, other agency holds, and work-detail participants. The sheriff's jail information page says the jail division handles safe confinement, health, welfare, inmate rights, accurate records and reporting, GCIC and Uniform Crime Reporting compliance, and the inmate work-detail program. Security classification beyond "county detention center / local jail" was not separately published in the official material.

The facility is documented on the official Rabun County Jail Division page and on the sheriff's newer jail information page.

The captured sheriff page supports the facility's local custody role and family-facing jail information, while current custody status still needs confirmation through official sheriff channels.

Rabun County Detention Center Population

The Rabun County Detention Center has a published rated capacity of 102 beds. The Georgia Sheriffs' Association May 2026 jail report listed Rabun with 121 inmates and 102 beds, which the report displayed as 118.6% occupancy. That monthly figure is a snapshot reported through the statewide county jail reporting system, not an average daily population. It still shows that the detention center was above rated capacity in that report month.

The May 2026 population row matters for lookup work because the jail population is not made up of one custody type. Most people in that snapshot were awaiting trial, while some were county-sentenced, state-sentenced, or in another reported category. A person sentenced to state prison may remain locally for a time, but after GDC transfer the Rabun County Detention Center is no longer the right place to search.

The May 2026 reporting source is shown in this image from the Georgia Sheriffs' Association county jail report.

Use that report for population context, not for a name-by-name Rabun County inmate lookup.

Look Up Rabun County Detention Center Inmates

The old county-linked InterOp roster is removed, so Rabun County Detention Center lookup starts with a restoration check and then moves to sheriff phone or records channels. The former InterOp shell showed labels for Search for an Inmate, Current Inmates, 24 Hours Arrests, and Inmates by Arrest Date, but the page displayed that it was removed per the sheriff's office during the June 4, 2026 inspection. No live profiles were available.

1. Check the county-linked InterOp roster page only to see whether it has been restored.
2. If it remains removed, call the sheriff and detention center main number at (706) 782-3612.
3. Give the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, arresting agency, and approximate arrest date.
4. For written records, use the sheriff open-records request process through Captain Cody Sanders.
5. If state prison custody is possible, use the GDC offender query instead of the local jail roster.

Rabun County Detention Center does not replace federal or immigration locators. Use the BOP inmate locator for federal sentenced custody and the ICE Online Detainee Locator for ICE civil immigration custody. The sheriff jail-info page includes Criminal Alien Track and Report Act reports, but those reports do not prove that the jail is an ICE contract detention facility.

Rabun County Detention Center Contact

Use the detention center address for jail visits, money orders, and facility-specific custody matters. The sheriff's administrative office is also on Boen Creek Road but at a different street number, so visitors should confirm the destination before traveling. The county seat and courts are in Clayton, while the jail is in Tiger.

The county government page lists Sheriff Mark Gerrells and jail/support services leadership, including Major Beth Darnell. Major-level and direct staff numbers may help for administrative routing, but the detention center main number is the published public contact for routine custody checks.

Rabun County Detention Center Visitation

Rabun County Detention Center visitation is organized by housing block. Each inmate receives one 30-minute visit per visitation day. Visitors enter through the visitation lobby, register with the control officer, and are subject to search. Food, drink, tobacco products, and cell phones are not allowed inside. Visitors should leave overcoats, purses, umbrellas, and similar items in the vehicle. Anyone arriving after the first 10 minutes of the scheduled start time is not allowed to visit.

The official inmate visitation page links the visitation rules and schedule. Remote video visitation is offered by Combined Public Communications through InmateSales. The located official pages did not publish a separate attorney visitation rule, phone-rate table, tablet policy, or visitor parking map.

Rabun County Jail Money

The official Rabun materials document money-order and commissary deposit options more clearly than general mail rules. A money order may be mailed to Rabun County Detention Center at the jail address, but it must include the inmate's name and I.D. number. A full personal mail policy, book policy, scan-mail policy, legal-mail policy, or banned-items list was not found in the located official sources.

Confirm custody before sending money. A person may be released, moved to another jurisdiction, or transferred to GDC custody after state sentencing. In those cases, the Rabun County Detention Center money path may no longer be the correct one.

Rabun County Detention Center Bond

The detention center FAQs identify four bond paths: Rabun County property bond, transfer property bond from another county, cash bond, and bonding company or bondsman bond. They also state that all county bonds carry a $20.00 county bond fee, paid in correct cash. Bond status can change based on the charge, court of jurisdiction, warrants, probation or parole issues, and holds from other jurisdictions.

For bonds over $10,000, proof of equity is required for a property bond. The FAQ says a mortgage company can provide proof. Families should also ask whether any additional Rabun County warrant, outside hold, no-bond order, probation violation, or parole issue prevents release before paying or gathering property documents.

Rabun County Jail Intake Records

Rabun County does not publish a detailed intake handbook, but the official jail sources identify the basic jail duties. Jailers receive people into custody, maintain confinement, health, safety, welfare, and inmate rights, and keep records tied to GCIC and Uniform Crime Reporting requirements. A person may be brought in by the sheriff, Georgia State Patrol, a local police department, or another authorized agency.

Intake likely includes identity confirmation, charge documentation, property handling, medical or safety screening, housing classification, bond processing, and court routing. Booking photos and fingerprints are typical jail intake functions, but Rabun did not publish a current online booking-photo roster. For a custody record or booking document, use sheriff open records and identify the person, arrest date, case number if known, arresting agency, and record type.

Pretrial detainee

A person held while charges are pending and before final conviction or sentencing.

County-sentenced inmate

A person serving a local sentence in the county jail.

State-sentenced inmate

A person sentenced to state custody who may remain in county jail until transfer or processing is complete.

Other hold

A custody category that may involve another agency or jurisdiction and can affect release.

Rabun County Custody Distinctions

Rabun County Detention Center is not listed as a GDC state prison, BOP federal prison, or ICE detention facility. A person convicted in Rabun County can still move into one of those systems after a local case. Once that happens, the county jail phone line may confirm only that the person is no longer held locally, while the outside locator gives the next custody record.

VINELink can also support custody notifications in Georgia where the person and facility are available in the system. It is a notification tool, not a replacement for the sheriff's custody confirmation or a court record search.

Rabun County Jail Operations

Official sources do not publish the construction year, renovation history, housing-unit bed counts, medical unit details, accreditation status, grievance forms, or a full inmate handbook for Rabun County Detention Center. What they do publish is still useful: the 102-bed capacity, A-F Block visitation structure, work-detail program, GCIC and UCR compliance, and sheriff responsibility for inmate safety, health, welfare, and rights.

The jail's exact release dates are not public information. The detention FAQ gives practical reasons: a person may have pending Rabun County warrants or a hold for charges in another jurisdiction. That means a family member should confirm custody, bond status, and holds before traveling, sending funds, or assuming release will occur when one local charge is resolved.