Glynn Detention Center Overview
Glynn County Detention Center is operated by the Glynn County Sheriff's Office. The official detention page describes its mission as providing a safe, secure, and humane environment for people in custody while upholding the law and supporting community safety. It is the one county detention facility identified for the Glynn County inmate population. No separate Brunswick city jail, work-release annex, state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention center physically in Glynn County was confirmed in official sources during the research pass.
The facility houses people in local county custody, including pretrial detainees, people serving local sentences, and people held for other agencies when listed in the public report. The public jail record can also show phrases such as Inmate Held for Federal Authorities or Inmate Held for Other Agencies. Those lines do not turn the Glynn County Detention Center into a federal prison or immigration detention center. They mean another authority may have an interest in custody while the person is physically housed at the county jail.
The current county detention and sheriff pages use 100 Sulphur Springs Road, Brunswick, GA 31520 as the public address. A Georgia Department of Corrections county-jail directory page lists an older Newcastle Street address, but the county-operated pages are the better source for public routing. Use the Sulphur Springs Road address for current public contact unless a county office gives different instructions.
The official Glynn County Detention Center page shows the Find an Inmate section and links the public jail population report and VINELink notification option.
The page confirms that the local lookup is a jail population report, not a searchable commercial roster or per-person profile system.
Glynn Detention Capacity
Glynn County publishes a safe official capacity figure through Sheriff E. Neal Jump's official biography. The biography says the sheriff oversees a jail that can house a population of 600 inmates. The research did not locate an official average daily population figure, current population total printed in the PDF text, annual capacity-utilization percentage, or official demographic dashboard. Do not infer the current jail population from the number of PDF pages.
The Sheriff's Office Foreign National Statistical Report for the first quarter of 2026 gives broader booking context. It reported 1,061 total persons booked during Q1 2026, 98 foreign nationals booked, 98 LESC inquiries, 86 answered by ICE, and 60 ICE holds. Those figures are quarterly activity measures, not a live bed count at the Glynn County Detention Center.
Find Glynn Detention Inmates
The official Glynn County inmate lookup is the Population With All Charges Report, a static PDF linked from the detention center page. The county says the report is updated daily and provides an alphabetical list of incarcerated individuals. The researched report was current as of April 21, 2026 at 7:55:32 AM and was sorted by full name ascending. Because the report is a PDF, searching usually means opening the file and using the PDF viewer's find tool.
- Open the Glynn County Detention Center page and select the Jail Population Report or Population With All Charges Report link.
- Check the "Current as of" timestamp before using the result for custody decisions.
- Use browser or PDF find for the person's last name, first-name fragment, booking date, or charge keyword.
- Read wrapped charge lines carefully because long charge lists can continue across lines or pages.
- Use the jail phone, VINELink, GDC, BOP, ICE ODLS, or a sheriff records request when the PDF does not answer the custody question.
The PDF does not show mugshots, booking number, booking time, bond amount, arresting agency, next court date, housing unit, or a clickable profile. It does show name, age, race and gender, booking date, days jailed, active and inactive charges, and charge degree or status. For a broader explanation of the fields and fallback channels, use Glynn County jail inmate records along with the official jail report.
Glynn Detention Contact
Contact the detention center for current custody and public jail information. Contact the Sheriff's Office main number for broader sheriff records, warrant-service questions, or routing. The public office hours listed online are business hours, but custody operations run continuously. Visitors, attorneys, and people dropping off court clothing should follow the specific hours published for those functions.
Glynn County Detention Center
100 Sulphur Springs Road
Brunswick, GA 31520
912-554-7590
Public office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
Glynn County Sheriff's Office
100 Sulphur Springs
Brunswick, GA 31520
912-554-7600
Email: sheriff@glynncounty-ga.gov
Visit Glynn Detention Inmates
Glynn County Detention Center uses face-to-face non-contact visitation separated by a barrier with telephone communication. Visitors enter through the Visitation Lobby, must be pre-approved, and must be on the inmate's visitation list. On-site face-to-face visits have no charge. Each visit is 15 minutes. Most inmates may have two visitation periods per week, while trustees and housekeepers may have three. Visits are scheduled by emailing visitation@glynncounty-ga.gov with the inmate's name, cell assignment, and ID number.
| Visit item | Glynn County rule | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Regular days | Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday | Exact time depends on cell assignment. |
| Morning examples | 0730-1105 blocks appear in schedule | Used by several bunk and cell groups. |
| Afternoon examples | 1245-1600 blocks appear in schedule | Used by other bunk and cell groups. |
| Child visitation | Varies by cell group | Examples include 1st Saturday, 2nd Sunday, 3rd Saturday, and 4th Sunday. |
| Check-in | At least 20 minutes before the end of scheduled visitation | Late arrival can prevent the visit. |
The official visitation page also covers PayTel video visitation, schedule email, and visit rules.
Verify the current cell assignment before scheduling because the public roster does not publish cell, pod, bunk, or housing location.
Adult visitors need valid government-issued photo identification. Children under 17 must be the biological, adopted, or stepchildren of the inmate and must be accompanied by an approved adult visitor. Children may be asked for a birth certificate on designated child-visitation days. Bags, purses, food, drinks, cell phones, and tobacco products are prohibited in the visitation area. Published dress rules bar several revealing clothing types, including thin-strap or sleeveless tops, tube or halter tops, sheer clothing, and shorts or skirts more than two inches above the knee.
Glynn PayTel Video Rates
Glynn County uses PayTel Connect for video visitation and tablet messaging. Video visitation is initiated by the inmate calling a visitor who has signed up through PayTel Connect. Account setup requires account creation, ID upload, and selfie verification. The same account can support tablet messaging after approval and funding. The county's published rates distinguish on-site access, remote video, tablet messages, and phone calls.
| Service | Provider | Published rate |
|---|---|---|
| On-site video center | PayTel Connect | No cost described by county page. |
| Remote video visitation | PayTel Connect | $0.19 per minute. |
| Tablet messaging | PayTel Connect | $0.25 per message. |
| Local calls | PayTel | $0.012 per minute. |
| Out-of-state calls | PayTel | $0.21 per minute. |
Glynn Detention Mail Money
Glynn County Detention Center has a strict postcard rule for nonlegal mail. Ordinary letters are not the default channel. Nonlegal mail must be a plain white pre-stamped or metered postcard between 3.5 inches by 4.25 inches and 4.25 inches by 6 inches. It must use blue or black ink, contain no photos or decorations, and have no labels, stickers, loose stamps, stains, lipstick, perfume, paint, marker, gang references, weapons, nudity, or other rejected material. The return address must include the sender's full legal name and complete address.
| Mail or money item | Glynn County rule |
|---|---|
| Postcard address | Inmate full name and ID number, 100 Sulphur Springs Rd., Brunswick, GA 31520. |
| Legal mail | Safeguarded and not subject to postcard rule; must not be sent electronically. |
| Photos | Up to four after 30 days in custody, 4 x 6 max, envelope marked PHOTOGRAPHS. |
| Lobby kiosk | In visitation area lobby, available 24/7, accepts cash, credit, and debit cards. |
| Online deposits | McDaniel Supply Company or JailPackStore; Visa, MasterCard, and Discover accepted online. |
| Mail deposits | Money order or certified check only; confirm current payee before mailing. |
The official inmate mail page shows the postcard limits, legal-mail treatment, photo rules, and rejected-material policy.
The inmate ID number is required for mail formatting, but the public jail population PDF does not show ID numbers, so the sender may need to obtain that number from the inmate or jail.
Money deposits also require care. Online deposits through McDaniel Supply Company or JailPackStore require the inmate's full name, facility location as Glynn County Detention Center, and inmate ID number. The official page says prepaid credit cards and debit cards are not accepted online, even though the lobby kiosk accepts debit cards. Mail deposit envelopes must contain only the payment instrument. Letters, cards, or photos in the same envelope will be returned.
Glynn Attorney Visit Hours
Attorney access has its own schedule. The Sheriff's Office page says attorneys may visit clients Monday through Sunday at 8:00 AM to 11:15 AM, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, and 6:30 PM to 10:30 PM. Attorneys must always have a bar card. These attorney windows are separate from public visitation and should not be used as family visitation hours.
Court clothing is also handled separately. Personal clothing and shoes generally are not accepted because those items can be purchased through commissary. Clothing needed for court appearances may be dropped off Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, in the main lobby. Accepted identification for the drop-off includes a driver's license, military photo ID, passport, state-issued ID card, or voter registration card.
Note: Confirm custody, cell assignment, and visit status with the detention center before traveling to Brunswick.
Booking at Glynn Detention
Glynn County does not publish a full booking manual, so the public intake path should be described from what the official jail report and related pages support. After an arrest, a person who will be held locally is transported to the Glynn County Detention Center. Jail staff create custody records and collect identity and demographic information. The public result can later appear in the daily Population With All Charges Report with name, age, race and gender, booking date, days jailed, charges, and charge degree or status.
The jail report may show active and inactive charges, and status terms can vary. Examples documented in the research include posted bond, dismissed, sentenced, time served, court release, probation revocation, erroneous release, no warrant received, fugitive from justice, inmate held for other agencies, and inmate held for federal authorities. The report does not state how soon after arrest a new booking appears, and it should not be described as real time.
Glynn Detention Background
Sheriff E. Neal Jump's official biography supplies the clearest local facility background. It says he took office in January 2013 after a long Georgia State Patrol career and later Glynn County Sheriff's Office service, and that he oversaw construction and establishment of the new Glynn County Sheriff's Office and Detention Center. The same bio says his staff includes more than 60 deputies, 100 detention officers, and 13 clerical workers, with a jail able to house 600 inmates.
Public program details are limited in the official jail pages reviewed. The county does document communication and custody-support systems: face-to-face non-contact visitation, PayTel video visitation, tablet messaging, phone calls, commissary deposits, strict postcard mail, attorney visits, court-clothing drop-off, records requests, and a complaint process through the Sheriff's Office. It did not publish a complete list of jail education, GED, vocational, treatment, religious, medical, or reentry programs in the inspected pages.
People sentenced to state prison from Glynn County should be searched through the Georgia Department of Corrections Find an Offender tool, not the county jail PDF. Federal prisoners are searched through BOP, and immigration detainees are searched through ICE ODLS when eligible. Local jail records can show a hold, but separate state, federal, and immigration systems remain the right fallback channels.