This is a private reference site, not the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office, the jail, a court clerk, or any government records unit. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a detainee, post bond, pull an official booking record, or change a court or jail file. For those actions, use the official contacts below.
Where to Look for an Inmate or Record
For local custody questions, start with the Lowndes County Jail or Sheriff's Office. Written records requests may be made under the Georgia Open Records Act, O.C.G.A. 50-18-70, with procedures and allowable costs governed by O.C.G.A. 50-18-71.
Lowndes County Jail
120 Prison Farm Road
Valdosta, GA 31601
Jail phone: 229-671-3000
Lowndes County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff: Ashley Paulk
Sheriff's Office phone: 229-671-2900
Court Division: 229-671-2690
Open records email: sorecords@lowndescounty.com
Fax: 229-333-5141
Mail: 120 Prison Farm Road, Valdosta, GA 31601
Use the channel that matches the record type:
- For someone in the county jail, use jail inmate records, the Lowndes Public Access portal if it is available, or call the jail at 229-671-3000.
- For booking photos, review jail roster mugshots and request non-online booking material through the sheriff's records process.
- For charges filed after an arrest, check court records after a jail arrest, the Lowndes County Clerk of Court, and Magistrate Court.
- For a particular detention facility, use the facility pages linked in the footer for the Lowndes County Jail, Valdosta State Prison, and Valdosta Transitional Center.
- For a sentenced Georgia prisoner, search the Georgia Department of Corrections offender search.
- For a federal prisoner, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.
- For an immigration detainee, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.
- For custody notifications where available, check VINELink.