Pierce County Jail Overview
Pierce County Jail, also described on local sheriff pages as the detention center, is operated by the Pierce County Sheriff's Office. County and sheriff sources name Ramsey Bennett as sheriff. The facility is the mapped local custody site for Pierce County. Official sources reviewed did not confirm a separate county work-release center, regional jail, city jail, state prison, federal prison, or ICE facility physically in Pierce County. Blackshear and Patterson police arrests can still route into the county jail during the booking process, so the Pierce County Jail roster is the local place to check for current county custody.
The facility holds a mixed county-jail population. Research sources describe pretrial detainees, county-sentenced inmates, state-sentenced inmates awaiting transfer, and other holds reported through the Georgia Sheriffs' Association jail report. The Georgia Department of Corrections location page lists Pierce County Jail as a county jail, which means it should not be searched like a state prison unless the person has moved into GDC custody after sentencing.
The sheriff's detention center page gives the most local description of jail operations. It lists Classification, Housing Unit, Identification, Intake, Release, Inmate Property, Bonding, Inmate Commissary, Data Entry, Records Retention, Visitation, and Transport Control as jail functions. That operating list matters because a jail record is not just a name on a roster. It may involve intake, property, bond, medical screening, court movement, release, and records retention.
The official detention center page is a directly relevant Pierce County Jail source.
The Pierce County Sheriff's detention center page describes jail care, custody, intake, housing, commissary, visitation, and transport functions.
Those listed functions support the intake, lookup, visitation, medical-care, and records sections below.
Pierce County Jail Population
The strongest current population source in the research is the Georgia Sheriffs' Association monthly jail report. For May 2026, the report lists Pierce County with 165 permanent beds and 111 inmates. That is reported as 67.3 percent of capacity. The same May 2026 report lists 3 state-sentenced inmates, 107 awaiting trial, 2 serving county sentence, and 21 other inmates. The category fields are reported fields and should be read as the report gives them, not forced to balance like a simple arithmetic chart.
Vera's county incarceration dataset also uses 165 rated capacity for Pierce County in 2024 through 2026. Its yearly jail-population rows show 111.5 in 2024, 119.25 in 2025, and 131 in 2026. Those figures are useful for trend context, while the Georgia Sheriffs' Association May 2026 report is the cleaner current count for a facility page. A county commission agenda packet also referenced 132 inmates as of May 4, 2026, which shows why population should be treated as a point-in-time figure. The broader Pierce County inmate population overview places those figures in the county lookup context.
Lookup Pierce County Jail Inmates
Current local custody is searched through the sheriff-linked Pierce County Inmate Information roster. The roster is hosted through OffenderIndex and is linked from the sheriff's site as "Inmate Search." It is free to view and has tabs for current inmates, bookings over the last 24 hours, and inmates by booking date. The roster supports first-name and last-name search fields, booking-date range controls, Search and Clear buttons, and a current-inmates grid with pagination. A more detailed roster-field walkthrough belongs with the Pierce County jail inmate records lookup material.
The county jail roster is the right lookup channel for people held at Pierce County Jail before trial, after a fresh booking, while serving a short county sentence, or while waiting on bond or transfer. It is not the final source for prison custody. If the person has been sentenced and transferred to state prison, use GDC Find an Offender. For release notices, use Georgia VINELink. For federal custody, use the BOP inmate locator. For immigration custody, use ICE Online Detainee Locator.
- Open the Pierce County Inmate Information roster and choose current inmates, 24-hour bookings, or booking date.
- Search by first name, last name, or booking-date range when those fields fit the situation.
- Confirm that the displayed record is tied to Pierce County Jail custody rather than another system.
- Review the available profile fields for charges, bond, arrest date, jail days, sentence, visitation, age, ID, or location if populated.
The roster template supports a photo area, but the Pierce County configuration reviewed for the research file set public photos to false. Booking photo access has separate Georgia rules, while the roster remains the current custody tool.
The official sheriff-linked inmate search is the local roster source for Pierce County Jail inmates and recent bookings.
The tabs shown in the roster screenshot match the current-inmate and booking-date lookup channels described in the research.
Pierce County Jail Contacts
The main jail contact information comes from the GDC location page and Pierce County sheriff sources. Use the jail phone for custody, visitation, mail, money, and arrival questions. Use sheriff administration or the report records contact when the question is about a copy of a report or a records request rather than immediate custody status. Published public contacts vary by page and unit, so the contact card separates the jail number from sheriff administration numbers.
Pierce County Jail
300 Pierce Industrial Boulevard
Blackshear, GA 31516
(912) 449-2012
Jail information line. Lobby and counter hours were not published in the reviewed sources.
Pierce County Sheriff's Office
300 Pierce Industrial Boulevard
Blackshear, GA 31516
(912) 449-2011
Sheriff and jail operator. Some county directory entries list administration at (912) 449-2100.
Pierce County Jail Visits
Pierce County Jail visits follow the housing-cell schedule posted by the sheriff's office. Picture ID is required. The official rules say convicted felons and anyone incarcerated in the detention center within the last year are disqualified from visitation. Visit time is 15 minutes for the inmate. If more than one person visits, those visitors split the same 15-minute period. The posted process may be amended at any time and is subject to facility conditions.
| Day | Housing / Cell | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | A Cell | 7:30 PM |
| Tuesday | C Cell | 7:30 PM |
| Wednesday | D Cell | 7:30 PM |
| Thursday | E Cell | 7:30 PM |
| Friday | B Cell | 7:30 PM |
The Pierce County visitation page is the source for the cell-block schedule and visitor eligibility rules.
The schedule is cell based, so the inmate's assigned housing unit matters before a visitor travels to the jail.
The sheriff also publishes visitor dress-code rules and visit-denial reasons. Visits may be denied for refusal to show ID, disruptive or dangerous conduct, attempted contraband, recent disruptive behavior at the facility, appearing under the influence, inappropriate dress, or the inmate refusing the visit. Clothing rules bar several revealing items, including thin straps, sleeveless tops, tube tops, halters, exposed midriffs, sheer clothing, short skirts or shorts more than two inches above the knee, and suggestive clothing.
Note: Confirm the inmate's housing cell and the current visit status with the jail before leaving for Blackshear.
Pierce County Jail Mail
The official Pierce County pages reviewed in the research file did not publish a jail mail-address format, inmate phone vendor, video-visit vendor, money-deposit vendor, or deposit fee table. Commissary, accounting, bonding, and inmate property are listed as jail functions, but no public vendor instructions were found. Do not assume Securus, JPay, MoneyGram, or another brand for Pierce County Jail. Those state-prison services can apply to Georgia Department of Corrections facilities, but GDC rules are separate from county jail procedures.
| Service | Pierce County Jail Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail address | No official inmate mail format was located. Call the jail before sending mail. |
| Phone or video | No county jail vendor was documented in the reviewed official sources. |
| Money deposit | No Pierce County Jail deposit vendor or fee table was published in the reviewed sources. |
| Commissary | Commissary is listed as a jail function, but public ordering rules were not found. |
For any inmate mail or money question, use the jail contact card and ask for the current name format, allowed items, money-posting method, and cutoff times. County jail rules can change faster than court or roster pages. Mail sent with an incomplete name, wrong ID format, or prohibited item may be delayed or returned.
Pierce County Jail Booking
Booking is the intake record created after arrest. Pierce County's detention page does not publish a full booking manual, but it lists the local functions that support the process: Identification, Intake, Release, Classification, Housing Unit, Inmate Property, Bonding, Data Entry, Records Retention, Visitation, and Transport Control. In practical terms, an arrestee is brought to the jail, identified, entered into jail data systems, screened, assigned property handling, and moved into classification and housing if not released quickly.
Medical screening is part of local intake. The detention center page states that medical staff are available around the clock to assess incoming arrestees and dispense medication. Seriously ill inmates, or inmates needing surgery or hospitalization, are transported to Mayo Healthcare System in Waycross. That detail is local and important. It means an arrestee may be temporarily absent from the jail building for hospital care while still tied to a county custody process.
Charges on the jail roster are booking-side entries. Formal court records may later show a different charge status after a prosecutor files, amends, reduces, dismisses, or moves a case forward. Magistrate Court handles arrest and search warrants and preliminary hearings. State Court handles misdemeanor and traffic matters. Superior Court handles felony criminal cases. The court record, not the jail roster, controls final disposition and certified copies.
Pierce County Jail Bonding
Pierce County's official Bonds and Property page explains several release methods. Cash bond requires cash in the full bond amount. Checks and credit cards are not accepted, and the surety named on the receipt must appear in the Clerk's Office for return of money when court appearance terms are met. Property bond must use Pierce County property, and everyone listed on the warranty deed and tax receipt must appear to sign with required documents and government photo ID.
Out-of-county property bonds must be prepared by the sheriff of the county where the property is located. The page also states that bonds from a licensed bonding company of another county are not acceptable. Professional bonds must be posted through a professional bonding company registered or authorized by the Pierce County Sheriff's Office. Multiple charges may mean multiple bonds and added surcharges.
| Bond Item | Published Pierce County Detail |
|---|---|
| Cash bond | Full cash amount. Checks and credit cards are not accepted. |
| Property bond | Pierce County property, current tax bill, warranty deed, and all listed owners present. |
| Out-of-county property | Prepared by the sheriff where the property is located. |
| Bond fee | Non-refundable $20.00 bond fee per bond instrument written. |
| Professional bond fee | Georgia law allows up to 12% for bonds no more than $10,000 and up to 15% above $10,000. |
The sheriff's Bonds and Property page is the source for Pierce County cash, property, out-of-county property, and professional bond instructions.
The bond page is especially important because it lists local document rules and fee details that are not shown on the inmate roster.
Pierce County Jail Care
Pierce County's detention page says the jail provides medical, basic dental, and mental-health care to inmates as needed. It also says the jail is responsible for care, custody, control, protection of inmate rights, inmate programs, and medical services. The research file did not locate a detailed public medical request form, grievance procedure, PREA audit, accreditation page, or reentry program list for the facility. Those missing items should not be filled with generic claims.
The official page gives one concrete hospital pathway. Seriously ill inmates and inmates needing surgery or hospitalization are transported to Mayo Healthcare System in Waycross. The same detention page discusses communicable-disease exposure and employee health concerns such as tuberculosis and contagious diseases, which shows that jail operations account for disease risk in custody. Chaplain services are also identified through sheriff navigation, but detailed program schedules were not published in the reviewed sources.
Note: For medication, hospital, or mental-health concerns, call the jail and ask for the current medical communication procedure.
Pierce County Jail Records
When a roster record is missing, stale, or incomplete, use the sheriff's open-records request page. The local form states that an Open Records Request does not have to be in writing, but the form helps the agency fulfill the request accurately. It cites the Georgia Open Records Act and allows a requester to ask for records within three business days if available and not exempt. If records cannot be produced within that time, the agency should provide a timetable.
The same form cites O.C.G.A. 50-18-71 for administrative and copying fees. It notes copying is generally $0.10 per page unless county policy provides otherwise, and staff time may be charged at the hourly rate of the lowest-paid full-time employee with the needed skill after the first fifteen minutes. Use jail records requests for booking records, jail records, or photos not shown online. Use the Clerk of Court or PeachCourt for filed charges, dispositions, and certified court copies.
- Booking
- The jail intake record created after arrest.
- Bond
- Security posted to support release and court appearance.
- Detainer
- A hold or request from another agency.
- Classification
- The jail's housing and security assessment process.
Pierce County Jail Arrival
Pierce County Jail is in Blackshear, the county seat, near the sheriff's office and public-safety complex. The exact address for maps is 300 Pierce Industrial Boulevard, Blackshear, GA 31516. Official sources reviewed did not publish cross streets, parking rates, public-transit routes, ADA entrance details, or visitor-entry-door instructions. Visitors should confirm parking, entry location, ID requirements, and visit status before arrival.
Use extra care when the trip involves visitation or bond. A visit can be denied for ID, dress, conduct, contraband, facility conditions, or the inmate refusing the visit. Bonding may require cash, a property tax record, a warranty deed, all owners appearing, or a registered professional bonding company. A short call to the jail can prevent a wasted trip when housing, bond status, or visitation conditions have changed.