This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody or release, post bond, release anyone, or retrieve an official booking record.
Official Clarke County Contacts
Contact the office that created the record. The Clarke County Jail handles local custody, while the sheriff's open-records officer handles official jail booking and release requests. Athens-Clarke County Corrections uses a separate records route for its correctional institution. State-offender status belongs to the Georgia Department of Corrections, and felony supervision questions belong to the Department of Community Supervision.
Clarke County Sheriff's Office
325 E. Washington Street, Suite 125
Athens, GA 30601
Phone: 706-613-3250
Fax: 706-613-3255
Email: sheriff@accgov.com
Clarke County Jail
3015 Lexington Road
Athens, GA 30605
Jail phone: 706-613-3270
Jail Operations: 762-400-8001
Assistant Jail Commander: 762-400-8002
Sheriff Open Records
Shannon Brown
P.O. Box 1868, Athens, GA 30603
Physical address: 325 E. Washington Street, Room 100, Athens, GA 30601
Phone: 762-400-8013
Fax: 706-613-3453
Email: sheriff_orr@accgov.com
Police/Corrections Open Records
3035 Lexington Road
Athens, GA 30605
Phone: 762-400-7000
Fax: 706-613-3348
Use the Athens-Clarke County Open Records Request page for the online form.
Athens-Clarke County Corrections Department
2825 County Farm Road
Athens, GA 30601
Phone: 706-613-3400
Fax: 706-613-3404
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Georgia Department of Corrections
Use GDC Find an Offender for a state prisoner or state release date. This search does not replace the Clarke County Jail roster for a local booking.
DCS Athens Field Office
171 Old Epps Bridge Road
Athens, GA 30606
Phone: 706-369-6000
Fax: 706-403-2415
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Choose the path that matches the question:
- For a named person or an official release record, start with the full search and records-request steps on the home page.
- For parole, felony probation, or local misdemeanor probation, use Post-Release Supervision.
- For the county's short-window sources, review 24-Hour Releases, which explains why Clarke County has no dedicated release feed.
- For timing or alerts, compare the Release Date Lookup with the VINE Inmate Check.
- For one custody location, select the matching detention or agency page in the footer.
- For a sentenced Georgia prisoner, use GDC Find an Offender rather than the county jail list.
- For federal prison or immigration detention, use the official BOP or ICE locator shown in the facility list.
We cannot see private agency systems, confirm that someone physically left a facility, or supply a certified record. Only the responsible government office can make that confirmation.