Paulding County Jail Roster
The official local custody search is the Paulding County Sheriff Inmate Inquiry, a New World Systems roster linked from the county's Inmate Lookup page. It is free and no login was observed in the research capture. The roster is built for Paulding County Jail, the sheriff-run detention center in Dallas, and it is the first place to check for a person who was just arrested by the Paulding County Sheriff's Office, Dallas Police Department, Hiram Police Department, Georgia State Patrol, or another agency that booked the person into county custody.
The roster has one important quirk: the form defaults to a short booking-date window with the In Custody box checked. That helps with current jail population searches, but it can hide older bookings. Broaden the Booking From Date and Booking To Date fields before assuming there is no record. The county did not publish a refresh schedule, retention rule, or historical release window in the inspected page text, so a missing name should be checked through the jail phone line, the sheriff open-records channel, and the appropriate state or federal locator.
The Paulding County Jail Division page identifies the jail as a 631-bed facility with five housing units. Sheriff Gary Gulledge is named on the official command staff page. Those county pages are separate from the Georgia Department of Corrections locator, which is used for state custody after sentencing or placement at Paulding Probation Detention Center.
Use Paulding Inmate Records
To answer "how do I find someone in the Paulding jail," start with the sheriff roster and search broadly enough to catch name spelling, date range, and custody-status issues. Search results are sparse at first. The result table showed name and subject number only during inspection, so the profile link is where booking, bond, and charge details appear.
- Open the county Inmate Lookup page or go directly to the Paulding County Sheriff Inmate Inquiry.
- Leave In Custody checked when the goal is a current Paulding County Jail inmate search.
- Enter a full or partial name. Use a subject number or booking number only when one is already known.
- Widen the booking-date range if the arrest was not within the default recent window.
- Use the Housing Facility field only when needed. The visible option was Paulding County Sheriff's Office Detention Center.
- Click the name in the result table to open the inmate profile, then read the booking history, bond, and charge tables.
The official roster search page was captured in the image manifest from the Paulding County Sheriff Inmate Inquiry search form.
The form fields in that screenshot match the research inventory: name, subject number, booking number, current-custody status, booking dates, and housing facility can all affect whether a record appears.
Paulding Roster Search Fields
The Paulding County inmate records form accepts more than a name, but none of the inspected fields was marked as strictly required. Use the least narrow search that still identifies the person. A broad name search can catch spelling or date errors, while a booking number can isolate one booking event if the number came from the jail, court, bond paperwork, or a prior roster printout.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Text | Unspecified | Search by inmate name. Public results show matching names. |
| Subject Number | Text | Optional or unspecified | Local numeric subject identifier, such as the subject numbers seen in result rows. |
| Booking Number | Text | Optional or unspecified | Observed format uses a year and padded number, such as 2026-00002191. |
| In Custody | Checkbox | Optional or unspecified | Checked by default and labeled for currently jailed people. |
| Booking From Date | Date text | Optional or unspecified | Defaults to a narrow recent range. Use MM/DD/YYYY format as shown by the form. |
| Booking To Date | Date text | Optional or unspecified | Move this date forward or back with the From Date to find older bookings. |
| Housing Facility | Dropdown | Optional or unspecified | Blank option plus Paulding County Sheriff's Office Detention Center were visible. |
Paulding Inmate Profile Fields
The inmate profile answers "what does a roster record show" with more detail than the result table. A sample profile inspected on June 4, 2026 showed a Demographic Information section, a Booking History section, booking and release fields, bond totals, a bond table, and a charge table. It did not show a mugshot, date of birth, physical description, housing pod, warrant number, or court date in the inspected public HTML.
The sample inmate-detail screenshot in the manifest came from the official Paulding County Sheriff Inmate Inquiry profile.
Because the profile uses separate bond and charge grids, verify any release decision with the jail or the court before relying on a blank, zero, or outdated bond field.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Name as listed in the sheriff roster profile. |
| Subject Number | Local person identifier assigned by the jail system. |
| Booking Number | Booking event identifier for the jail intake record. |
| Booking Date | Date and time the person was booked into Paulding County Jail. |
| Release Date | Release date if entered. It was blank in the inspected current-custody sample. |
| Scheduled Release Date | Future release field if populated by the jail system. |
| Total Bond Amount | Aggregate bond figure shown by the roster, if any. |
| Total Bail Amount | Separate total bail field shown on the profile. |
| Booking Bonds | Bond number, type, amount, and status if data is entered. The sample grid showed no data. |
| Booking Charges | Charge description, counts, offense date, crime class, arresting agency, attempt or commit field, and charge bond. |
Paulding Custody Lookup Paths
Do not confuse the county roster with the Georgia Department of Corrections offender query. The Paulding County jail roster covers county booking and detention. GDC covers state offenders, including people assigned to Paulding Probation Detention Center. A person may appear in the county roster after arrest, then later leave it after sentencing or transfer to GDC custody.
Federal and immigration custody use different systems. The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator is for people in BOP custody or released from BOP custody after 1982. ICE's Online Detainee Locator System searches immigration detention by A-number and country of birth or by biographic details. VINELink is available for notification, but it is not a substitute for the originating jail, court, or corrections record.
| Custody | Where to Look | Why It Matters |
|---|---|---|
| Pretrial or local sentence | Paulding County Sheriff Inmate Inquiry | Best source for Paulding County Jail bookings and current county custody. |
| State sentence or probation detention | Georgia Department of Corrections offender query | Covers GDC custody and Paulding Probation Detention Center. |
| Custody notification | VINELink Georgia | Used for notification registration, not as the only official record. |
| Federal sentence | Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator | County subject numbers and BOP register numbers are not the same. |
| Immigration detention | ICE ODLS | Separate civil immigration custody locator, not a county jail roster. |
Paulding Detention Facilities
Paulding County has two mapped detention facilities in Dallas, but they do not serve the same population. Paulding County Jail is the sheriff-operated booking and detention facility for local arrests, pretrial custody, sentenced misdemeanants, and holds pending transfer. Paulding Probation Detention Center is a GDC facility for adult male state offenders or probationers. The second facility is not a new-arrest county jail and does not use the county roster.
Paulding County Jail
25 Industrial Way N
Dallas, GA 30132
770-443-3030
631 beds, five housing units, county jail custody.
Paulding Probation Detention Center
1295 Industrial Boulevard N
Dallas, GA 30132
770-443-7807
260-person GDC probation detention capacity.
Paulding Booking Records
Booking starts after arrest and transport to Paulding County Jail. The roster research shows that intake creates or updates a subject number, booking number, booking date, booking history, bond fields, and charge rows. A booking charge is not a conviction. Prosecutors and courts can amend, reduce, dismiss, add, or decline charges after the jail record is created.
Georgia law also affects the first court step. O.C.G.A. § 17-4-26 addresses prompt appearance before a judicial officer after certain warrantless arrests. Bond handling depends on the court order and case type. Paulding's Bonding Options page separates Superior Court and Magistrate Court bond handling and lists cash, professional, property, and transfer bonds.
Roster note: A zero bond field, blank release date, or empty bond table is not release advice. Confirm the status with the jail or court.
Paulding Jail Visit Rules
Paulding County publishes separate official pages for visitation and communication, commissary and trust fund, and inmate mail. The research capture did not expose exact visit times, vendor names, fees, or full ID rules in text. Do not assume a schedule from another Georgia jail. Confirm current rules on the county page or by calling the jail before a visit or deposit.
| Topic | Paulding County Jail Finding | Best Action |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduling | Official visitation page exists. | Use the current county page before planning a visit. |
| Visitor ID | Not fully captured in text. | Call 770-443-3030 or check the official page. |
| Children | Not fully captured in text. | Confirm age, guardian, and approval rules before arrival. |
| Dress code | Not fully captured in text. | Use the county page if current rules are posted. |
| Remote or video | Communication page exists, but vendor and fees were not captured. | Verify vendor, cost, and schedule through the official source. |
| Attorney visits | Not fully captured in text. | Contact the jail or relevant court for access rules. |
Paulding Records Request Fallback
Use the sheriff's Open Records Requests page when an inmate record is not visible, the booking is older than the default search range, or a specific booking record is needed. A narrow request should include the full name, date of birth if known, booking date or approximate arrest date, subject number, booking number, arresting agency, and the exact record sought. Examples include a booking record, arrest report, incident report, bond record, or booking photo if it is not shown online.
Georgia's Open Records Act gives the public a records route, but it does not make every field public in every case. O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 states the public-records policy, while O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72 lists exemptions. Active investigations, juvenile records, protected identity details, sealed or restricted records, medical information, and prosecution-sensitive material may be withheld or redacted.
Paulding App And Notifications
The Paulding County Sheriff's Office also publishes an official Sheriff's Office App page. The research confirms the app channel but did not confirm an app-only inmate roster, warrant search, or mugshot feature. Treat the app as an official sheriff information and alert channel unless the current store listing says more. Use the county page as the safe route because store links and app features can change.
For release and custody notifications, use VINELink where Georgia is available. VINELink can help with notifications, but custody records still need to be checked with the Paulding County jail roster, GDC, BOP, ICE, the court, or the sheriff open-records process based on the type of custody.
- Subject number
- A local jail-system identifier for a person in the Paulding roster.
- Booking number
- The identifier for a specific intake event at the jail.
- Detainer
- A request or hold from another agency that may affect release.
- GDC
- Georgia Department of Corrections, the state system used after state sentencing or placement.