The Adult Detention Center provides humane treatment for prisoners sentenced for violating Georgia Criminal Code and for those persons who have been arrested for felony and misdemeanor crimes.  In addition, the Adult Detention Center is responsible for the Inmate County Workforce.
 
There are 100 feet loitering rules posted at the front of the Detention Center lobby. Please adhere to them at all times while at the Adult Detention Center.

Incident Reports:

 Incident reports may be filed at any precinct or in the front lobby area of the adult detention center. In cases of emergency and/or immediate medical attention please call 911.

Completed incident reports may be obtained from the records office located in the Public Safety Lobby. There is a $3.00 cash only fee for copying any incident report. Reports are also available on-line at the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office website (www.cherokeega-sheriff.org).

Vehicle Impounds:

For the release of an impounded vehicle you must present the following:

• State/Government issued photo ID
• Title, paid tag receipt, or bill of sale
• Insurance Card on vehicle impounded

Finger Print Services

The ADC also provides fingerprinting services foster parents, adoption, employment, fire department, Board of Education and various other departments and reasons. The Cherokee Sheriff's Office charges a $5.00 (cash only) fee for all fingerprints (no charge for individuals 55 years of age or older). An additional GBI fingerprint transmittal fee is charged based on the reason the individual is being fingerprinted. The GBI fingerprint transmittal fee should be paid by money order or cashiers check only and made payable to the GBI.

If you require fingerprints for a firearms license you will need to go the Cherokee County Probate Court, that phone is 678-493-6160.

Criminal Histories:

Criminal histories and applications can be obtained from the Public Safety lobby. The criminal history fee is $5.00, cash only.

 
Civil Process Fees for Services
 

1. Serving copy of process and returning original -- $25.00 (per copy).
2. Actions from another county -- $25.00 (paid in advance).
3. Dispossessing tenant or intruder -- $25.00
4. Levy or writ of fieri facias -- $25.00 ea.
5. Search and return of nulla bona -- $13.00
6. Summoning of witnesses -- $6.00 ea.

 
Commissions on Sales of Property

1. On sums of $50.00 or less -- 8%
2. On excess above $50.00 dollars, up to $550.00 -- 6%
3. For all sums exceeding $550.00, on excess -- 3%

Inmate Visitation Rules & Regulations 

Each inmate is allowed only one visit per day.

Inmate visitation is a privilege. Inmates who become disciplinary problems or security risks will not be allowed to receive visitors. In emergency situations, visitation can be cancelled without advance notification.

1. Proper attire is required. No low-cut blouses, tank tops, short skirts or dresses, tight shorts, or any other form of provocative dress will be allowed. Shirt and shoes must be worn.
2. All visitors must provide proper state or government issued photo identification (i.e. driver’s license, foreign ID or passports) for inmate visitation.
3. Visitation is limited to two adults and two children only. Visitors can see an inmate only once per visitation day.
4. Visitation sign-up is limited and on a first-come first serve basis. Visitors are encouraged to come early to reserve a visitation time.
5. An adult must accompany all visitors who are under 17 years of age. Children must be monitored at all times.
6. Visitors are not allowed to bring any personal belongings with them into the visitation area other than their picture ID and/or a set of keys.
7. Visitors are subject to a pat-down search prior to entering the visitation area. Any visitor who refuses this search will be denied entry to visit.
8. Cell phones, smoking, food, or drinks are NOT allowed in the visitation areas. No personal contact visits are allowed with inmates.
9. Any disruptive or inappropriate behavior by a visitor can result in termination of visitation privileges.
10. Parking for visitation is located in the front of the jail designated by jail visitation parking signs.


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Adult Detention Center Daily Visitation Hours

Housing Units H, J, K, L & M - visit Sunday, Tuesday and Friday

Housing Units N, P, Q, R, and Workforce - visit Monday, Thursday and Saturday

7:30 A.M. - 8:00 A.M. 8:10 A.M. - 8:40 A.M. 8:50 A.M. - 9:20 A.M. 9:30 A.M. - 10.00 A.M.

6:30 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. 7:10 P.M. - 7:40 P.M. 7:50 P.M. - 8:20 P.M. 8:30 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. 9:10 P.M. - 9:40 P.M.

 

Visitors Seventeen (17) and older must be signed in on the visitation roster and must show a valid government issued picture ID (Driver's License, passport, Foreign Issued) at the front lobby before they are allowed to visit, NO EXCEPTIONS.

 Visitors are expected to act in a proper manner at all times while in this facility.

Inmate Accounts


Under no circumstances may inmates have money in their possession while detained in the facility. Upon admission to the Adult Detention Center , all money in the possession of an inmate will be taken by the booking officer and a receipt will be given to the inmate. This money will be deposited in an account and credited to the inmate.

Family and friends can deposit funds into an inmate’s account for commissary purchases, medical services, etc. Money orders are accepted in any amount to deposit towards an inmate’s account. Cash and personal checks are not accepted.

Upon release from the Adult Detention Center , all funds credited to an inmate’s account will be released to the inmate during normal business hours – Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Any further questions regarding inmate commissary accounts, you may contact the Inmate Records Manager at 678-493-4209.

Medical Services:

While incarcerated, inmates receive in-house medical, dental, and mental health treatment through the current contracted medical service provider, Prison Health Services (PHS). The direct number for medical inquiries is (678)-493-9550.

Inmate Telephones:

Inmates are allowed to make collect calls from the facility’s telephone services between the hours of 6 am to 10 pm . Inmates who are on disciplinary segregation are not allowed to make general phone calls. Individuals who experience trouble accepting calls from an inmate or have questions about their bill may contact Consolidated Telecom at 1-800-583-9683. The Consolidated Telephone Call Center can set up a pre-paid account by calling 1-866-430-0561.

Jail personnel will not pass on any personal messages to inmates. Any family emergencies will be directed to supervisory personnel.

Court Clothes:

Clothing for inmates with an assigned trial date may be dropped off at the front lobby desk with the assigned deputy. Any questions regarding court and pre-trial services, you may contact the Court Liasion Officer at 678-493-4162.


Mail
Due to the possibility of having inmates with the same or very similar names, please address letters to the inmates in the following format and include the inmate number (if known):

Inmate (First Name) (Last Name)
(Unit / Pod Location)
Cherokee County Jail
498 Chattin Drive
Canton , Georgia 30115

Example:
Inmate John Doe L-Pod
Cherokee County Jail
498 Chattin Drive
Canton , Georgia 301115


Mail is delivered to inmates Monday through Friday on the same day it is received; mail arriving at the jail on weekends and holidays will be delivered the following business day. Personal packages are not permitted. Mail from other jails, prisons, boot camps, or any detention facility will not be accepted.


All incoming mail is monitored for contraband. Soft-cover books, periodicals, and magazines must be sent directly from the publisher and be of appropriate content (no pornography, no martial arts literature, no survival literature, etc). Book sellers and retail outlets (Barnes & Noble, Borders, Amazon, etc) are not publishers, books received from these sources will be returned to sender. Contraband will be confiscated; co ntraband that violates a law will be turned over to the evidence officer and appropriate action will be taken by the staff member finding the contraband.

Polaroid photographs are contraband and will not be given to the inmate.

Regular photographs are permitted; inmates are limited to having three at any one time.

Bibles in both English and Spanish, as well as other religious materials are available free of charge from the Jail Chaplaincy Program. Any questions regarding chaplaincy services, please contact the Jail Programs Manager at 678-493-4169.

Stamps, envelopes, paper and pens are available for purchase from the jail commissary.  

C.O.D. mail will not be accepted.

No hard-back books will be accepted.

Incoming and outgoing mail may be read and rejected if there is reliable information that there is a threat to facility order and security, or that the mail is being used in the furtherance of illegal activity.

Any further questions regarding inmate and administrative services at the jail, you may contact the Jail Administrative Services supervisor at 678-493-4226.

Granting Emergency Leaves to Inmates Held at the Adult Detention Center
Emergency leave will not be granted OR transportation provided to sentenced inmates UNLESS directed by a court order.  No emergency leave will be authorized to locations outside Cherokee County . A minimum of two deputies will be assigned to provide security to inmates granted emergency leave within Cherokee County . All expenses associated with the transport and security of inmates authorized emergency leave will be the responsibility of the prisoner's family UNLESS it can be demonstrated that there in an inability to pay because of a financial hardship or other mitigating circumstances.