This is not a government office. We cannot confirm custody or release, retrieve an official record, change an agency file, or send a message to someone in custody.
Local Jail and Sheriff
Contact the Ben Hill County Jail for current local custody, a local release, booking information, or the custodian of a jail record. Sheriff Lee Cone's office operates the facility.
Ben Hill County Jail255 Appomattox Road
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
Jail: (229) 426-5160
Non-emergency: (229) 426-5111
The county's open-records form is the written route for a booking or release record. Describe the person, booking period, and exact release fields requested.
Court Case Records
The Clerk of Superior Court maintains the court side of a criminal matter. Contact this office for filed orders, bond action, sentence, warrant, or disposition information.
Ben Hill County Clerk of Superior CourtKimberly M. Newell, Clerk
115 South Sheridan Street
P.O. Box 1104
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
Phone: (229) 426-5135
Fax: (229) 426-5487
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Georgia Prison Records
For a person sentenced or transferred to state prison, use GDC Find an Offender or the GDC records portal. Local jail staff do not control a GDC discharge record.
Georgia Department of Corrections300 Patrol Road
Forsyth, GA 31029
Inmate questions: (404) 656-4661
Supervision After Release
The Fitzgerald Field Office handles local adult felony probation and parole supervision for Ben Hill and nearby counties. It cannot replace the jail's release record, but it is the local contact when supervision follows release.
DCS Fitzgerald Field Office615 S Grant St
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(229) 322-8463
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Where to Send Questions
Use the Sheriff's Office for a county jail record, GDC for state prison custody, the Clerk for the court outcome, DCS or the Parole Board for supervision, BOP for a federal sentence, and ICE for current immigration detention. Messages about site operation may be sent through the available site contact channel, but official-record requests sent here cannot be fulfilled or forwarded.