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Jail Operations
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The Liberty County Jail is a modern facility that is currently
built to house a total of 250 inmates. The facility was designed to be easily
expanded to meet the growth of the County in the future. The building's design
allows for individual "pods" to be added as needed without having to close down
the facility or breach the security of the existing pod. The jail is manned 24
hours a day by a shift of trained and state certified correctional officers.
As one of the area's larger jails, we often house personnel detained for numerous other
jurisdictions including municipal, state and federal agencies. In addition to
the inmate detention pod and it's related functions, the building houses an
administrative area for the jail and the Detectives Office. The administrative
areas are separated from the secure jail area by electronically controlled
secure doors and is under constant surveillance of video cameras.
The facility includes an operational medical infirmary that is staffed by
a full time medical practioner. Routine medical treatment of inmates is
accomplished at the facility thereby reducing the cost to the tax payers. More
serious medical treatment is accomplished as needed by transporting the inmate
to local doctors and hospitals.
The facility also includes a fully equipped kitchen where meals are prepared
for the inmates. The meals are prepared by a contractor under the supervision
of Jail staff. Meals are served by supervised inmates and guard personnel. All
building maintenance, laundry, cleaning, and other house keeping chores are
handled in house by department personnel and by supervised inmates.
Inmate visitation is regulated by the correctional officers. Non contact
visitation of housed inmates is accomplished through a scheduling process. All
new inmates booked into the jail who are not immediately released on bond are
scheduled visitation times and days. This scheduling reduces confusion by
inmates and visitors and insures all inmates are allowed visitation. Unforseen
situations such as family emergencies, out of state visitors or other non-
routine visitation is accomodated if possible. This type situation is handled
by the Jail Administrator.
A state of the art automated inmate booking system has been installed in the
facility. A portion of the equipment was obtained using funds seized during
asset forfeiture proceedings against personnel arrested for illegal drug
activities. The system links all facets of the Sherrif's Department together
thereby reducing repetitive entry of information. Data entered by one section
of the department is immediately available to other sections with a need for
the information. The automation of incident reports, arrests, warrants, and
other matters has greatly reduced the time it takes to process a complaint,
book an inmate, and maintain accurate records. This has resulted in a savings
of money and manpower that can be better spent keeping the deputies in the
community where they are needed.
To facilitate processing of persons at the jail, two ultra modern
systems were added to reduce manpower and time. An automated fingerprinting
system which scans a persons fingerprints and produces laser print records,
and a sophisticated digital imaging system for taking, printing and storing
record photographs of all persons arrested was obtained. The addition of
these systems are particularly noteworthy since they were obtained through
federal grants available to law enforcement agencies through the Criminal
Justice Coordinating Council.
Construction on the addition of a new pod and a work release facilty were recently
completed. A new minimum secutiry area used as a trustee barracks was built as well
as a 60 bed work release facility. This addition was built utilizing funds from the 1%
Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax.
The new work release barracks allows persons serving short sentences for certain offenses the opportunity
to serve their court ordered sentence and still be able to maintain their job. This has added a
very productiive method whereby somone who commits a crime can be allowed to continue
to work and still repay their debt to society.
Photographs of the jail facility as it was before the current expansion, as it appears now, and
with future expansions can be viewed on the photo below.
If you would like further information about the Liberty County Jail
facility, contact Mr Doug Franks, Jail Administrator, at (912) 876-6411.
Law Enforcement or Jail personnel who would like information on the
Lifescan Laser Fingerprint System, or the Automated Inmate Booking System in
use by this department, please contact the Systems Administrator listed on the Contact Page.
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| Mailing Addresses
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Liberty County Sheriff's Office
PO Box 439
Hinesville, GA 31310
tel (912) 876-2131
fax (912) 876-2179 |
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Detective's Office
180 Paul Sikes Dr
Hinesville, GA 31313
tel (912) 876-4555
fax (912) 876-0797 |
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Liberty County Jail
180 Paul Sikes Dr
Hinesville, GA 31313
tel (912) 876-6411
fax (912) 876-3060 |
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| Inmate Mail
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Inmate's Name
LibertyCounty Jail
180 Paul Sikes Dr
Hinesville, GA 31310
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