Lee County Jail Overview
The Lee County Criminal Justice Center, often shortened to CJC, is operated by the Lee County Sheriff's Office under Sheriff Reggie Rachals. County research identifies it as the primary local detention facility, while a separate Georgia Department of Corrections listing calls the same local jail "Lee County Jail." County sources use the Criminal Justice Center name, and that name fits the facility's role in local custody, booking, bond, court transport, and sheriff records.
The facility holds people charged with criminal offenses while they wait for court, people sentenced for certain misdemeanors of one year or less, and people already sentenced but waiting for state or federal transfer. That mix matters when searching records. A person arrested in Leesburg, Smithville, Leslie, or another local agency may first appear in the county confinement feed. A person who has already moved into Georgia Department of Corrections custody belongs in the state locator instead.
The county sheriff page is the source for the official facility role and capacity. The public records path is also local: sheriff records, arrest records, and police reports are routed to the Sheriff's Office and its GovQA records portal rather than to the courthouse clerk.
The Lee County Sheriff's Office page shows the Criminal Justice Center and links the public Citizen Connect service.
That official sheriff page is the source for the CJC's local jail role, its stated bed count, and the route into the public confinement tools.
Lee County CJC Capacity
Lee County's official sheriff page describes the Criminal Justice Center as a 109-bed facility. A session-backed inspection of Citizen Connect current confinements on June 4, 2026 returned 80 current inmates, which is a point-in-time roster count rather than an official average daily population. Research also found Vera trend figures for Lee County, but the Vera 2024 capacity field conflicts with the county's own 109-bed statement, so the local sheriff source is the safer facility capacity source.
Those two numbers should not be treated as a daily census report. The current confinement count can change as people are booked, released, bonded out, transferred, or moved to another custody system. The stronger use of the number is practical: it confirms that Citizen Connect can show a live jail population count when the public endpoint loads.
Search Lee County CJC Custody
The correct lookup for this county jail is Lee County Citizen Connect Inmate Confinements. The portal is hosted by Southern Software and is linked from the sheriff's official page. It covers current confinements, recent admits, date-range admits, charge searches, and arresting-agency searches. It is not the same as the Georgia Department of Corrections Offender Query, which is for sentenced state custody.
- Open the Citizen Connect Inmate Confinements portal and choose Current Confinements for the live Lee County jail roster.
- Use the last 24 hours, last 7 days, date range, charge, or arresting-agency paths when a current roster check is too narrow.
- Review the public card for the name, booked row, arresting agency, arrest date and time, bond total, charges, and any booking photo shown.
- If the person is not listed, call the Sheriff's Office or use the records request route before assuming the person is out of custody.
The official Inmate Confinements page is the matching roster image source from the manifest.
The roster screenshot matches the local search channel for the CJC and should not be used for Lee State Prison inmates.
Lee County CJC Contact
For custody confirmation, public records routing, jail questions, and family-service details that are not published online, use the Sheriff's Office contact points tied to the Criminal Justice Center. Research found three official phone references: the sheriff main number, the Citizen Connect or non-emergency portal number, and the GDC county jail listing number. County sources should control when a conflict appears.
Lee County Criminal Justice Center
119 Pinewood Road
Leesburg, GA 31763
(229) 759-3334
Public office hours shown by county source: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-5:00 pm
Sheriff public records may also be submitted through the Lee County Sheriff GovQA Public Records Portal. The county open-records page routes sheriff records, arrest records, and police reports to the Sheriff's Office at Pinewood Road and PO Box 610.
Lee County CJC Visits
Official Lee County sources located for this build did not publish a jail visitation schedule, video visitation vendor, dress code, visitor ID rule, child visitor rule, or holiday schedule. That gap should be treated as a real records finding, not filled with rules from third-party jail pages. Call the CJC before traveling or sending a visitor to the lobby.
| Visit Type | Schedule | Source / Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Social in-person | Not located in official sources | Call the CJC before arrival. |
| Video visitation | Not located in official sources | No official Lee County vendor was located. |
| Attorney | Not located in official sources | Confirm directly with the jail or court. |
| Holiday or emergency changes | Not located in official sources | Check sheriff, Citizen Connect, or phone before travel. |
Note: Visitor schedules and service vendors were not found in official Lee County sources, so phone confirmation is required before a visit.
Lee County Jail Mail and Money
The research located a strong custody-search channel but did not locate official jail mail, phone, commissary, or deposit rules for Lee County CJC. Do not send cash, books, packages, photos, or money orders until the jail confirms the current rules. Use the inmate's full name and, if known, booking date or arresting agency when calling about family services.
| Service | Official Lee County Detail Located? | Practical Status |
|---|---|---|
| Mail address format | No | Confirm format with the jail before mailing. |
| Books or packages | No | No official package rule was located. |
| Money deposit vendor | No | No official kiosk, web, or phone deposit vendor was located. |
| Commissary limits | No | No official limit schedule was located. |
| Phone or video pricing | No | No official pricing source was located. |
Lee County CJC Booking
Lee County did not publish a step-by-step booking manual in the official sources found. The confirmed record output is the public Citizen Connect card. A booking or confinement card can show the person's name, a booking photo when available, age with race and sex codes, booked row, arresting agency, arrest date and time, bond total, and one or more charge entries.
The arresting-agency dropdown is locally useful. Captured options included Lee County, Leesburg Police Department, Smithville Police Department, Leslie Police Department, Georgia State Patrol, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Department of Corrections, probation or parole, surrounding sheriff offices, and US Prisoner Transport. That means a person may appear in the Lee County jail roster even when the arresting agency is not the Lee County Sheriff's Office.
Lee County Jail Directions
The Criminal Justice Center is on Pinewood Road in Leesburg near Lee State Prison. GDC's driving directions for the Pinewood Road correctional corridor say that after turning from U.S. Highway 19 onto Pinewood Road, Lee State Prison is just past the Lee County Jail on the left. For jail visitors, that means the county jail is reached before the prison.
Do not route to the courthouse for jail business. Superior Court is at 100 Leslie Highway and Magistrate Court is at 104 A Leslie Highway, while the sheriff and CJC are at 119 Pinewood Road. Court records and custody records often connect after an arrest, but the offices are not in the same building.
Note: Confirm custody, visit approval, and lobby access with the facility before going to Pinewood Road.