This is a private reference service, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. For a current answer or a copy of a record, contact the agency that created or maintains it.
Where to Ask for Records
Use the office that matches the question. BCSO operates the county jail and current inmate list. Alma Police Department handles municipal police reports. The county clerk’s public-record form is a general county route, while the courts and Georgia Department of Corrections answer later stages.
Bacon County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff Andy Batten
307 South Dixon Street
Alma, GA 31510
Main: (912) 632-8515
Jail: (912) 632-5166
Fax: (912) 632-4566
Published office hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern. Division contacts identify the jail administrator and office lines.
Alma Police Department
102 South Thomas Street
Alma, GA 31510
(912) 632-8751
Fax: (912) 632-7164
Beth Fowler is identified as office manager and senior records clerk.
Bacon Clerk of Superior Court
502 West 12th Street, Suite 200
Alma, GA 31510
(912) 632-4915
Ask for a docket or certified disposition when a definitive court result is needed.
For a booking sheet or existing identification photograph, identify the person, approximate date, Bacon County Jail, and inmate ID if known. Ask BCSO which Open Records Act route should receive the request. The sheriff’s incident-report form is not expressly labeled as a booking-photo request.
- For a current inmate or booking field, use the county roster and records page.
- For a city incident report, contact Alma Police Department and use its city open-records path.
- For a warrant question, contact BCSO and use the sheriff’s wanted and warrant information. A person affected by a warrant should contact counsel or the issuing court.
- For recent custody information, check the BCSO inmate page and call the jail when release or transfer matters.
- For a state-sentenced record or available offender photo, use the Georgia Department of Corrections search.
- For a federal prisoner, use the BOP locator or the responsible USMS or holding facility contact.
- For immigration custody, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator; it is not a booking-photo service.