Schley County Jail Overview
Schley County Jail is operated by the Office of the Schley County Sheriff. Official local pages list the sheriff office and jail at 48 N. Pecan St. in Ellaville, with mailing address P.O. Box 809. The county emergency services page names Sheriff Scott Nelson and lists the sheriff email scoso@windstream.net. GDC separately lists Schley County Jail as a local jail contact, using the same primary jail phone.
The facility is a county jail, not a state prison. It is used for local arrests, pretrial detainees, short county sentences, people awaiting court, and people awaiting transfer. The research also notes historical housing for neighboring counties. If a person has been sentenced to a state prison term, transferred to another county, or taken into federal or immigration custody, Schley County Jail may no longer be the right lookup channel.
Schley County Jail Capacity
The most detailed building source is the Georgia DCA 2006 Schley County assessment. It describes a 4,800-square-foot office and jail complex built on Pecan Street in 1989. The same source says the facility had twenty bunk beds, but the state fire marshal maximum occupancy was twelve. It reported average occupancy of eight at that time.
Vera county data lists Schley jail rated capacity as twelve in many recent rows and shows a 2026 row with sixteen. That should be treated as dataset variation, not a county-published current capacity. Small Schley County jail counts mean the population can shift sharply from just a few arrests, releases, or transfers.
Look Up Schley County Jail Inmates
No official public online Schley County Jail roster was located in the accessible county or sheriff sources reviewed. The sheriff website was blocked by verification during research, and snippets did not show a roster. Current custody should be checked by phone first, then by in-person or written request when a formal record is needed.
- Call Schley County Jail at 229-937-2101 and ask whether the person is housed there, released, transferred, or never booked.
- Use the person's full legal name, date of birth or age, arrest date, arresting agency, and case or warrant number.
- Ask about bond, first appearance, holds, transfer status, and whether a booking sheet can be requested.
- If the person is not in local custody, check GDC for state prison, BOP for federal custody, ICE ODLS for immigration custody, and VINELink for notification availability.
Georgia.gov says county jail inmates should be sought through county resources. GDC is still useful when a Schley County case has entered state corrections data or when the search is for a sentenced state prisoner.
Schley County Jail Contact
Use the jail contact before visiting, sending mail, sending money, or assuming a person is still in local custody. The Georgia Sheriffs' Association directory lists a separate office-directory number, but the county and GDC sources both support 229-937-2101 as the primary jail line.
Schley County Jail
48 N. Pecan St.
Ellaville, GA 31806
229-937-2101
Primary jail and sheriff contact line.
Mailing Address
Office of the Schley County Sheriff
P.O. Box 809
Ellaville, GA 31806
Use jail-confirmed inmate mail format before sending mail.
Visit Schley County Jail
No official Schley County Jail visitation schedule, video visitation vendor, lobby schedule, mail policy, or commissary vendor was located in accessible official pages. The right Schley County Jail visit rule is therefore to call first. Do not rely on third-party visit times, vendor links, or inmate-site rules unless the jail confirms them.
| Visit Topic | Published Schley Rule | Practical Step |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visits | No official schedule located | Call 229-937-2101 before traveling. |
| Video visits | No official vendor located | Ask whether visits are in person, video, appointment-only, or suspended. |
| Identification | Specific rule not published | Bring government photo ID and confirm child-visitor rules. |
| Accessible entry | Details not published | Call ahead for accessible entrance and parking instructions. |
| Attorney visits | Separate public rule not located | Attorneys should call the jail before arrival. |
Schley County Jail Mail and Money
The research did not locate a Schley-specific mail vendor, commissary vendor, online deposit link, phone vendor, tablet vendor, or fee table. Confirm the current rule directly with the jail before mailing any item or sending funds. GDC money and visitation rules apply to state prisoners, not automatically to Schley County Jail.
| Service | Known Detail | What to Confirm |
|---|---|---|
| Mailing address is P.O. Box 809 for the sheriff office | Exact inmate mail format, ID number need, banned items, books, and photos. | |
| Money | No official vendor located | Whether cash, money order, kiosk, or online payment is accepted. |
| Phone | No phone vendor located | Collect calls, prepaid accounts, attorney calls, and fees. |
| Property | No published pickup rule located | Who may pick up property, ID required, and hours. |
Do not send cash by mail unless jail staff confirm that method. Avoid mailing packages, stamps, medication, food, or books sent directly unless the jail says they are allowed.
Booking at Schley County Jail
No official Schley County booking procedure page was found. A typical Georgia local jail intake includes identity checks, property inventory, charge entry, fingerprints, a booking photograph, medical and safety screening, bond routing, and housing or transfer. That is a general process description, not a published Schley County checklist.
The court side begins nearby. Magistrate Court approves and signs warrants, and Superior Court manages misdemeanor and felony records, including warrants, accusations, and indictments. A jail booking may be the first record, but the formal court case can appear later after the prosecutor or clerk acts.
Schley County Jail Background
The DCA assessment gives useful local context. It described the jail and sheriff office as a small Pecan Street office/jail complex. It also reported historical staffing and described the layout as maze-like with no satisfactory public entrance. Those are historical planning observations, not proof of current conditions.
Sheriff history is also unusually clear. Official sheriff-site snippets list Shane Tondee from 1993 through 2024 and Scott Nelson from 2025 to present. The county emergency services page says Sheriff Scott Nelson has served since 2025, making the leadership change a relevant recent local detail for jail contact pages.
The official county administration page places county offices at 14 South Broad Street and the courthouse annex at 47 North Pecan Street. That makes the jail, courts, and county offices a compact Ellaville government cluster for jail, warrant, clerk, and open-records errands.
Note: Confirm custody, visit rules, mail format, and money options with Schley County Jail before traveling or sending funds.
Schley County Jail Source Screens
The official county emergency services page shows the sheriff location, phone, email, and Sheriff Scott Nelson.
That local source supports the jail phone and sheriff contact path used for current custody questions.
The GDC Schley County Jail contact listing separately identifies the jail and primary phone.
Because both county and GDC sources point to the same primary jail phone, that line is the practical first stop for local custody verification.