Dodge County Jail Mugshots

Dodge County jail mugshots are kept by the Sheriff's Office in Eastman, Georgia. With about 19,900 residents, Dodge County sits in the heart of middle Georgia and handles a steady pace of arrests through its single county jail. Booking photos are taken during the intake process for every person brought in. This page outlines how to search for Dodge County jail mugshots, where to check online, and what Georgia law says about access to these booking records.

Dodge County Sheriff's Office

The Dodge County Sheriff's Office is the main law enforcement agency for the county. The office is in Eastman and runs the county jail, patrol, investigations, and warrant service. Every arrest in Dodge County ends up at the county jail for processing. Staff take a mugshot, log the charges, collect fingerprints, and enter the booking into the system.

Dodge County covers over 500 square miles of rural middle Georgia. The Eastman Police Department handles law enforcement within the city limits, but city arrests are also booked at the county jail. This means all Dodge County mugshots are in one location. Whether the arrest was made by a deputy or a city officer, the booking goes through the sheriff's jail.

Contact the Dodge County Sheriff's Office in Eastman for questions about current inmates, bond amounts, or how to get a copy of a booking record. The jail staff can check the system while you are on the phone in most cases.

Find Dodge County Jail Mugshots

Dodge County may have a jail roster available through the sheriff's office. Check their website or call the jail in Eastman for the latest list of inmates. Phone calls are the quickest way to get a status check on someone. Staff can tell you if the person is in custody and what charges are listed.

The Georgia Department of Corrections offender search is a free public tool for looking up state prison inmates. If someone was arrested in Dodge County and later convicted to state time, the GDC database will have their mugshot, sentence, and current facility. This does not cover people still at the county jail level. GDC only tracks inmates in the state prison system.

Dodge County also has a state prison within its borders. The Dodge State Prison is a separate facility from the county jail and is run by the Georgia Department of Corrections. Inmates at Dodge State Prison are there because of state sentences, not because they were arrested in Dodge County. Do not confuse the two. The county jail holds local bookings. The state prison holds convicted inmates from across Georgia.

Note: Dodge State Prison inmates can be looked up through the GDC offender search tool mentioned above.

Dodge County Open Records

Under Georgia's Open Records Act, you can request jail mugshots and arrest records from the Dodge County Sheriff's Office. O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 gives the public the right to access most government records. Send your request to the sheriff's office in Eastman. Include the person's full name and any other details you can provide. A date of birth or booking date helps them find the record faster.

State law gives the office three business days to respond. Copy fees are limited to 10 cents per page under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71. Denied requests must come with a written explanation. Booking records from the Dodge County jail are public in most cases. Exceptions include juvenile records and cases that have been sealed by a court.

Mugshot Law in Dodge County

Georgia law under O.C.G.A. § 35-1-19 restricts how jail mugshots are shared by law enforcement. The Dodge County Sheriff's Office cannot post booking photos online except in limited situations. If you request a mugshot, you must sign a statement saying you will not upload it to a website that charges for removal. This law was passed to fight mugshot exploitation.

People whose Dodge County case was dismissed or who were acquitted may qualify for record restriction under O.C.G.A. § 35-3-37. A restricted record removes the booking photo and arrest data from public searches. The process involves the arresting agency and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The GBI runs the Georgia Crime Information Center, which holds criminal history records from all Georgia counties including Dodge.

If a mugshot website posts your Dodge County booking photo and refuses to remove it, O.C.G.A. § 10-1-393.5 is the statute that can help. Send the site a written request to take it down. After 30 days with no action, file a complaint with the Georgia Consumer Protection Division. They handle enforcement against sites that violate this law.

Dodge County Court Records

Dodge County is part of the Oconee Judicial Circuit. Criminal cases go through the Superior Court system, and the Clerk of Superior Court in Eastman keeps all case files. These records include indictments, plea entries, motions, and sentencing orders. They are separate from the booking records the sheriff holds at the jail.

To get a full picture of a Dodge County case, check both the jail and the court. The booking records show the mugshot and charges at the time of arrest. The court records show what happened after. Charges can be amended, dropped, or added between arrest and trial. The two sets of records together tell the complete story.

Nearby Counties

Dodge County is in middle Georgia and borders many counties. Jail mugshots are kept by the county where the booking happened. If you need to check a nearby area, try these counties.