The Toombs County Inmate Population
The official facility map for Toombs County points to one local detention facility: the Charles Durst Detention Center, also called the Toombs County Detention Center by the sheriff. The sheriff describes it as the primary holding facility for arrests made by the Toombs County Sheriff's Office, Lyons Police Department, Vidalia Police Department, and state agencies working in the county. No separate city jail, state prison, Bureau of Prisons facility, or ICE detention center was located in the official Toombs County sources reviewed.
The Toombs County inmate population is not one simple group. It can include a person waiting for first appearance, a misdemeanor sentence being served in the jail, a felony defendant waiting for transfer, a probation or parole hold, an out-of-county hold, a bench warrant, or an immigration hold while the person is still in local custody. The public roster is useful because it shows these hold reasons in plain custody terms, but it is a current-jail tool. After transfer to the Georgia Department of Corrections, BOP, or ICE custody, a different locator must be used.
Toombs County Inmate Population Statistics
The strongest local inmate-population figures are the jail's rated capacity and a point-in-time current roster count. The sheriff's detention page identifies the Charles Durst Detention Center as a 220-bed facility. The inspected public roster endpoint returned 161 current records on June 4, 2026. That count is a current-custody snapshot, not an official average daily population, annual booking count, or trend report.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Date |
|---|---|---|
| Rated bed capacity | 220 beds | Toombs sheriff detention page, inspected June 4, 2026 |
| Current public roster count | 161 records | Toombs Zuercher roster endpoint, inspected June 4, 2026 |
| Capacity use from that snapshot | About 73.2% | Calculated from 161 current records and 220 beds |
| Average daily population | Not located | No official ADP report was found in the research file |
| Annual bookings | Not located | Toombs HB 1105 page did not expose text values during inspection |
Toombs County Inmate Population Trends
Trend data should not be built from a single daily roster count. The research found the sheriff's HB 1105 quarterly jail report page and high-authority population sources, but no official Toombs average daily population table, annual bookings table, average length-of-stay figure, or multi-year jail population report was available in the captured text. The correct reading is narrow: the official roster gave a live count for one date, and the sheriff page gave capacity.
That gap still helps explain how to read the Toombs County inmate population. A daily roster can fall when people post bond, receive a release order, transfer to another county, move into GDC custody, or leave on an ICE or federal transfer. It can rise after warrant sweeps, weekend bookings, probation actions, or court holds. The daily count is a custody status tool first. It is not the same thing as a policy trend.
| Year / Date | Count or ADP | Use |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-04 | 161 current roster records | Point-in-time current custody only |
| 2025 | Not located | HB 1105 page existed, but report figures were not text-visible |
| 2024 | Not located | No official ADP or annual booking table was located |
| 2023 | Not located | No official trend record was captured |
Who Makes Up Toombs County Custody
The roster configuration supports public filters for race and sex, and it displays age rather than a full date of birth. It does not provide a public demographic report. The usable local detail comes from the hold-reason data and from the sheriff's own description of who is held in the county jail. Toombs County custody can include new arrests, bench warrants, felony probation, misdemeanor probation, parole holds, court production, child support pickup orders, out-of-county holds, revoked bond, local sentences, and immigration holds.
- Pretrial detainees are people booked after arrest while the court case is still pending.
- Sentenced local inmates may be serving a jail sentence or waiting for state transfer.
- Probation and parole holds are custody entries based on supervision issues, not always new charges.
- Municipal arrestees from Lyons and Vidalia route to the county detention center under the sheriff's facility description.
- Other agency holds can involve another Georgia county, federal authorities, or the Department of Homeland Security.
Toombs County Jail Capacity
The 161-record roster snapshot was below the 220-bed rated capacity by 59 beds. That should not be treated as proof that crowding never occurs. Jail counts change each day, and no official Toombs overcrowding report, consent decree, death-in-custody summary, or jail inspection report was located in the research set. The sheriff's page does identify state-mandated services, including medical care, meals, and an online law library, and it lists mental-health, substance-abuse, and reentry resources for people held in the facility.
The Toombs County Sheriff's Office homepage is the main local source for sheriff operations, while the jail page is the source for capacity and facility role. The county's current officeholder listing identifies Sheriff Jordan Kight. Older jail material used Sheriff Kight or Alvie Kight Jr.; current build content should rely on the county listing for the current sheriff name.
Laws for Toombs County Jail Data
Georgia law shapes what jail records can be requested, what must be verified, and why some booking-photo information may not be published online. The local open-records form cites the Georgia Open Records Act, and state guidance says public records include paper records, photos, data fields, and computer-generated information kept by an agency unless an exemption applies. That supports requests for booking records, incident reports, jail data, and releasable photos, but it does not make every record public without redaction.
Key Statutes:
O.C.G.A. 50-18-70 et seq. covers Georgia public records and is cited on the Toombs sheriff open-records form.
O.C.G.A. 10-1-393.5 bars covered mugshot sites from charging removal fees and sets a 30-day removal rule for qualifying requests.
O.C.G.A. 35-3-37 is Georgia's record-restriction law for qualifying criminal history records.
O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 addresses identity verification and communication records for people confined in a jail or detention facility.
Toombs also maintains a Quarterly Jail Report HB 1105 page. The page shell was available during research, but the report figures were not exposed in captured text. That means the page can be named as a reporting channel, while actual foreign-born or immigration-status figures should not be invented.
Toombs County State Prison Search
No Georgia Department of Corrections state prison was located inside Toombs County. When a person sentenced from Toombs County moves to a GDC facility, the county roster may no longer be the right place to search. Use GDC Find an Offender for sentenced offenders in GDC custody. The GDC page says photos, if available, display automatically, and it tells users to verify information by written correspondence with Inmate Records and Information in Forsyth before relying on the data as complete.
Georgia.gov's offender search service page draws the same line: adult offenders in state custody are searched through GDC, while county jail searches require the county website. That distinction matters in Toombs County because the jail may hold a person while awaiting sentence or transfer, then the state locator becomes the better tool after the transfer occurs.
Search the Toombs County Inmate Population
The official county jail roster is the Toombs current inmates portal linked from the sheriff's detention page. The public app is current-custody oriented. Its configuration showed a single Name field, Race and Sex filters, and an In Custody On setting fixed to current inmates. It did not expose a public booking-number, date-of-birth, charge, cell-block, or release-date search field in the inspected configuration.
- Open the sheriff detention page and follow Current Inmates, or go directly to the Zuercher current inmates portal.
- Use the Name field with a full or partial name. The public filter does not split first and last name.
- Use Race or Sex only when the name search is broad or spelling is uncertain.
- Read the row for name, race, sex, age, arrest date, and hold reasons.
- If no current result appears, call detention administration, file an open-records request, or search GDC, BOP, ICE, or VINE based on the likely custody path.
Toombs County Roster Lookup Fields
The roster fields are more limited than many users expect, but the returned hold-reason detail can be rich. The public row can show a statute, warrant number, bond type, bond amount, setting source, and court context inside the hold-reason text. The app internally has cell-block and held-for-agency settings, but those were not public filters in the inspected roster configuration.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Text | No | Searches the name string; results display names last name first. |
| Race | Dropdown | No | Active options include American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, Unknown, and White. |
| Sex | Dropdown | No | Active options include Female, Male, and Unknown. |
| In Custody On | Date/current setting | Fixed | Configured for today's current inmates, not a historical booking archive. |
The sheriff detention page also names the Charles Durst Detention Center and links the roster source. The image below shows the official detention page that points readers toward the roster and jail information.
That source ties the public roster to the county jail, not to a state prison or federal detention system.
Past Toombs County Inmate Records
The inspected roster is built for current inmates. Released people, older booking reports, full incident reports, certified copies, and records tied to a past arrest should be requested through the sheriff's open-records process or the court clerk, depending on the record. For a jail booking record, the request should identify the person's name, arrest date, any warrant or citation number, and the exact record sought.
The sheriff's open records page gives a web form, email, fax, and records contacts. The printable form cites the Georgia Open Records Act and lets the requester select inspection, audio and printout, printout only, or premise history only. It also has copy options for certified or notarized copies and delivery choices for email, pickup, or mail. No local fee schedule was printed in the captured form, so cost questions should go to the records unit before requesting formal copies.
What Toombs County Records Show
A Toombs County inmate record is best read as a custody record, not a final court finding. The hold-reason field is the key local detail. It can show New Charge, Bench Warrant, Felony Probation, State Court Misdemeanor Probation, Parole Hold, Out of County, IMMIGRATION HOLD, Revoked Bond, Court Production, No Bond, and other custody reasons. Those entries help locate the next office to call.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Current inmate name, usually displayed last name first. |
| Race / Sex / Age | Public demographic fields; age is shown instead of full date of birth. |
| Arrest Date | Date tied to the current booking or hold entry. |
| Hold Reasons | Charges, warrants, court holds, probation or parole holds, bond data, and agency holds. |
| Warrant or Statute | Identifiers may appear inside the hold-reason text. |
| Mugshot | The field existed in data, but inspected public records returned blank values. |
County Jail vs State Prison
Most search errors come from using the right name in the wrong system. Charles Durst Detention Center holds the local Toombs County jail population. GDC handles state prison custody after transfer. BOP handles designated federal custody. ICE ODLS handles people detained by ICE. A Toombs roster entry can show an immigration hold while the person is still physically held at the county jail, but that does not make the jail an ICE detention facility.
| Custody Type | Where to Search | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| Current county jail | Toombs current inmates roster | People physically in local custody at Charles Durst Detention Center. |
| Sentenced state prison | Georgia Department of Corrections locator | Offenders currently in GDC facilities after transfer. |
| Federal prison | BOP Inmate Locator | People in BOP custody or released from BOP custody. |
| ICE detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator System | ICE detainees searched by A-number or biographical details. |
Toombs County Detention Facilities
Only one local detention facility was resolved from the Facility Map. The county jail page should not be split into separate Lyons or Vidalia jail pages because the sheriff says the county detention center is the primary holding facility for those municipal arrests. State, federal, and immigration channels remain important, but they are lookup systems after transfer or for custody outside the local jail.
- Charles Durst Detention Center holds Toombs County sheriff arrests, Lyons and Vidalia municipal arrests, state-agency arrests in the county, probation and parole holds, and people awaiting transfer.
Toombs County Inmate Population FAQ
How large is the Toombs County inmate population?
The public roster returned 161 current records on June 4, 2026, and the sheriff lists 220 beds at the Charles Durst Detention Center. That is a daily custody snapshot, not an annual average.
How do I search Toombs County inmates?
Use the official current inmates roster linked from the sheriff detention page. Search by the single Name field, then narrow with Race or Sex if needed.
Where are released Toombs County inmates listed?
The inspected roster is current-custody oriented. For released or older booking records, use the sheriff's open-records process and include names, dates, and case or warrant numbers.
Does Toombs County have a state prison?
No state prison was located in official Toombs sources. Search GDC after a sentenced person transfers from the county jail into state custody.