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Confirm the holding agency and use the current adult-jail, staff-complaint or PREA channel. Municipal police, youth and Georgia state custody remain separate.
Booking, bond and release questions go to the jail, not the arresting agency. Confirm where the person is before you act.
JAIL411 / FAMILY FIELD GUIDE
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DeKalb County Sheriff's adult jail at 4425 Memorial Drive only; youth, state, federal and municipal facilities remain separate.
Use the current-inmates index, not a court case alone.
Phone, video, messaging and trust funds are separate.
Personal mail, legal mail, jail, court and youth addresses differ.
Family video is remote; entrances and parking remain case-specific.
Custody lookup and adult/youth/state boundaries.
Use the Sheriff homepage’s Inmate Lookup. The current screen is labeled All current inmates and accepts a name or inmate ID. Optional controls filter by arrest-date range, age range and arresting agency; results show the name/ID, arrest date and time, age and arresting agency. Save the exact inmate ID before paying or mailing.
The separate Tyler judicial portal searches court records and hearings. A court case is not proof that the person remains in this jail. If the current-inmates search returns zero results, remove optional filters, confirm the spelling or ID, then call the 24-hour jail line at 404-298-8145. Ask whether booking is still processing or whether the person was released or transferred; a zero-result page alone does not answer that question. The old /app/ViewJailing/ route displayed “Page not found” during this review and should not be linked.
Sources: DeKalb County Sheriff home and current Inmate Lookup handoff · Sheriff-linked current inmate records search · DeKalb Tyler judicial portal · Sheriff contact and jail operations
DeKalb County Jail Services is the Sheriff’s adult detention operation at 4425 Memorial Drive, Decatur, GA 30032. The general information line is 404-298-8145 and operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Executive Offices at 4415 Memorial Drive are a separate destination; an older mail block on the Sheriff site also uses 4415, so do not treat every Memorial Drive address as interchangeable.
This guide does not cover DeKalb RYDC or Metro RYDC, which are Georgia youth facilities, or Helms, Metro Transitional Center or the former Metro State Prison identity, which belong to the state system. Chamblee and Doraville municipal records require their own status check. Confirm the current custodian before applying any rule below.
Sources: Sheriff contact and jail operations
Internal care requests, family escalation, OPS and PREA.
Keep the channels separate. A person in custody may send a medical grievance through the housing-unit kiosk. A complaint about staff may be sent to the Office of Professional Standards. A sexual-abuse or sexual-harassment report may be made through the jail's PREA channels, including by a third party.
Still unresolved: The Sheriff's public site does not state the deadline, response time or appeal path for a non-PREA grievance. The public material does not identify a separate outside confidential advocacy number used by this jail.
Sources: Public Services / PREA · Office of Professional Standards Comment Form · Prisons and Jail Standards, sections 115.51-115.54
This section preserves the earlier Jail411 directory information, including historical figures and contacts. Use the dated, sourced family guide above for the instructions covered there. Other local facilities have their own rules.
The sheriff is usually the police department for unincorporated areas and the operator of the county jail. An arresting station is usually not the holding facility.
From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.
These departments police that city. A local arrest still usually books into the county jail.
From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.
From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.
From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.
From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.
From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.
From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.
From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.
From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.
From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.
From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.
From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.
From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.
From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.
From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.
From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.
From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.
From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.
From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.
From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.
Campus police cover that campus only. Off-campus streets belong to the city police or the Sheriff.
From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.
From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.
Special jurisdictions, constables, marshals, and other listed public-safety agencies in this county.
From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.
From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.
From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.
From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.
From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.
Jail411 lists the public agencies that make arrests so families can find the right door. We are not a government agency, a police department or a live custody-records service.
Often the sheriff runs the county jail, but the jail is a separate facility with its own address, phone and rules. Open the jail page for booking, visiting, mail and money details.
Ask the person, check any paperwork or citation, or call the sheriff's non-emergency line. City arrests belong to that city's police; unincorporated areas and county roads usually belong to the sheriff; freeways usually belong to the state patrol.
The jail can. The arresting agency may confirm an arrest but does not hold the person. Call the jail's booking or information line first.
Send us the page and the detail that needs attention. Include the agency's official page when you have it. Do not send private booking documents or other sensitive personal information.
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