Why This Reference Exists
Georgia law makes many jail and release records available for public inspection, but the records are spread across agencies. The Chattooga County Sheriff's Office keeps the county jail commitment and discharge record. Its public lookup separates current inmates, recent bookings, and booking-date searches that can include previous inmates. The Georgia Department of Corrections runs a different offender search for people who entered state-prison custody, including those held at Hays State Prison. That state record may show facility, status, charges, and a release date.
Release also may begin a new record trail. The State Board of Pardons and Paroles handles parole decisions, while the Georgia Department of Community Supervision manages parole and felony probation in the community. Federal prison releases appear through the Bureau of Prisons rather than the county jail. Court records can explain the bond, sentence, dismissal, probation order, or transfer behind a person's departure from custody. This site organizes those search tools, record-request steps, and agency roles so readers can start with the right system.
What Readers Can Access
The material is arranged around the questions that arise after someone leaves jail or prison. Each path uses Chattooga County and Georgia sources instead of treating every custody record as one statewide list.
- The home page provides the full released-person search and the county discharge-record request process, with separate guidance for an Inmate Release Date, a VINELink Release Check, and Parole / Probation.
- Dedicated facility pages distinguish Chattooga County Jail from Hays State Prison and give the address, phone, facility role, and proper release-confirmation route for each.
- Search instructions explain the county's previous-inmate option and the GDC statewide offender locator without presenting a current roster as a released-person archive.
- Records guidance identifies how to request a booking record or booking photo, which facts help staff find it, and when a fee estimate may be issued.
Limits of This Site
Chattooga County Released Inmates is a private publication. It has no affiliation with Sheriff Mark A. Shrader, the Chattooga County Sheriff's Office, Chattooga County Jail, Hays State Prison, the Georgia Department of Corrections, or any local, state, or federal government agency. We can explain which official system is likely to hold a record, but we do not control any jail, court, supervision office, or corrections database.
- We cannot release, detain, move, or transfer a person in custody.
- We cannot post a bond, arrange a visit, or send funds for a reader.
- We do not provide legal advice or interpret a court order for a case.
- We cannot promise that an agency's phone number, fee, address, hours, or online record has not changed.
Only the sheriff, corrections department, court, or other originating agency can confirm custody, charges, and release. This site can direct a reader to the likely official source, but the agency record controls.
Search Partner Disclosure
Some pages contain search boxes supplied by third-party providers. Those providers operate their own tools, produce their own results, and set any prices connected with their services. If a search leads to a paid registration or purchase, this site may receive a referral fee. That support helps keep the public reference pages available without charge. We do not set a partner's price, control the records it returns, or guarantee that its result matches an official Chattooga County or Georgia record.