Irwin County Inmate Population Overview
The official local custody point for the Irwin County inmate population is the Irwin County Detention Center, 132 Cotton Drive, Ocilla, GA 31774. The jail phone is (229) 468-4121. The sheriff's office is separate from the jail address and is listed at 400 South Irwin Avenue, Ocilla, with Sheriff Cody Youghn identified on county and sheriff pages. That split matters. Current custody questions belong first with the jail, while administrative sheriff questions may route through the sheriff's office.
The best dated facility figures come from official LaSalle Corrections PREA audit reports rather than from a public jail dashboard. The 2025 PREA report lists the Irwin County Detention Center as a prison/jail type facility with a designed capacity of 1201, current population of 246, and average daily population of 248 for the prior 12 months. The same report says the facility was not over capacity during that period. Those numbers describe the facility at the report date. They are not a live roster.
People move into and out of the Irwin County inmate population through arrests, warrants, bond decisions, court hearings, sentences, and transfers. A person newly booked in Irwin County may be local jail custody. A person later sentenced to state prison may move into Georgia Department of Corrections custody. Federal and immigration custody use still different systems.
Irwin County Inmate Population Statistics
The 2025 PREA report is the most current official/operator population source reviewed. It gives a facility snapshot with both capacity and use. The 2022 PREA report gives useful trend context, but it should not be merged with 2025 figures as though the values were from the same period. The reported capacity changed from 1297 in 2022 to 1201 in 2025, while average daily population fell from 352 to 248.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Average daily population | 248 | LaSalle Irwin County Detention Center PREA Report, 2025 |
| Designed capacity | 1201 | LaSalle Irwin County Detention Center PREA Report, 2025 |
| Current population at report | 246 | LaSalle Irwin County Detention Center PREA Report, 2025 |
| Housing units | 28 | LaSalle Irwin County Detention Center PREA Report, 2025 |
| Admissions in prior 12 months | 2502 | LaSalle Irwin County Detention Center PREA Report, 2022 |
Irwin County Inmate Population Trends
The two PREA reports show a lower Irwin County Detention Center count in 2025 than in 2022. The 2022 report listed designated capacity at 1297, current population at 392, and average daily population at 352. The 2025 report listed designed capacity at 1201, current population at 246, and average daily population at 248. The reports also show a change in listed custody levels, with 2022 naming Low, Medium Low, Medium, and High, while 2025 names Low, Medium, and High.
The research did not locate a same-day public population dashboard, a local five-year ADP series, an incarceration-rate table, or a race and ethnicity breakdown for Irwin County. That gap is important. A reader should not infer a live jail count from older PREA audits, and no official county page in the source set publishes a daily booking count. The sheriff's quarterly Criminal Alien Track and Report Act page contains jail reporting fields, but the visible 2025 rows show dashes for the Number of Inmates Booked field.
| Report | Capacity | Current Population | Average Daily Population | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 PREA | 1297 | 392 | 352 | 2502 admissions in the prior 12 months. |
| 2025 PREA | 1201 | 246 | 248 | Not over capacity in the prior 12 months. |
For visual source context, the official Irwin County Sheriff's Office homepage identifies Sheriff Cody Youghn and describes the office's law enforcement, detention, and court security role.
The sheriff page helps confirm the local agency role, while the numerical population facts come from the dated PREA reports.
Who Makes Up Irwin County Inmates
The 2025 PREA report describes the Irwin County Detention Center as holding adults with an age range of 19 to 72 and no youthful inmates. It also states that the population designation includes both women/girls and men/boys, though the facility should be described as an adult facility because youthful inmates were not held. The report lists low, medium, and high custody levels. Custody level means the jail's internal classification of security and supervision needs.
The 2022 PREA report gives earlier context. It listed adults ages 18 to 65, held females and males, and custody levels of Low, Medium Low, Medium, and High. No official source reviewed gave a pretrial-versus-sentenced split, felony-versus-misdemeanor split, average length of stay, or race and ethnicity breakdown for the Irwin County inmate population. Those details should be requested from the originating agency if needed for a formal records purpose.
- Pretrial custody
- A person is held after arrest while charges, bond, or court dates are pending.
- Sentenced custody
- A person has received a sentence and may be held locally for a short term or moved to GDC.
- Detainer
- Another agency asks the jail to hold or notify before release. It can affect bond release.
- Custody level
- The jail's classification of supervision needs, such as low, medium, or high.
Irwin County Jail Capacity
The 2025 PREA report states that the Irwin County Detention Center was not over capacity in the previous 12 months. That finding is tied to the report's dated figures: designed capacity of 1201, average daily population of 248, and current population of 246. It also lists 28 housing units and 127 staff. Capacity is a bed and design measure. It is not the same as the number of people in custody on a given day.
No official county or sheriff page reviewed announced a current jail expansion, local closure, consent decree, or active local reform plan. ICE materials do show a major historical change: ICE's FY 2021 annual report release stated that ICE closed the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla during FY 2021 for ICE detention purposes. Current ICE Georgia facility lists do not include Irwin County. That history should not be read as current ICE custody at the jail.
Irwin County Inmate Record Laws
Georgia's Open Records Act supplies the main public-record framework for Irwin County jail and booking records. The county clerk page states that the County Clerk handles requests for public records and Open Records compliance for county records. No sheriff-specific public-record form was found in the visible sheriff pages, so the practical route is to call the jail for current custody, ask the sheriff's office where jail records requests should be sent, and use the county clerk route when no more specific custodian is posted.
Law-enforcement records can have limits. Active investigations, pending prosecutions, juvenile records, protected personal data, sealed or restricted records, and other exemptions may affect release. Initial arrest and incident reports receive special treatment under Georgia open-records guidance, while deeper investigative files may be withheld until the law allows release.
Key Georgia Rules:
O.C.G.A. 50-18-70 defines public records and states Georgia's policy favoring access unless a legal exemption applies.
O.C.G.A. 50-18-71 covers access, timing, electronic records, and fee rules, including the general three-business-day response framework.
O.C.G.A. 50-18-72(a)(4) explains law-enforcement and prosecution exemptions that can affect pending files.
O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 and 42-4-16(a)(6) are cited on the sheriff's quarterly report page for lawful-presence and reporting compliance.
Irwin County Open Records Path
The Irwin County Clerk public-records page is important because the sheriff pages did not show a dedicated jail-record request form. The clerk page says the office handles public-record requests and Open Records compliance for county records. For a jail record, a request should identify the person, arrest date or booking date if known, arresting agency, and the exact record sought, such as custody confirmation, booking record, initial arrest report, or booking photograph if releasable.
The clerk route does not replace the jail phone for urgent custody checks, but it gives a county records path when a released or historical record is needed.
Search Irwin County Inmate Population
No official public Irwin County online jail roster, booking feed, inmate profile portal, or mugshot gallery was located on the official sheriff or county pages. That means the local search process is a fallback chain. Start with the jail phone at (229) 468-4121 for current custody at the Irwin County Detention Center. Have the full legal name, date of birth or age, arrest date if known, and arresting agency if known.
Ask focused questions. Is the person currently held? Has bond been set? Was the person released or transferred? Is there a court date, agency hold, or detainer that can be disclosed? If jail staff cannot release the requested detail by phone, ask where an Open Records Act request should be sent.
- Call the Irwin County Detention Center at (229) 468-4121 for current custody. Use the jail address only after confirming public counter access.
- If the person is not found locally, ask whether a release, transfer, state sentence, federal hold, or immigration detainer is noted.
- For local records not given by phone, ask the sheriff's office at (229) 468-7459 for the correct records custodian or use the county clerk open-records route.
- For court events after arrest, check Magistrate Court, the Clerk of Superior/Juvenile Court, Georgia Courts e-access, PeachCourt, and Tifton Judicial Circuit calendars.
- For sentenced state offenders, use the Georgia Department of Corrections locator. For federal or immigration custody, use BOP, USMS contact paths, or ICE ODLS.
No official online Irwin County roster was found. Treat phone confirmation and official records channels as the local custody route, not unofficial jail aggregators.
Irwin County Current Inmate Lookup
The Irwin County current-inmate lookup process does not have public roster fields to enter online. The sheriff contact page does show a public contact form, but the jail phone is the practical official route for immediate custody checks. A contact form is not the right tool for urgent release, bond, transport, or same-day booking questions.
| Access Channel | Use It For | Limits |
|---|---|---|
| Jail phone, (229) 468-4121 | Current custody, bond status if disclosable, transfer questions | No posted public hours or online roster fields located. |
| Sheriff's office, (229) 468-7459 | Records routing, law-enforcement office questions | The sheriff office address is not the jail address. |
| County Clerk public-record route | County public records and Open Records compliance | Records may be redacted, withheld, or routed to another custodian. |
| Georgia VINE / V.I.P. | Victim notification and custody or release alerts where available | Requires matching identifiers and does not replace the jail. |
Irwin County Past Inmate Records
Released Irwin County inmate records may not appear online because no official roster or release archive was found. For a past booking, use the jail and records-request path instead of assuming the record is gone. The request should name the person, give a date of birth or age, list the arrest date or date range, and ask for specific records that may be public, such as a booking record, initial arrest report, or booking photo if releasable.
Georgia's Open Records Act does not make every law-enforcement file public at once. Pending cases, juvenile matters, sealed or restricted records, private identifiers, and active investigative material can limit release. For charges filed after arrest, the court record path is separate from the jail path. Irwin Superior and Juvenile Court records route through the Clerk of Superior/Juvenile Court, Georgia Courts e-access, and PeachCourt account access, while Magistrate Court handles first appearances, warrants, bond hearings, and preliminary hearings.
Irwin County Inmate Record Fields
No official public Irwin County inmate profile page was visible on the county or sheriff pages reviewed, so no local online field inventory can be promised. A typical jail request may seek booking and custody facts, but the actual releasable fields depend on the originating record and Georgia law. Ask for the record by name rather than asking generally for "everything."
| Requested Field | What It May Clarify |
|---|---|
| Custody status | Whether the person is currently held, released, transferred, or not found locally. |
| Booking date | When the jail intake record was created, if releasable. |
| Charges or hold | Arrest labels, court charges, or agency holds that may require court or agency verification. |
| Bond status | Whether a bond is listed and whether a hold may block release. |
| Booking photograph | A mugshot may be subject to Open Records Act analysis and exemptions. |
Irwin County Jail vs Prison
County jail and state prison searches answer different questions. The Irwin County Detention Center is the local jail/detention facility for county custody questions. GDC is the state system for sentenced state offenders. The GDC location list did not show a current state prison physically in Irwin County, but the GDC query form includes IRWIN COUNTY JAIL as a most-recent-institution option and IRWIN COUNTY as a conviction-county option. Those are statewide search fields, not proof of a separate GDC prison in the county.
| Question | Irwin County Jail | Georgia Department of Corrections |
|---|---|---|
| Who is covered | Recent arrests, pretrial detainees, local jail custody, and some short-term local holds. | Sentenced state offenders in GDC custody. |
| Primary contact | Irwin County Detention Center, (229) 468-4121. | GDC Offender Query and GDC inmate records. |
| Search clue | Name, date of birth, arrest date, and arresting agency. | Name, GDC ID, case number, institution, offense, or conviction county. |
| Common mistake | Looking for a same-day booking in GDC before a sentence or transfer. | Using GDC to find a person still in county pretrial custody. |
Irwin County State Federal Search
The GDC Find an Offender path is for Georgia state offenders. It is not an Irwin County jail roster. Statewide context from the GDC Friday Report for 05/29/2026 lists 49,923 total inmates, including 34,768 in state prisons, 2800 in transition centers, 4260 in county prisons, 8095 in pre-release centers, and a jail backlog of 2591. Those are statewide figures, not Irwin jail counts.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to the present. The U.S. Marshals Service handles federal prisoners before delivery to BOP but does not provide a public inmate locator. Immigration custody uses ICE ODLS, which searches by A-number and country of birth or exact biographical details. ICE's current Georgia detention-facility list does not include Irwin County, and ICE stated it closed the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla for ICE detention in FY 2021.
The GDC offender query form shows why statewide search can help after a sentence or transfer.
Use GDC for state custody, BOP for federal sentenced custody, and ICE ODLS for immigration detention. Use the Irwin jail phone for local custody.
Irwin County Detention Facilities
The facility map resolves one current local detention facility for Irwin County. No current GDC state prison in Irwin County was found, and current ICE Georgia facility lists do not show Irwin County. The former ICE role is historical, not a current local facility listing.
- Irwin County Detention Center - the primary and only local facility resolved for Irwin County, used for adult county jail/detention custody at 132 Cotton Drive in Ocilla.
Irwin County Inmate Population FAQ
How large is the Irwin County inmate population?
The 2025 LaSalle PREA report listed current population at 246 and average daily population at 248 for the prior 12 months. It also listed designed capacity at 1201 and stated the facility was not over capacity during that period. Those figures are dated report values, not live same-day roster counts.
Is there an Irwin County jail roster online?
No official Irwin County online jail roster, booking feed, inmate profile system, or mugshot gallery was located on the official sheriff or county pages. Call the Irwin County Detention Center at (229) 468-4121 for current custody and use official records channels for records not released by phone.
Who is the Irwin County sheriff?
Official sheriff and county pages identify Cody Youghn as sheriff. The sheriff's office is listed at 400 South Irwin Avenue in Ocilla, while the jail is listed separately at 132 Cotton Drive. For a jail custody check, use the jail phone first.
Can Georgia VINE help with Irwin County custody?
Georgia VINELink and Georgia V.I.P. are victim notification resources, not a substitute for the Irwin jail. They may help with custody or release notifications where a matching record exists. Georgia V.I.P. also lists a 24-hour hotline, 1-800-593-9474.
Does Irwin County still hold ICE detainees?
Current ICE Georgia detention-facility listings do not include Irwin County. ICE's FY 2021 annual report release stated that ICE closed the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla for ICE detention during FY 2021. Use ICE ODLS for current immigration detention searches.