Ware County Jail

Ware County Jail basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 912-287-4323

This facility is for adult inmates.

The Ware County Jail is a medium-security detention center located at 3487 Harris Rd in Waycross, GA. This county jail is operated locally by the Ware County Sheriff's Office and holds inmates awaiting trial or sentencing. Most of the sentenced inmates are here for less than two years. Ware County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, municipalities, the US Marshal's Service and the Waycross Police Department who do not have their own long-term lock-up.

There are new detainees delivered to the jail daily, you can see arrest records here. Some are released after putting up bail, are released to a pretrial services caseload, are placed under supervision by a probation agency, or are released on their own recognizance with an agreement to appear in court. If there is no release, the inmate must wait here at the jail for their court appearance as a guest of the County, getting a bed and three square meals.

Trustees are inmates who work in the jail as cooks, as orderlies for the staff, in the laundry or in the commissary. The trustees are paid a very small amount for their time and some jail gives the trustees a few days off their sentence in exchange for their work.

When an inmate arrives in jail they are put together in a large holding cell with other inmates in the intake. While in intake they are under heightened observation. Violent and out of control inmates are segregated.

Can I Get Work Release?

Work release is when you are released from jail during the day so that you can go to work. At the end of the day, you return to jail for the night. There are a number of requirements to be able to get into the work-release program. Most programs require your employer to fill out some paperwork. If you want to get into the work release program then apply prior to being sentenced to jail. This will minimize the amount of time you spend in jail waiting to get into the program.

Can I call my family in Jail?

Ware County Jail has a phone program where inmates make outbound calls only, you cannot call into jail. Since you are paying for those calls don't make it a habit of accepting collect-calls, they are over $15 each. The alternative is to set up an account through their third-party phone company which charges steep fees for each minute used. You are paying for them to call you. Click here if you are going to speak a lot and need a discount on the calls.

Remember – These phone calls are recorded and conversations can be used against you or the inmate so do not discuss your case over these phone lines.

visitation Info

Ware County Jail – Visitation

Visitation with family members, relatives and friends will be conducted on the following schedule.

• Each inmate will be allowed one (1) visit per visitation period.
• Visitation will be on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
• You will be allowed TWO (2) twenty-minute visitations per week.
• The current schedule will be posted in the lobby of the jail.

No child will be allowed to be left unattended in the Ware County Jail.

A visitor will be denied a visit if the visitor is under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs or is disruptive or refuses to follow facility rules.

All visits will be supervised by a staff member. Purses, food/drinks and smoking are not allowed in the visiting area.

Visitation by legal counsel, ministers and other privileged individuals will be conducted with the most privacy available and will not be limited or restricted during normal hours. However, such visitations may be suspended or delayed during scheduled facility programs and services.

No contact visits are permitted. The Ware County Jail reserves the right to deny any visit.