Madison County Jail Overview
Madison County Jail is operated by the Madison County Sheriff's Office from the Highway 98 West sheriff and jail complex in Danielsville. The Georgia Department of Corrections lists the facility as a county jail location, and the sheriff's jail page describes it as the Jail Division responsible for safe custody, bond processing, court transport, medical and dental transport, and transport to state detention facilities.
The jail holds pretrial detainees, county-sentenced inmates, city inmates, state-sentenced inmates waiting for transport, and people ordered incarcerated by Superior Court. Madison County's official jail page adds a key housing limit: male inmates are housed in-house, while female inmates are housed by agreement with other local facilities for long-term housing because the jail cannot house females long-term.
The GDC Madison County Jail location page confirms the facility address and primary phone.
That state listing supports the local sheriff information and helps distinguish this facility from GDC state prisons.
Madison County Jail Population
The May 2026 Georgia Sheriffs' Association Jail Report listed Madison County Jail with 74 inmates, 96 permanent beds, and 77.1% of permanent capacity. The sheriff's own jail page stated an average daily population of 77 inmates. Use the GSA number as a dated monthly report and the sheriff number as the agency's stated average.
| Population Measure | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Average daily population | 77 inmates | Sheriff jail page |
| Report-month count | 74 inmates | GSA Jail Report, May 2026 |
| Awaiting trial | 44 inmates | GSA Jail Report, May 2026 |
| Serving county sentence | 2 inmates | GSA Jail Report, May 2026 |
| State-sentenced in county jail | 0 inmates | GSA Jail Report, May 2026 |
Search Madison County Jail Inmates
The official Madison County Jail lookup is the OffenderIndex current jail population portal linked by the sheriff's office. The sheriff says the jail population list updates hourly and includes inmate name, charges, and bond amount when bond is available. The portal has tabs for current inmates, bookings over the last 24 hours, and inmates by booking date.
- Open the Madison County OffenderIndex roster.
- Use Current Inmates when the person should be held at Madison County Jail now.
- Enter first name, last name, or leave fields blank to browse the grid.
- Use Bookings Over Last 24 Hours for a new arrest.
- Use Inmates by Booking Date and Include Previous Inmates for older or released custody records.
- Call the jail before relying on a roster entry for bond, release, visitation, or travel.
If the person is not on the county jail roster, the right next search depends on custody type. Sentenced Georgia prisoners belong in the GDC Find an Offender locator after transfer. Federal prisoners use the BOP locator. Immigration custody uses ICE ODLS. VINELink can be used for custody notifications, but it does not replace direct jail or court confirmation.
Madison County Jail Address
Use the full Highway 98 West address for visits, records pickup, navigation, and correspondence questions. The sheriff's administrative office is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The division page directs after-hours deputy dispatch needs to the 911/Communications Center at 706-795-2101.
Madison County Jail
1436 Highway 98 West
Danielsville, GA 30633
(706) 795-6211
Sheriff administrative phone: (706) 795-6202
Open Records Administrator
Captain Brenan Baird
706-795-6403
bbaird@madisonco.us
Requests may be submitted through the sheriff's open-records form.
Visit Madison County Jail
Official Madison County Georgia sources reviewed for this build did not publish a general public visitation schedule, video visitation provider, attorney visit rule sheet, or dress code. The confirmed visit-related source is the minister request form. It states that a minister must submit the form, bring ID and a minister's license for prior verification, and wait for review before the visit date and time are confirmed by phone or email.
The Madison County minister visit request form shows the verified clergy visit process and contact fields.
Because ordinary visitation details were not published, visitors should call before travel and should not rely on another Madison County in another state.
| Visit Type | Schedule | Eligibility / ID |
|---|---|---|
| General personal visit | Not published in official Madison County GA sources reviewed | Call the jail before visiting. |
| Attorney visit | Not published in reviewed local sources | Confirm with the jail or court counsel channel. |
| Minister or clergy visit | By reviewed request and confirmed date/time | Government ID and minister's license required for prior verification. |
Madison County Jail Mail
Official Madison County Georgia sources reviewed did not publish a personal mail address format, mail vendor, book rule, phone provider, video provider, commissary vendor, money-deposit method, deposit limit, or fee schedule. Do not import policies from Madison County Alabama or another state. For current mail, phone, and money rules, call Madison County Jail or use the sheriff's open-records process if a written policy is needed.
| Service | Published Madison County GA Detail |
|---|---|
| Personal mail format | Not located in official sources reviewed. |
| Phone or video provider | Not located in official sources reviewed. |
| Commissary or money deposit | Not located in official sources reviewed. |
| Deposit fees | No official local fee schedule located. |
Madison County Jail Booking
Booking at Madison County Jail starts when an arresting agency brings a person into local custody or initiates jail processing. The public roster template shows the types of data that may be entered during or after intake: name, inmate ID, age, sex, height, weight, arrest date and time, arresting officer, booked status, charges, warrant number, counts, statute, court, sentence or release fields, and total bond.
The sheriff's jail page says the Jail Division processes bonds and transports inmates to court appearances, medical and dental facilities, and state detention facilities. It also states the jail has an on-staff nurse under a Medical Director and provides medical, mental-health, and religious services. The official sources do not publish a fixed booking duration or first-appearance timeline, so a new booking may require phone confirmation even when the roster updates hourly.
Madison County Jail Bond
Bond information may appear on the public roster when bond is available. The sheriff's jail page states that the current jail population list includes bond amount if bond is available, and the vendor template includes total bond. A bond amount on a roster entry should still be confirmed by phone because a hold, no-bond status, state sentence, warrant, probation issue, or other-agency detainer may stop release.
- Cash bond
- Money paid to secure release, if the court and jail allow it for that charge.
- Surety bond
- A bonding company posts bond for a fee, subject to local and charge-specific rules.
- Property bond
- Eligible property secures release. Madison County's official sources did not publish local processing rules.
- No-bond hold
- Payment will not release the person until a court or holding agency clears the hold.
Madison County Jail Services
The sheriff's jail page gives more operational detail than many local jail pages. It says the Jail Division operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with 12-hour rotating shifts. It identifies a full-time detention officer assigned to kitchen oversight and states that inmates are fed according to state laws. It also describes medical and mental-health care, religious services, security duties, escape prevention, and contraband prevention.
Program details such as GED classes, substance-abuse treatment, work release, reentry partnerships, grievance procedures, and accreditation were not located in official Madison County sources. Those gaps should be treated as unknowns, not as a reason to import generic jail programming claims.
Note: Confirm custody, bond, visitation, and mail rules with Madison County Jail before travel or payment.