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Douglas County custody and Sheriff reporting contacts

Confirm adult Sheriff custody, keep the active jail separate from courts and other systems, and use the correct operational, complaint or urgent-reporting contact.

Douglas County jail information Emergency? Call 911. Agency lines below are non-emergency numbers.
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Douglas County Sheriff

County sheriff’s office. The jail is usually a Sheriff facility, not the arresting station.

Booking, bond and release questions go to the jail, not the arresting agency. Confirm where the person is before you act.

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Douglas County custody and Sheriff reporting contacts

Sources reviewed

Current adult Sheriff custody at 8470 Earl D. Lee Boulevard, Douglasville, Georgia. The 8472 task address, former 6840 W. Church jail, youth, state prison, municipal, court, supervision, transitional, federal/ICE and contract systems are kept separate.

  1. Confirm custody

    Use the Sheriff-linked roster; save the booking number and recheck before every transaction.

  2. Choose the task address

    8470 is the active campus; 8472 is the published legal-mail/books/money-order route; 6840 W. Church is closed.

  3. Resolve the open rule

    Jail 770-942-4333; visitation 678-486-1273 or 770-920-4917; GettingOut 866-516-0115.

PART 01

Find the person

Live custody, identity, addresses and responsible contacts.

Confirm live custody before acting

  1. Open the Sheriff-linked live inmate roster and search the full booked name, shorter surname and likely spellings. Save the booking number, housing/status, charges, bond and court data actually shown.
  2. If there is no match, check the Sheriff reports portal, then call the jail information line at 770-942-4333. Recent intake, release, hospital transport or transfer may not appear immediately.
  3. Ask the arresting agency whether booking is complete and whether the person moved to youth, state, federal/ICE, another county or medical custody.

The roster is live; this guide is not. Reconfirm before registering, depositing, mailing or traveling.

Sources: Douglas Sheriff: jail information and official lookup links · Official Zuercher live inmate roster · Official Douglas jail reports portal · Douglas County: jail phone 24/7

Use the correct Douglas custody identity

Addresses and systems are task-specific
IdentityMeaningUse
Law Enforcement & Adult Detention Center, 8470 Earl D. Lee Blvd.Active Sheriff adult county jail and main campus.Custody calls and current jail rules.
8472 Earl D. Lee Blvd.Current address the Sheriff publishes for legal mail, publisher books and mailed money orders, with inmate name and unit.Mail/order task only; not a second jail.
Former jail, 6840 W. Church St.Closed historic directory record.Never send mail, money or visitors.

The GDC page labels 8470 as a county jail. Housing state-sentenced people does not make it a separate state prison or automatically import state-prison rules. Youth, municipal arrest, court, probation, transitional, federal/ICE and contract systems remain separate.

Sources: Douglas Sheriff: active jail identity · Douglas Sheriff: task addresses · GDC: Douglas Sheriff LEADC is a county jail

Call the number that owns the task

Record the staff name, date and answer when the website leaves a rule open.

Sources: Douglas Sheriff: jail task contacts · Douglas County: important phone numbers

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PART 02

Protect health and rights

Medical/mental health, disability access, grievances and PREA.

Distinguish inmate grievances from outside complaints

The jail page provides a Jail Concern form: start with a supervisor; Captain Len Deese or First Lieutenant Keith Hayes follows up. Professional Standards accepts citizen concerns, including anonymous complaints, and any officer can receive/document one; it also publishes outcome notification and says an investigation file becomes requestable 10 days after completion.

Those channels do not publish or replace the resident's internal grievance form, deadline, emergency/medical appeal, receipt or retaliation protection. Ask jail staff for the current inmate grievance steps and save dates/names. Use Professional Standards for staff-conduct escalation, not routine provider billing.

Sources: Douglas Sheriff: Jail Concern escalation · Douglas Sheriff: Office of Professional Standards · Douglas Sheriff: records requests

Ask for the current local PREA channel

No current official Douglas jail page reviewed here identifies a PREA coordinator, anonymous/third-party line, outside entity, victim advocate or audit. For immediate danger call 911. Otherwise call 770-942-4333, clearly say the concern involves sexual abuse, harassment or retaliation in custody, and ask for the PREA reporting route and evidence-preservation/medical instructions.

Do not investigate, confront anyone or send sensitive details through monitored messages. Keep the date, staff name and reference number. Professional Standards may document staff misconduct, but it is not presented as the complete PREA mechanism.

Sources: Douglas Sheriff: jail contact and reviewed PREA publication gap · Douglas Sheriff: Professional Standards complaints

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Original directory record & nearby facilities Open preserved information

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.

Sheriff's office (2)

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.

Douglas County Sheriff

Sheriff's office
Covers
County sheriff’s office. The jail is usually a Sheriff facility, not the arresting station.
Custody
Arrests here usually book into the county jail. Jail page

From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.

Douglas County Sheriff / Douglas County Jail

Sheriff's office · Douglasville
Address
6840 West Church Street
Douglasville, GA 30134
Directions
Phone
(770) 942-2121
Non-emergency. Emergency: 911.
Covers
County sheriff’s office. The jail is usually a Sheriff facility, not the arresting station.
Custody
Arrests here usually book into the county jail. Jail page

From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.

Sheriff stations and substations

Walk-in Sheriff offices for a community in this county. After-hours and in-progress calls go through 911.

Douglas County Sheriff - Lithia Precinct

Sheriff station · Austell
Address
1046 Oak Ridge Road
Austell, GA 30168
Directions
Covers
Sheriff station or substation for a community 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.

Municipal police departments

These departments police that city. A local arrest still usually books into the county jail.

Douglasville Police Department

City police · Douglasville
Address
6730 Church Street
Douglasville, GA 30134
Directions
Covers
City police listed for Douglasville.

From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.

Other law-enforcement locations

Special jurisdictions, constables, marshals, and other listed public-safety agencies in this county.

Georgia Department Of Natural Resources Law Enforcement - Sweetwater Creek State Park

Law enforcement · Lithia Springs
Address
1750 Mount Vernon Road
Lithia Springs, GA 30122
Directions

From the law-enforcement directory inventory. Not yet checked against the agency's own page; confirm the number before relying on it.

Clear information.
Clear boundaries.

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.

Is the sheriff's office the same as the jail?

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.

How do I find out which department made the arrest?

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.

Can these agencies tell me if someone is in custody?

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.

What if a listing needs correcting?

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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