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Gordon County Jail Overview

Gordon County Jail, also identified by county sources as the Gordon County Justice Center, is operated by the Gordon County Sheriff's Office Judicial Bureau and Jail Division. The facility is the county jail for men and women charged with criminal offenses in Gordon County. It holds people awaiting court, people serving certain misdemeanor sentences of one year or less, and people waiting for transfer to state or federal custody. The county page states that juveniles are not housed at the jail and are transferred to juvenile detention in Rome or Dalton.

The official Gordon County jail page identifies the jail contact block, sheriff, jail administrator, address, phone, office hours, inmate link, and the county's 376-bed jail description.

That county source anchors the facility page facts, including the jail's role as the main county holding facility and the official route to the inmate roster.

The sheriff's Jail Division page adds operational detail. It says the current jail opened in May 2009 as an 81,000-square-foot detention facility and describes the inmate-information report as an automatic report from the in-house database. It also provides direct information for bonding, visitation, mail, commissary, inmate phone service, property, and booking records.

Gordon County Jail Capacity

Official county and sheriff sources list Gordon County Jail as a 376-bed facility. The Vera Incarceration Trends county dataset gives Gordon County jail population estimates of 266.25 for 2024, 279.5 for 2025, and 283 for 2026. Using the 2026 Vera figure and the official 376-bed capacity, the jail was about 75.3 percent of rated capacity. That utilization is a calculation from sourced figures, not a live jail count.

Look Up Gordon County Jail Inmates

The correct current-custody search for this facility is the Gordon County OffenderIndex inmate portal. It covers Gordon County Jail custody, not sentenced state-prison custody, BOP custody, or ICE detention. The sheriff states that the roster refreshes every 15 minutes. Public tabs include Current Inmates, Bookings Over Last 24 Hours, and Inmates by Booking Date. Photos were not displayed in the inspected Gordon configuration, even though the platform template supports a photo field.

1. Open the Gordon County OffenderIndex portal from the county jail page, sheriff Jail Division page, or direct roster link.
2. Use Current Inmates for a person believed to be in the jail now, then enter first name, last name, or both.
3. Use Bookings Over Last 24 Hours for recent arrests, or Inmates by Booking Date for a known booking date or range.
4. Review the profile for status, arrest date and time, arresting officer, total bond, charges, warrant number, statute, counts, court, sentence, and age.
5. If the person is not listed, call the jail operations line, visit the lobby for official jail business, file a records request, or search GDC, BOP, ICE ODLS, and VINELink as appropriate.

Gordon County Jail Contact

Gordon County publishes the jail address at the Justice Center in Calhoun. The county page lists a jail phone contact, while the sheriff Jail Division page provides the direct jail operations number for inmates, releases, bonds, and booking records. County office hours and sheriff lobby hours differ slightly in the official materials, so time-sensitive visits should be confirmed with the jail before travel.

Jail administration contacts in the research include Major Pat Bedford, Judicial Bureau Commander and Jail Administrator; Captain Dylan Nicholas, Jail Division Commander; and Lieutenant John Vick, Assistant Jail Division Commander for Jail Operations. The jail operations number is the practical contact for custody, release, bond, and booking-record questions.

Visit Gordon County Jail Inmates

Gordon County Jail visitation is video only. Remote visitation is through JailATM, and a JailATM account is required. Each inmate may have four remote sessions daily. On-site video visitation is limited to one visit per week, and the sheriff page states that there is no in-person contact visitation. Visits may be canceled, and visitors must follow identification, age, dress, conduct, and food or drink rules.

Visitors who are 18 or older must show photo identification. People under 18 must be accompanied by an adult, parent, or guardian. No more than three people may visit one inmate at a time. Visitors must dress appropriately, keep order, and keep food and drinks out of the visitation room.

Mail and Money at Gordon Jail

Personal mail is not mailed straight to the jail except for listed exceptions. The sheriff's official mail process sends regular personal mail to JailATM.com, where it is opened, scanned, and delivered electronically to the inmate. Legal mail, original business documents needed by the inmate, and books or magazines from a publisher or legitimate retail business go directly to Gordon County Jail.

The sheriff's page says all currency taken on admission is deposited into the Gordon County Inmate Commissary account and credited to the inmate. Before sending funds or mail, confirm that the person is still at Gordon County Jail and has not been released or transferred.

Gordon County Jail Booking

After arrest by the Sheriff's Office, Calhoun Police, Fairmount, Resaca, Georgia State Patrol, GBI, or another agency, a person may be transported to Gordon County Jail. Intake creates the jail record in the in-house database. The roster can show arrest date and time, arresting officer, booked status, charges, warrant number, statute, count, court, total bond, and sentence fields after jail processing and database update. The research did not locate an official promise that a new booking appears within a specific number of minutes after physical arrival.

Gordon County first appearances are conducted by video from the Jail Courtroom and are viewable in the Jail Lobby at scheduled times. The jail materials say first appearances occur Monday-Friday at about 2 p.m. and on weekends or other times as designated by the Magistrate Judge. Bonds and bond conditions are set at that hearing when allowed by law.

Bond rules are local and detailed. Cash bonds require exact U.S. currency, and the jail cannot make change. A $20 exact-cash bond fee applies for each person being bonded out. Gordon County Jail does not accept cash bonds for Calhoun City cases; those cash bonds must be paid at City of Calhoun Municipal Court. Property bonds, transfer bonds, and professional surety bonds have separate rules, and jail staff cannot recommend a bonding company.

About Gordon County Jail

The Gordon County Sheriff's Jail Division page describes the jail mission as providing a safe and secure environment for Gordon County citizens and inmates while following federal and state laws and standards. Local program details found in the research include inmate labor for litter control on county and state rights-of-way, family-contact systems through JailATM and Pay Tel, commissary through Legacy Commissary Services, and property pickup rules for inmates transferred to Georgia DOC.

The Gordon County Sheriff's Office Jail Division page is the official operations source for bonding, video visitation, mail, commissary, inmate phone, property, and roster refresh details.

The sheriff source fills in the day-to-day rules that the county jail contact page does not spell out, including video visitation, JailATM mail scanning, and Pay Tel phone service.