Decatur County Sheriff's Dept

What Decatur County Sheriff's Dept does

Decatur County Sheriff's Office is the elected county law enforcement agency for Decatur County, Georgia, headquartered at 912 Spring Creek Road in Bainbridge. The office provides general law enforcement, crime prevention, jail operations, inmate management, sex offender registry services, and victim services coordination to county residents across 623 square miles, with Sheriff Wiley Griffin serving as the chief elected officer and Wendell Cofer as Chief Deputy. The agency employs 57 staff and operates as part of the county executive branch, funded through Decatur County government appropriations.

The agency delivers its services through a set of internally operated programs and externally integrated technology platforms. Inmate management is supported by JailATM.com for funds, commissary, and mail processing, ICSolutions.com for prepaid telephone time, and Southern Software for the public inmate booking search portal. Bonding services accept cash, professional bondsman, and property bonds, with a state-mandated $20 fee per bond plus a 3.5% card convenience charge. Sex offender registry operations are conducted through Sheriffalerts.com with state-level data submission to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation under O.C.G.A. 42-1-12. A Victim Services Resource Center aggregates referral partnerships with domestic violence shelters (Halcyon Home, Liberty House), legal aid providers (Georgia Legal Aid), statewide advocacy groups (GCADV), and county social services (Decatur County DFCS).

The business model is predominantly government-funded through county tax appropriations, supplemented by transactional fee revenue from inmate services. Fee-bearing revenue streams include $20 bond processing fees, $0.50 inmate email charges, commissary markups, and prepaid telephone commissions via ICSolutions. Pricing is mandated by state policy rather than commercially set, and the agency does not engage in product pricing, customer acquisition, or revenue optimization in the conventional commercial sense. Public communications are conducted through the official website (decaturso.com) and a Facebook page.

Name

Decatur County Sheriff's Dept

Legal name

Decatur County Sheriff's Office

Website

https://decaturso.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Decatur County Sheriff's Office is a government law enforcement agency serving Decatur County, Georgia, providing policing, jail operations, inmate management, sex offender registry, and victim services to county residents across 623 square miles.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Law Enforcement Services

NAICS

Police Protection (92212), Correctional Institutions (92214)

SIC

Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services (7381)

akta.pro primary industry

Police Services (Patrol, Response & Community Policing) (BPAIAGAA)

Keywords

• Law enforcement services
• County jail operations
• Inmate management
• Sex offender registry
• Victim services referrals

Headquarters

HQ city

Bainbridge

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Government Funding (Tax Revenue): Primary revenue source through county tax funding allocated for law enforcement services and operations.
2. Bond Processing Fees: State-mandated $20 fee charged for every bond written by the jail. Fee can be paid with debit/credit card with additional 3.5% convenience charge. Non-refundable fee.
3. Inmate Services (Commissary, Phone, Email): Revenue from inmate commissary orders, prepaid telephone time purchases via ICSolutions.com, and electronic mail services (50 cents per email). Orders processed through JailATM.com platform.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

The Decatur County Sheriff's Office provides public safety and law enforcement services to citizens of Decatur County, Georgia. Core operations include patrol and criminal enforcement, jail operations (booking, detention, bonding, inmate funds and commissary management, inmate communication), sex offender registration and community notification, and coordination of victim support services such as domestic violence hotlines and legal aid referrals.

Product overview

Decatur County Sheriff's Office provides law enforcement services to Decatur County, Georgia, including jail operations, inmate management, sex offender registry, and community victim services. The department operates multiple integrated service modules: inmate booking search (via Southern Software), inmate funds management and commissary (via JailATM.com), inmate communication systems (email and telephone via ICSolutions.com), inmate bonding procedures, sex offender registry and community awareness (via Sheriffalerts.com), and a victim services resource directory. These services are primarily accessed through the department's website and a central jail facility located at 912 Spring Creek Road, Bainbridge, GA.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Inmate Booking Search

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Halcyon Home for Battered Women, Inc.minorOthersVictim services referral partner providing domestic violence support and shelter services. Located in Thomasville, GA. Crisis/Support Line available 24/7 at 229-226-6666 or 800-284-9980.
• Liberty HouseminorOthersVictim services referral partner providing domestic violence support. Located in Albany, GA. Contact: 229-439-7065.
• Georgia Legal AidminorOthersLegal assistance referral partner for victims needing legal aid services. Contact: 800-735-4271.
• Georgia Coalition Against Domestic ViolenceminorOthersStatewide coalition partner providing resources and advocacy for domestic violence victims.
• Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI)coreTechnology or IntegrationState-level law enforcement partnership for sex offender registry data management. Decatur County Sheriff's Office submits sex offender registration data to GBI as required by O.C.G.A. 42-1-12. GBI maintains the state sex offender registry repository.
• JailATM.comcoreTechnology or IntegrationThird-party technology platform for inmate funds management, commissary ordering, and mail processing. Handles electronic deposits, commissary gift packs, and scans inmate personal mail at central facility in Atlanta.
• ICSolutions.comcoreTechnology or IntegrationThird-party platform for inmate telephone services. Handles prepaid telephone time purchases for inmates. Contact: 1-888-506-8407.
• Decatur County Division of Family and Children ServicesminorOthersCounty-level social services partner. Location: 505 S. Wheat Avenue, Bainbridge, GA. Contact: 229-248-2420.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Others

• ICSolutions: Others — prepaid inmate telephone platform partner of Decatur County; a widely deployed inmate communications vendor across U.S. county jails and an enabling ecosystem participant.
• JailATM: Others — third-party inmate commissary, funds, and mail-processing platform integrated by Decatur County; comparable technology vendors serve as adjacent/ecosystem participants across U.S. county jails.
• Watch Systems (OffenderWatch): Others — sex offender registry and community notification software provider integrated by Decatur County via Sheriffalerts.com; comparable vendors serve most U.S. county sheriff's offices.

Direct peers

• Fulton County Sheriff's Office: Direct peer — another Georgia county sheriff's office providing identical statutory law enforcement, jail operations, sex offender registry, and inmate services functions under the same state legal framework.
• Chatham County Sheriff's Office: Direct peer — Georgia coastal county sheriff performing patrol, jail operations, and inmate-facing services under the same statutory authority and state oversight as Decatur County.
• Lowndes County Sheriff's Office: Direct peer — South Georgia county sheriff with similar rural geographic scale, jail operations, and inmate-services revenue model under the same statutory framework.
• Thomas County Sheriff's Office: Direct peer — neighboring Southwest Georgia sheriff's office with comparable rural jurisdiction size, jail, and victim services scope.
• Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office: Direct peer — large Georgia county sheriff's office operating patrol, jail, inmate services, and sex offender registry programs with comparable third-party technology integrations (JailATM/ICSolutions).

Broad incumbents

• CoreCivic: Broad incumbent — major private corrections operator that competes for jail/correctional services contracts and provides a benchmark for fee-based inmate-services revenue models at scale.
• GEO Group: Broad incumbent — large private corrections and community-based services operator with overlapping inmate welfare, monitoring, and rehabilitation offerings adjacent to sheriff's office functions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Decatur-County-Sheriffs-Office-Georgia-151739828180168
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/decatur-county-sheriff's-dept

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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