Monroe County Inmate Population Overview
The Monroe County inmate population is reported through more than one official lens. The Georgia Sheriffs' Association Jail Report gives a monthly county jail count, bed capacity, and legal-status categories. The Monroe County current inmate roster is the person-level tool for people booked into the sheriff's jail. Those two sources should not be blended. One is a monthly population report. The other is a live roster that can change during the day.
The local detention map has two confirmed facility pages. The Monroe County Detention Center is the county jail for arrests, pretrial custody, bondable cases, county-time sentences, and sentenced people waiting for transfer. Burruss Correctional Training Center is a Georgia Department of Corrections prison in Forsyth for sentenced state prisoners. The sheriff roster is the right first stop for county custody. GDC search is the right first stop after a person is moved into state prison.
Monroe County Inmate Population Statistics
The strongest current county jail population figure in the research is the May 2026 Georgia Sheriffs' Association line for Monroe County. It lists 179 inmates and 175 beds, which is 102.3 percent utilization. The sheriff's detention page lists a lower full-capacity figure of 168 inmates, so both numbers matter: the sheriff page is the local facility description, while the GSA report is the newer monthly reporting source.
| Measure | Figure | Source and date |
|---|---|---|
| Latest monthly jail count | 179 inmates | Georgia Sheriffs' Association, May 2026 |
| Rated bed capacity | 175 beds | Georgia Sheriffs' Association, May 2026 |
| Sheriff detention-page capacity | 168 inmates | Monroe County Sheriff's Office detention page, inspected June 4, 2026 |
| Quarterly bookings | 585 bookings | MCSO Georgia Criminal Alien Track and Report Act report, 2025 Q2 |
| Certified detention deputies | 34 deputies | Monroe County Sheriff's Office detention page |
The sheriff's detention page is also the source for daily jail operations. It says certified detention deputies handle intake, booking, prisoner transports, pickups, and assigned duties. That staffing fact helps explain why a roster entry is a custody record, not a court judgment or a final criminal-history report.
Monroe County Inmate Population Trends
May snapshots from the Georgia Sheriffs' Association show Monroe County moving from below capacity in 2022 through 2025 to slightly above listed capacity in May 2026. Awaiting-trial custody was the dominant category in every May snapshot captured. That pattern matters because most people counted in the county jail population have not yet reached final case disposition.
| Month and year | Inmates | Capacity | Awaiting trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | 133 | 168 | 126 |
| May 2023 | 150 | 168 | 137 |
| May 2024 | 121 | 175 | 109 |
| May 2025 | 146 | 175 | 119 |
| May 2026 | 179 | 175 | 156 |
Vera Incarceration Trends gives a second, research-estimate view. Its Monroe County annualized estimates show total jail population at 135.25 in 2021, 134.25 in 2022, 142.25 in 2023, 133.5 in 2024, 144.75 in 2025, and 165 in 2026. These are useful for trend reading, but they are not sheriff-certified live counts.
Monroe County Jail Population Makeup
The May 2026 GSA report breaks the Monroe County jail count into legal-status categories. It lists 156 awaiting-trial inmates, 8 state-sentenced inmates, 5 county-sentenced inmates, and 10 inmates in the GSA "other" category. The research did not locate an official county jail race, age, average-stay, or charge-category demographic table, so those details should not be guessed from commercial lookup pages.
- Awaiting trial: 156 of 179 inmates in May 2026, or 87.2 percent, were listed as awaiting trial.
- State-sentenced: 8 people were counted in the county jail while tied to state-time status.
- County-sentenced: 5 people were listed as serving county time in the May 2026 report.
- Immigration-detainer workflow: the sheriff's 2025 Q2 report listed 25 LESC inquiries and 4 DHS detainers, but that is not a full immigration-status population table.
Monroe County Jail Capacity
The Monroe County jail capacity picture has a local-source split. The sheriff detention page says the jail can house 168 inmates at full capacity. The May 2026 GSA jail report lists 175 beds and 179 inmates. The safest reading is that the jail was above the GSA-listed bed count for that month, while the sheriff's public detention page still carries the lower operational capacity statement.
No official Monroe County jail consent decree, closure notice, or new-jail construction approval was found in the research set. That means capacity language should stay tied to the official population reports, not to rumor or third-party scraper estimates. It is fair to say the May 2026 GSA count was above listed capacity. It is not fair to claim a legal overcrowding finding without a source.
Monroe County Inmate Record Laws
Georgia law shapes what the Monroe County inmate population records show and what must be requested through an office. The free roster can confirm current booking, charge, court, and bond information. Open-records law governs records not posted online, while booking-photo law limits public release of mugshots for commercial publication uses.
Key Georgia rules:
O.C.G.A. 50-18-70 et seq. governs public inspection and copying of Georgia public records unless an exemption applies.
O.C.G.A. 50-18-71 is cited by MCSO for response timing and research-fee rules, including no charge when work takes less than 15 minutes.
O.C.G.A. 50-18-72 covers exemptions, including limits for some law-enforcement and prosecution records.
O.C.G.A. 10-1-393.5 addresses commercial mugshot-site removal duties in listed circumstances.
O.C.G.A. 45-16-20 is part of Georgia death-investigation reporting for deaths in penal institutions.
Monroe County State Prison Population
Burruss Correctional Training Center adds a state-prison layer to Monroe County custody searches. The GDC Burruss facility page lists Burruss as a medium-security prison for adult male felons in Forsyth, with capacity listed as 806. A newer GDC fact-sheet/audit source in the research gives an 808 physical-capacity figure and recent Burruss population facts. Those numbers belong on the Burruss facility page and in state-prison context, not in the county jail roster count.
Once a person is convicted and sentenced to state time, the sheriff's detention page says the person is held until transfer to a state facility. After transfer, use the Georgia Department of Corrections Find an Offender page, not the Monroe County jail roster. GDC warns that offender photos may display automatically if available and that official verification should be requested in writing from GDC Inmate Records and Information.
Search Monroe County Inmate Population
The sheriff's detention page links to the official vendor roster for current Monroe County jail custody. The roster has Current Inmates, 24 Hours Arrests, and Inmates by Arrest Date tabs. It is free in the captured research and did not require a login. It is the right first channel when the person may have been arrested by MCSO, Forsyth Police, Georgia State Patrol, or another agency operating in Monroe County.
The Monroe County detention page is a good source page before using the roster because it also links bonding, inmate support, communications, records, and frequent numbers. The roster itself is best for the current booking record. Formal court charges and final case outcomes require the court or clerk.
- Open the sheriff-linked current inmate roster at InteropWeb.
- Choose Current Inmates, 24 Hours Arrests, or Inmates by Arrest Date.
- Use the optional inmate-name filter when a name is known.
- Review arrest date, agency, bond, warrant number, statute, charge text, and court to confirm the match.
- If the person is not listed, call the jail, file an open-records request, or check GDC, VINELink, BOP, or ICE based on custody type.
Current Monroe County Roster Lookup
The public roster uses a simple search layout. It was inspected on June 4, 2026 and showed a changing current-item count in the 173 to 175 range. That observation is useful, but it is not a formal average daily population. The roster is meant to answer a narrower question: whether a named person appears to be currently booked or recently arrested.
| Field label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current Inmates | Tab/link | No | Default view for people currently booked. |
| 24 Hours Arrests | Tab/link | No | Recent-booking channel for the prior day. |
| Inmates by Arrest Date | Tab/link | No | Useful when the arrest date is known. |
| Filter By Inmate Name (Optional) | Text | No | The roster label says the name filter is optional. |
| Search Inmates | Button | Not applicable | Runs the search and shows paginated results. |
The roster screenshot captured in the manifest comes from the official linked portal. The Current Inmates roster screenshot shows the search tabs, optional name filter, pagination, charge and bond layout, and redacted personal fields.
The screenshot supports the main lookup point: Monroe County publishes booking and charge details online, but not all identity fields and not public booking photos.
Past Monroe County Inmate Records
Released or older Monroe County inmate records may not remain searchable in the current roster. The research did not find a posted retention rule for released inmates. When a person is not found under Current Inmates, use the 24 Hours Arrests tab, the Inmates by Arrest Date tab, the jail phone line, or an open-records request. The sheriff's open-records page says the records custodian responds within three business days and gives estimated completion time and cost when fees apply.
The open-records page lists records@monroecosheriffga.us, fax, phone, mail, and web-form channels. It also says requesters should not prepay because an invoice is sent before records are released. Some records can be emailed, while others may need pickup or mail delivery for an added fee.
Monroe County Inmate Record Fields
A public Monroe County roster entry is a booking and custody record. It is not a full criminal-history report. It can show the reason the jail is holding the person, the charge table, the court tied to the charge, and whether a bond amount is listed, denied, or not set.
| Field | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Name and status | Uppercase name and a custody status such as CURRENTLY BOOKED. |
| Sex | Public roster sex field; height, weight, and address were redacted in captured entries. |
| Arrest date | Date plus arresting agency, such as Monroe County Sheriff's Office. |
| Days in jail | Numeric custody-day count on current entries. |
| Total bond | Dollar amount, NOT SET, or DENIED. |
| Charge table | Warrant number, counts, statute, description, misdemeanor/felony indicator, and court. |
Monroe County Jail vs Prison
Monroe County has both a sheriff jail and a state prison in Forsyth, so lookup errors are common. The county jail handles people arrested in local cases and people waiting on court, bond, county sentence service, or state transfer. Burruss is a GDC prison for sentenced state prisoners. A person may move from the county jail path to the GDC path after sentence and transfer.
| County jail | State prison | |
|---|---|---|
| Facility | Monroe County Detention Center | Burruss Correctional Training Center or another GDC facility |
| Run by | Monroe County Sheriff's Office | Georgia Department of Corrections |
| Use for | Arrest, booking, pretrial, bond, county time | Sentenced felony prison custody |
| Search channel | InteropWeb county roster and jail phone | GDC Find an Offender and written GDC verification |
State Federal ICE Search
When the county roster fails, choose the next channel by custody type. GDC covers sentenced Georgia prisoners. VINELink Georgia is a custody-notification channel and can help victims or family members track changes. The BOP inmate locator covers federal prison custody, especially after sentencing or commitment. The ICE Online Detainee Locator System covers immigration detention and requires more identity data for a name-based search.
Federal pretrial custody is different. A Monroe County person with a federal case may be held under U.S. Marshals custody and may not appear in BOP until committed to BOP custody. The research also found no BOP or ICE detention facility physically in Monroe County, so federal and immigration searches should use national systems and agency channels, not a local facility page.
Monroe County Detention Facilities
The confirmed Monroe County facility map has one county jail and one state prison. Forsyth Police Department appears as an agency contact, but no official separate city jail, city roster, or long-term municipal detention facility was verified.
- Monroe County Detention Center holds people arrested by Monroe County law-enforcement agencies, pretrial detainees, county-time sentences, and sentenced people awaiting state transfer.
- Burruss Correctional Training Center is a Georgia Department of Corrections medium-security state prison for adult male felons in Forsyth.
Monroe County Inmate Population FAQ
How many inmates are in Monroe County?
The May 2026 Georgia Sheriffs' Association report lists 179 inmates in the Monroe County jail against 175 listed beds. The live roster count can differ because it changes during the day and is a person-level booking tool rather than a monthly population report.
How do I search Monroe County inmates?
Start with the official sheriff-linked InteropWeb roster. Use Current Inmates for present custody, 24 Hours Arrests for recent bookings, and Inmates by Arrest Date when the booking date is known. If no record appears, call the jail or use open records, GDC, VINELink, BOP, or ICE based on custody type.
Does Monroe County post mugshots?
No. The sheriff detention page says booking photographs are not posted on the website under Georgia booking-photo law. The roster may still show charge, bond, statute, court, arrest date, and custody status.
Where do sentenced inmates go?
The sheriff detention page says people sentenced to state time are held until transfer into a state facility. Once transferred, the Georgia Department of Corrections locator is the proper search channel.