Contacts

Start With the Right Office

For county custody, booking information, and records requests, begin with the Henry County Sheriff's Office. Its jail inquiry is the first place to check for a person currently held by HCSO. The public inquiry does not promise a photograph in every result, so a specific photo request follows a separate route.

Use the official HCSO inmate information page for agency instructions and the Henry County Jail inquiry for the live custody search.

Where to Look for Each Record

The correct route depends on the custody stage and the office that made the arrest:

• For a person just booked or currently held, check the HCSO inmate inquiry. It can show custody, charges, bond information, and booking search fields, but a missing name does not prove release or dismissal.
• For a booking sheet, charge or bond entry, release entry, or booking photograph, use HCSO Open Records and the separate photo-request process. Include the person's name, approximate date, booking number if known, arresting agency, and the exact record sought.
• For the officer's report, contact the arresting city department. The Stockbridge, McDonough, and Locust Grove pages identify their police records routes. A city report and a county booking record are different records.
• For a warrant notice or a non-emergency tip, use Sheriff's Most Wanted and the official HCSO tip route. Do not approach a wanted person. Use 911 for immediate danger.
• For a court case or disposition, use the Georgia court access route and select the right court. The HCSO contact page lists Superior Court at 770-288-8022, State Court at 770-288-7800, Magistrate Court at 770-288-7700, and Juvenile Court at 770-288-6866.
• For a sentenced state prisoner, use the Georgia Department of Corrections Find an Offender search. It covers GDC custody, not an ordinary pretrial Henry County Jail booking.
• For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or the ICE Online Detainee Locator. These systems do not replace the county roster or court docket.

HCSO Open Records Requests

The HCSO Open Records page accepts the general request online, by email, fax, mail, or in person. The fillable Open Records form may be sent to HCSOOpenRecordsRequest@co.henry.ga.us, faxed to 770-288-7116, or mailed or delivered to HCSO, Attn: Open Records, 120 Henry Parkway, McDonough, GA 30253. Open Records Services is 770-288-7043 during the weekday office hours listed above.

Under the Georgia Open Records Act, a custodian generally responds within three business days by producing the records or stating when and at what cost they will be available. That is an initial response standard, not a promise that a large or redaction-heavy request will be complete in three days. HCSO's form states that the first 15 minutes of qualified labor are free, later search and review time uses the lowest-paid qualified employee's rate, and letter or legal-size copies cost no more than $0.10 per page. An estimate above $25 requires notice and an estimate above $500 may require prepayment.

Booking photographs use the HCSO media and non-media photo request page. A non-media requester can use the non-media form, send it to hcsopio@co.henry.ga.us, fax it to 770-288-7119, or mail it to HCSO, Attn: Media Request, at the Henry Parkway address. The request carries the statutory affirmation required for a booking photograph. Communications help is 770-288-7991.