Houston County Inmate Lookup
The county online channel is the Houston County inmate search portal, which is linked by Houston County as Inmate Search. The research capture found a JavaScript portal shell rather than visible static search fields, so the public form should be used directly in a browser. If the roster does not load or does not return a match, call the Houston County Inmate Search and Detention Center line at (478) 218-4900.
Sheriff Matthew Moulton leads the Houston County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff office lists direct lines for Detention Center, Records, Warrants, Sexual Offender Registry, Traffic, Patrol, Juvenile, and Crime Stoppers. The inmate search phone line is the same as the Detention Center line, which makes it the practical fallback when the roster portal is unavailable or identity details need confirmation.
The official Houston County inmate search portal is the source linked by the county for current jail custody checks.
Because the portal is app-rendered, confirm Houston County inmate details by phone when a custody result affects bond, court, or release decisions.
Use the Houston County Jail Roster
The Houston County jail roster search should be treated as a current-custody tool, not a full criminal-history search. It is meant for county jail status. Court charges, dispositions, warrants, and future hearings may require Benchmark court search, the State Court Clerk, the Superior Court Clerk, Magistrate Court, or Sheriff's Records.
- Open the county-linked inmate portal at houston-so-ga.zuercherportal.com in a browser that allows JavaScript.
- Search with the person's known name or other visible fields shown by the rendered portal.
- If no match appears, check spelling, aliases, and whether the person may be in state prison rather than county jail.
- Call the Detention Center at (478) 218-4900 when the portal does not load or the result must be verified.
- Use Benchmark or the proper clerk office for court cases, charges, citations, and warrant-linked case numbers.
Houston County Roster Fields
The research capture did not expose normal name, booking, charge, or housing fields from static HTML. That limits what can be stated with confidence. The portal shell shows a Zuercher-style Angular app, navbar assets, and login/logout shell behavior, while the actual inmate-search interface requires the app to render in the browser.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes / Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not visible in static HTML | JavaScript app | Unspecified | The Houston County inmate portal shell loaded, but search inputs were not visible in static capture. |
| Navbar / product shell | App shell | No | Portal uses an app-rendered interface rather than plain static form markup. |
| Login / Logout | App shell | No | Logout behavior appears only when a user exists. |
Note: If an inmate record is needed for court, bond, or release planning, call the Detention Center rather than relying on a stale browser result.
Houston County Inmate Record Fields
Many jail roster sites show booking details, charges, bond, mugshots, housing, and release information, but those specific Houston County profile fields were not confirmed from the captured public portal. The safe reading is narrower: the official inmate portal is the county lookup channel, and the Detention Center phone line is the verification channel for current custody.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Mugshot | Not confirmed from the static Houston County portal capture. |
| Booking number | Not confirmed from the static Houston County portal capture. |
| Booking date or time | Not confirmed from the static Houston County portal capture. |
| Charges or statutes | Not confirmed in the roster capture; use Benchmark and clerk records for court charge searches. |
| Bond | Not confirmed from the public roster capture; verify with the Detention Center or court. |
| Housing location | Not confirmed from the static Houston County portal capture. |
| Release date | Not confirmed from the static Houston County portal capture. |
Houston County Detention Center
The Houston County Detention Center is the county jail. Major Brian Blanton is listed as Jail Administrator, and Captain Michelle Westbrook is listed as Assistant Jail Administrator. The facility opened in 2002 as a direct-supervision, self-contained jail with capacity for 665 inmates. It houses male and female inmates age 17 and older who are charged with or convicted of misdemeanors or felonies.
The detention mission includes safe and secure custody, food, clothing, shelter, medical care, mental health care, religious needs, escape prevention, daily supervision, court transports, jail and prison transports across Georgia, officer training, and support for other divisions during disasters. Pretrial inmates remain at the Detention Center until bond or court action. Post-trial misdemeanor inmates may serve up to one year there as Georgia Department of Corrections inmates, while felony-sentenced inmates are held until GDC receives them.
The official Detention Center page provides the county's facility facts, jail leadership, capacity, and visitation updates.
Those facility details explain why Houston County inmate records may include pretrial, misdemeanor sentence, and transfer-related custody situations.
Houston County Detention Center
202 Carl Vinson Parkway
Warner Robins, GA 31088
(478) 218-4900
Attorney and court personnel visitation: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-11:30 AM and 1:00 PM-4:30 PM.
Houston County Jail vs State Prison
County jail custody and state prison custody are different records. The Houston County inmate portal and Detention Center phone line cover the county jail. The Georgia Department of Corrections offender search is for sentenced offenders in GDC facilities. Georgia.gov notes that county jail inmates should be searched through the county website, so a missing GDC result does not rule out Houston County jail custody.
Use the county roster first for recent arrests, pretrial detainees, misdemeanor custody, court transport, or short county sentences. Use the GDC search when a person has been sentenced to state custody or transferred out of the county jail. Court case information remains separate from both systems and may need Benchmark, State Court, Superior Court, or Magistrate Court records.
The Georgia Department of Corrections offender search is the statewide source for sentenced state inmates, not the Houston County jail roster.
Checking both county and state custody paths prevents a Houston County inmate search from stopping at the wrong system.
Houston County Booking and Court Records
Booking and custody are not the same as the filed court case. A Houston County inmate record can show that a person is in county custody, but the court record explains the case path, charge filing, warrant-linked case number, citation, plea, disposition, or sentence when that information is public. Benchmark is the court search path for Superior Court, State Court, and Magistrate Court case records. The sheriff roster and the court portal answer different parts of the same event.
For recent arrests, check whether the person is still housed at the Detention Center and then search the related case by name, warrant number, arresting agency case number, SAO case number, citation number, or charge if known. Felony matters are tied to Superior Court, misdemeanors and traffic matters are tied to State Court, and preliminary or warrant matters may appear in Magistrate Court. The county jail can confirm custody, while the clerk or court record confirms filed case activity.
Houston County Inmate Visitation
The Detention Center says in-person visitation with inmates by attorneys and other court personnel has resumed during normal visitation hours. Requests outside those times require prior approval. The facility also says it continues to monitor CDC guidance for COVID-19 and other communicable viruses, and visitors should not enter if they have chills, fevers, or flu-like symptoms.
| Visit Type | Schedule / Length | Cost | Rules |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attorney and court personnel in-person visitation | Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-11:30 AM and 1:00 PM-4:30 PM | Not stated | Other times require prior approval. |
| PayTel lobby kiosk | One 30-minute visit per week for authorized inmates when kiosks are operational | Not stated for lobby | The county notice says lobby kiosks are not in service at the time of the notice. |
| PayTel remote housing-unit visit | 20 minutes | $0.30 per minute | Visitor account approval required; monitored by Detention Center staff. |
PayTel Houston County Video Visits
The Detention Center installed PayTel video visitation. Visitors establish an account, provide a photo, and provide readable picture identification such as a driver's license before approval. False identification, false credentials, or account creation for someone denied access can remove a visitor from the system.
Remote housing-unit PayTel visits are allowed for 20 minutes when the inmate's phone or visitation privileges have not been revoked. All video visits are monitored. Profanity, gang signs, indecency, lewd behavior, and similar conduct can lead to a loss of visitation privileges for at least 30 days. Visitors who post pictures or videos of a visit with a Houston County Detention Center inmate permanently lose visitor privileges.
PayTel is the official video-visitation vendor identified by Houston County for inmate visit accounts.
The PayTel rules are important because a Houston County inmate record lookup often leads to visitation or communication planning.
Houston County Jail Services
The Detention Center has a fully operational 24-hour medical unit staffed by full-time nursing personnel, physician assistants, dentists, and mental-health services provided by Correct Health. The jail has an industrial kitchen for inmate meals, and inmates prepare meals under contracted food-service supervision with detention monitoring. Supervised inmate work force personnel clean, provide laundry service, and perform minor maintenance.
The Detention Center page also posts Georgia HB 1105 quarterly reports for 2025 and 2026, including first and second quarter 2026 reports. Those public reports are a separate detention reporting initiative and should not be confused with the live jail roster. They are useful for county detention transparency, while the inmate portal and Detention Center phone line remain the direct custody lookup tools.
Mail rules, inmate money-deposit kiosks, commissary ordering, phone pricing, tablets, child visitor rules, dress code, holiday visitation, lockdown policies, and exact inmate mailing address formats were not located in the reviewed official Detention Center material. Confirm those current rules with the Detention Center at (478) 218-4900 before sending mail, depositing money, or planning a visit.
Houston County Inmate Records Requests
Some Houston County inmate record questions belong with Sheriff's Records rather than the jail roster. The Sheriff's Records Division line is (478) 542-2130. Use it for report copies, open-records processing, and records questions tied to Sheriff's Office material. Use the Superior Court Clerk, State Court Clerk, or Magistrate Court when the question is about a court case, charge filing, disposition, warrant-linked case number, or certified court copy.
The sheriff office page is the main county source for division contacts, including Detention Center, Inmate Search, Records, Warrants, and Sexual Offender Registry.
Those separate sheriff lines help route Houston County inmate questions to custody, records, warrant, or registry staff as needed.
Houston County Registry Checks
The Houston County sex offender registry is separate from the jail roster. The county registry list shows name, address, race, and sex. The statewide GBI sex offender registry is another public-safety source and can show broader Georgia registry context. Neither registry is a substitute for an active inmate custody check.
The county sex offender registry provides a local list with basic identifying and address fields.
Use the registry for offender-location research and the jail roster for Houston County inmate custody status.