The Detention Center
Houston County Detention Center
- Operated byHouston County Sheriff's Office
- Jail address200 Carl Vinson Parkway, Warner Robins, GA 31088 (sheriff page lists 202 Carl Vinson Parkway)
- Capacity665 inmates
- Opened2002
- Medical24-hour medical unit; mental health services via Correct Health
- Video visitationPayTel, $0.30 per minute
- Budget FY2026Jail Operations $18,946,840; Sheriff $15,861,834 (Budget in Brief)
- Jail AdministratorMajor Brian Blanton, Jail Administrator
Source: Houston County — Detention Center page · checked 2026-09-29
Transparency rating
4/10Partial- ✓The jail is named
- ✗Who is in custody — not published
- ✓Beds and daily population
- ✓What it costs taxpayers
- ✗Deaths in custody — not published
- ✗PREA audits — not published
- ✗Independent inspection — not published
- ✗Who else it holds, and for how much — not published
- ✗How to post bond — not published
- ✓Phone, video and commissary rates
The Building
You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.
- Year built2002 (opened)
- Original costNot found
- Paid for byNot found
- Beds665 (capacity)
Since then
- Not found
The Sheriff
Sheriff Matthew Moulton
- Runs the jailYes — the Sheriff's Office runs the Houston County Detention Center
- How the office is filledElected, four-year term
- Directory leadListed as Matt Moulton in the Georgia Sheriffs' Association 2026 Directory
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Houston County — Sheriff page · checked 2026-09-29
The Judges
Georgia's superior court judges are elected state judges who hear felony cases. For most charges a county magistrate sets bail soon after arrest; for the most serious felonies only a superior court judge can.
Who sets bail in Houston County
- Superior Court: the Houston Judicial Circuit, which serves Houston County alone. Superior court judges are elected circuit-wide in nonpartisan elections to four-year terms and hear felony cases; for the most serious felonies only a superior court judge can set bail.
- Magistrate Court: the Houston County Magistrate Court. For most charges a magistrate sets bail soon after arrest.
- The county's bond schedule
- Share of the jail population held pretrial
- Median time from booking to first appearance
Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-09-29
The Board of Commissioners
They pay for the jail. The sheriff runs it.
- What they controlThe county budget that funds the sheriff's office and the jail, and the jail building itself. Some small counties have a sole commissioner; consolidated governments such as Athens-Clarke, Augusta-Richmond, Columbus and Macon-Bibb have a commission instead.
- What they don'tDay-to-day operations. By law the sheriff is the jailer of the county and appoints the other jailers, subject to the governing authority's supervision (O.C.G.A. 42-4-1). No state agency inspects the jail.
- The boardHouston County Board of Commissioners →
- Where the jail money is decidedAgendas and minutes →
Notes on the record
- County site houstoncountyga.gov opened and confirmed Houston County, Georgia; county history page gives Perry as county seat.
- County Sheriff page names "Matthew Moulton, Sheriff" (directory lead: Matt Moulton).
- Detention Center page names the facility, capacity 665, opened 2002, the Jail Administrator and Assistant Jail Administrator, and a video-visit cost of $0.30 per minute via PayTel.
- FY2026 Budget in Brief shows Jail Operations and Sheriff lines; budgets and audits are posted back to FY2016.
- Inmate search on houston-so-ga.zuercherportal.com (vendor portal) was refused by our reader, so roster is scored no.
- No bond guidance found on the detention, warrants/records or magistrate court pages. No PREA, deaths, inspection or contract material found.
- Board of Commissioners minutes posted through September 9, 2026. No search used.
- State inspection/oversight: Georgia law makes the sheriff the county's jailer. The Georgia Sheriffs' Association, an association of the state's sheriffs rather than a state agency, publishes jail standards and a statewide monthly jail report.
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Houston County and what it costs the people who live here. Nationally, almost 77% of the people who died in local jails in 2019 had not been convicted of anything, and suicide was the leading single cause of those deaths (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Mortality in Local Jails, 2000–2019).
How much is your sheriff — and your judge — costing you?
Your VOTE is POWERFUL.
The sheriff is elected. So are the commissioners who pay for the jail, and the judges who set bail.
Names verified 2026-09-29 · dollars and outcomes still being gathered