Houston County Detention Center Overview
Houston County Detention Center is operated by the Houston County Sheriff's Office at 203 Perry Parkway in Warner Robins. The official detention page identifies Captain Scott McMillan as jail administrator and Lieutenant Taylor Nelson as assistant jail administrator. The jail is the primary local detention center for people booked by county agencies and by local departments whose arrestees are accepted into county custody.
The official jail page describes the building as a direct-supervision facility. Construction began in 2002 and was completed in 2005, giving Houston County a larger modern jail for pretrial detention, misdemeanor-sentence housing, and felony transfer holds. The same official page says the facility contains 665 inmates and houses people over age 17 who are awaiting trial, awaiting sentencing, or awaiting transfer.
Population categories on the county page are specific. The jail holds male and female pretrial inmates, male and female inmates convicted of misdemeanors and sentenced to one year or less, and male and female convicted felony inmates waiting to be moved to the Georgia Department of Corrections. That means a person's lookup path can change over time. A person may appear in the Houston County roster immediately after booking, then later appear in the GDC offender locator after sentencing and transfer.
The county's official detention page is the best source for jail-specific operating details. The Houston County Detention Center page shows the facility leadership, capacity statement, mission language, medical and mental-health service notes, and PayTel visitation rules.
This screenshot matters because the county jail page, not a third-party directory, is the source tying the facility to the sheriff's office, the 665-inmate capacity, and PayTel video visitation.
Houston County Detention Center Capacity and Population
The official detention page states that Houston County Detention Center contains 665 inmates. Research also inspected the public inmate-portal load endpoint on June 4, 2026 and counted 639 roster records. That comparison is useful, but it should be treated as a point-in-time operational snapshot. The public roster changes as people are booked, released, bonded out, moved to court, or transferred to state custody.
The June 4, 2026 roster count was about 96.1 percent of the stated facility capacity. Houston County did not publish an official annual average daily population table, average length-of-stay report, or public demographic dashboard on the jail page during the research pass. The roster exposes race, sex, and age fields for individual records, but it does not publish a summarized race, sex, or age table for the jail population.
How to Look Up an Inmate at Houston County Detention Center
Use the Houston County inmate roster for current county jail custody. This is the correct system for people held at Houston County Detention Center before trial, while serving a local misdemeanor sentence, or while waiting on a local court or transfer decision. It is not the best tool for someone already moved into Georgia Department of Corrections custody.
- Open the Houston County inmate roster and search the active inmate list.
- Enter the person's name and compare available identifiers such as race, sex, age, arrest date, and held-for agency.
- Confirm that the record is for Houston County Detention Center custody rather than a state prison, federal custody, or another county.
- Open or review the available record details for charge or hold text, bond language, warrant numbers, release date if shown, and agency information.
If the roster does not answer a time-sensitive custody question, call the jail at (478) 218-4900. If the person has been sentenced and transferred, use the Georgia Department of Corrections offender search instead. For notification rather than search, VINELink can be used as a custody-status alert tool, but it does not replace the sheriff's jail roster or GDC records.
Houston County Detention Center Address and Contact
Use the jail phone number for current custody, visitation, mail, and deposit questions before traveling or sending anything. The official page does not publish a public parking map, parking-fee rule, public-transit route, ADA entrance note, or visitor-lot diagram, so visitors should confirm arrival instructions with the facility.
Houston County Detention Center
203 Perry Parkway
Warner Robins, GA 31088
(478) 218-4900
Call the jail for current custody, visit, mail, and money instructions.
Visiting Someone at Houston County Detention Center
Houston County Detention Center uses PayTel video visitation. The county page says each inmate is allowed two 15-minute visits per week. Visitors must create a PayTel visitation account, schedule the visit online, and provide complete and accurate information so the request can be approved. Adult visitors must have valid photo identification and present it to an officer before each visit.
| Visit Item | Schedule / Length | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Standard visit allowance | Two 15-minute visits per week per inmate | PayTel video |
| Scheduling | Before the visit through PayTel | Online account required |
| Adult identification | Before each visit | Valid photo ID shown to an officer |
| Attorney or professional visits | Not located in official source | Call the jail |
| On-site public lobby visits | Not published as a separate schedule | Confirm before traveling |
The PayTel registration fields published by the county include visitor email, inmate first name, inmate last name, inmate date of birth, visitor first name, visitor last name, visitor phone number, and visitor address. If a name, date of birth, or contact field is incomplete or inaccurate, the visit request may not be approved.
Mail, Phone, and Money at Houston County Detention Center
The official Houston County jail page specifically names PayTel for video visitation, but it does not publish a jail mail format, commissary vendor, money-deposit vendor, inmate phone-rate table, tablet program, or commissary fee schedule. Because those rules can affect whether mail is rejected or a deposit is credited, use the jail phone number before sending money, mailing property, or relying on a vendor found somewhere else.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail Address | No official inmate-mail format located; call (478) 218-4900 before mailing. |
| Phone / Video | PayTel is named for video visitation; phone-rate details were not published in the researched jail page. |
| Money Deposit | No official deposit vendor or fee schedule located; confirm with the jail before sending funds. |
Booking and Intake at Houston County Detention Center
Houston County does not publish a full public booking manual, but the roster and jail page show how intake becomes visible. After arrest, identifying and custody information can be entered into the jail system. The public portal may show name, race, sex, age, arrest date, held-for agency, hold or charge text, warrant numbers, bond language, release date if available, and mugshot data when available in the returned record.
A person arrested by the Houston County Sheriff's Office, Perry Police Department, Warner Robins Police Department, a court authority, or a base-related agency may still appear in the county roster if booked into Houston County Detention Center. The important question is physical custody. Local arresting agency labels do not automatically mean the person is being held somewhere other than the county jail.
About Houston County Detention Center
The jail page frames the facility mission around safe and secure housing for inmates and staff, promoting positive inmate behavior, and accurate data entry, updating, retrieval, and dissemination to appropriate agencies and individuals. It also says inmates have access to medical services, mental-health services, and other services necessary to meet their needs. No detailed public catalog of GED, vocational, religious, tablet, substance-abuse, grievance, or work-release programs was located on official county pages during the research pass.
The official recent operational item located for the jail was the sheriff's HB 1105 quarterly immigration-compliance reporting. The Q1 2026 report listed 1,577 bookings and LESC queries and eight ICE detainers for the quarter. Treat those figures as quarterly operational reporting, not as a full annual population measure or a litigation summary.
Note: Confirm custody, visit approval, and current facility rules with the jail before traveling to Warner Robins.
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