Murray County Inmate Population Overview
Murray County has one official detention facility in the facility map for this build: Murray County Jail, also described in county quarterly reports as the Murray County Sheriff's Office Detention Center. It is a county jail run by the Murray County Sheriff's Office, not a state prison. It holds people arrested locally, people waiting for a bond or release decision, short local sentences, and people whose custody status may involve holds or immigration-status inquiry reporting.
The strongest official population data is booking volume, not a live headcount. The county's Criminal Alien Tracking and Reporting page links quarterly detention-center reports that count bookings, immigration-status inquiries, confirmations, and detainers. Those reports do not name inmates and should not be used as a roster. They do show how many bookings passed through the jail in each quarter, which is useful when no official average daily population or capacity figure was located.
Murray County Inmate Population Statistics
Murray County reported 1,684 total detention-center bookings across the four official 2025 CATA quarterly reports. The first 2026 report listed 389 bookings. These figures count jail intake events during a period. They are not the same as the number of people held on a given day, and they are not a unique-person count.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Total bookings | 1,684 | Murray County CATA quarterly reports, 2025 |
| First-quarter bookings | 389 | Murray County CATA quarterly report, Q1 2026 |
| County population estimate | 41,607 | U.S. Census QuickFacts, July 1, 2025 |
| Rated jail capacity | Not located | Official county and GDC pages reviewed |
| Average daily population | Not located | Official county and GDC pages reviewed |
Murray County Jail Booking Trends
The quarterly booking series is steady but not flat. Q2 2025 was the high point in the located reports, with 433 bookings. Q4 2025 fell to 399, and Q1 2026 fell again to 389. That short series supports a narrow statement: bookings declined from the highest located 2025 quarter to the first quarter of 2026. It does not prove a lower daily jail population, because average length of stay was not published in the sources reviewed.
| Period | Bookings | Immigration Inquiries | Detainers | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | 431 | 6 | 5 | First located 2025 report |
| Q2 2025 | 433 | 15 | 9 | Highest booking quarter located |
| Q3 2025 | 421 | 24 | 7 | Highest inquiry count located |
| Q4 2025 | 399 | 19 | 12 | Bookings decreased from Q2 and Q3 |
| Q1 2026 | 389 | 19 | 18 | Lower bookings, higher detainers |
The detainer count is a separate measure. Q1 2026 had fewer bookings than any located 2025 quarter but more detainers than any of those quarters. That matters for release questions. A person may have a bail amount and still not be released if another hold, warrant, parole issue, probation hold, federal matter, or immigration detainer must be resolved.
Murray County Inmate Record Laws
Georgia law frames how booking, jail, and court records are requested. The Georgia Open Records Act makes public records generally open for inspection and copying unless a law or court order protects them. The practical point is simple: a custody question can start by phone, but a booking sheet, report, photo, 911 record, or court copy may require a request to the office that keeps that record.
Key statutes:
O.C.G.A. 50-18-70 et seq. covers Georgia public records and the public right to inspect or copy records that are not exempt.
O.C.G.A. 50-18-71 covers timing, production, copying, and cost handling for open-records requests.
O.C.G.A. 50-18-72 lists exemptions that may lead to redaction or withholding.
O.C.G.A. 42-4-16 is the detention reporting law behind Murray County's CATA quarterly reports.
The GBI record-restriction page is a separate path. It addresses Georgia criminal-history record restriction under O.C.G.A. 35-3-37. It is not a jail roster, and it does not replace the Clerk of Superior Court for certified court copies.
Search Murray County Inmates Without a Roster
No official public Murray County online jail roster was located in the county or sheriff sources reviewed. The county's own FAQ gives the working access path: contact Murray County Jail. The FAQ says jail staff can advise whether someone has been arrested, the charges brought, whether release will be by bail, citation, or own recognizance, and the bail amount. That is the official current-custody channel for a Murray County jail lookup.
- Call the jail information line and ask whether the person is currently held at Murray County Jail.
- Provide the person's full name and spelling, approximate age or date of birth if known, arrest date, and arresting agency if known.
- Ask what charges were brought at booking and whether bail, citation release, or own-recognizance release applies.
- Ask whether any hold or detainer blocks release even if a bond amount exists.
- If staff says the person was cited, released, transferred, or sentenced, shift to court, GDC, BOP, ICE, or VINELink as appropriate.
The Murray County FAQ is unusually direct on this point. It gives the jail phone path for arrest, charge, bail, and release-route information. That channel should be used before sending money, planning a visit, or assuming a person remains in custody.
The official FAQ page is the county source for the phone-first Murray County inmate search workflow.
Because no public web roster was located, the FAQ is more important than a missing search form.
Murray County Inmate Lookup Fields
The county jail has no located official online search fields, so the search-field table is a call-prep table. It should not be read as a web form. The GDC and BOP fields belong to state and federal systems, not the Murray County Jail.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online roster search fields | n/a | n/a | No official online Murray County jail roster was located. |
| Person's name | Verbal request | Helpful | Use full legal name and spelling. |
| Arrest date or time | Verbal request | Optional | Useful for a recent arrest or common name. |
| Arresting agency or location | Verbal request | Optional | Helps separate sheriff, city police, and other agency records. |
| Date of birth or age | Verbal request | Optional | Staff may limit identity details depending on policy. |
Murray County Jail Record Details
The jail FAQ confirms several public-facing record points. It does not confirm a public booking number, housing unit, mugshot, height, weight, race, sex, arresting agency field, or release-date field on an online profile. Ask for those items if needed, but do not assume they are published online.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Arrest or custody confirmation | The FAQ says the jail can advise whether someone has been arrested. |
| Charges brought | Booking or arrest charges, not always the final prosecutor-filed charges. |
| Release route | Bail, citation, or own-recognizance release, if staff can discuss it. |
| Bail amount | The amount listed by the jail after booking or court action. |
| Crime report copy | The Sheriff's Records Section handles sheriff case reports through the FAQ number. |
| Mugshot | Not confirmed on an official Murray County public roster. |
Murray County Jail vs State Prison
Local jail custody and state prison custody are easy to confuse. A person arrested in Murray County starts in the county jail if continued custody is required. A person sentenced to a state prison term may later move into the Georgia Department of Corrections offender query. No state prison physically in Murray County was found in the official GDC location list.
| Custody Type | Best Source | Use It For |
|---|---|---|
| County jail | Murray County Jail phone line | Recent arrest, charges, bail, citation, recognizance, current local custody |
| State prison | GDC offender query | Sentenced Georgia offenders, state ID, offense, location, parole month when available |
| Federal custody | BOP Inmate Locator | BOP-held federal prisoners and release status |
| Immigration custody | ICE ODLS | Individual ICE detainee lookup, not county CATA reports |
| Notification | VINELink Georgia | Custody-status notifications where available |
The GDC query is the correct state source after sentencing or transfer into state custody.
A county filter in the GDC tool does not mean the person is housed in Murray County.
Murray County Detention Facilities
The facility map resolved one detention facility for this county. No separate official work-release annex, regional jail, city holding facility, state prison, federal detention center, or ICE facility physically in Murray County was located in the official sources reviewed.
- Murray County Jail is the sheriff-operated county jail for local arrests, pretrial custody, release decisions, local short sentences, and detention-center reporting.
- Booking
- Jail intake after arrest, including identity and charge entry.
- Own recognizance
- Release based on a promise to appear without a money bond.
- Detainer
- A notice or request from another agency that may affect release.
- GDC
- The Georgia Department of Corrections, which handles state prison custody.
Murray County Court Records After Arrest
Jail information and court records answer different questions. The jail can address booking charges and current release status. Formal case records live with the courts and prosecutor after a charge is filed. The Clerk of Superior Court handles criminal court filing and processing, and Superior Court has felony authority in Georgia.
Magistrate Court can matter early for warrants, first steps, or release issues. The District Attorney is the charging office for cases that move forward. For the deeper court path after a booking, use the Murray County court records after jail arrest page.
Murray County Inmate Population FAQ
How large is the Murray County inmate population? No official average daily population was located. The most reliable official number found is 1,684 detention-center bookings across the four 2025 CATA reports.
Is there an online Murray County jail roster? No official public online roster was located in the reviewed county or sheriff sources. The county FAQ points users to the jail phone line for current arrest, charge, release, and bail information.
Do CATA reports list inmates? No. They are aggregate quarterly reports about bookings, immigration-status inquiries, responses, confirmations, and detainers.
Where are sentenced Murray County inmates searched? Use GDC for state-sentenced offenders, BOP for federal prisoners, ICE ODLS for immigration detainees, and VINELink for custody notifications where supported.