Atlanta City Detention Center Inmate Lookup

Atlanta City Detention Center Overview

Atlanta City Detention Center, often shortened to ACDC, is operated by the City of Atlanta Department of Corrections at 254 Peachtree Street SW. Its placement in Fulton County can confuse inmate searches because the facility is municipal, while many people looking for it are trying to find a person arrested in Fulton County. City materials describe the center as a detention facility with an original 1,100-bed design and later 1,300-bed build-out. The research also cites city and council materials showing ACDC has been used to house Fulton County adult detainees under local agreements.

ACDC must be described in three separate lanes. First, city operations belong to Atlanta DOC, which handles facility-level contact questions. Second, Fulton detainees housed there under city-county arrangements may still require Fulton sheriff custody channels, especially the Fulton sheriff/Tyler jail records path and Fulton jail phone or open-records fallbacks. Third, federal detainees housed through U.S. Marshals arrangements or immigration-related custody do not become county jail records; they may require BOP, ICE, U.S. Marshals, or federal court channels depending on status.

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Atlanta City Detention Center Capacity and Population

City source material describes ACDC's capacity at about 1,300 people, with an original 1,100-bed build-out later expanded to 1,300. DOJ/Fulton materials reported that Fulton housed 388 people at ACDC as of March 2024. Those 388 people were not the entire ACDC population; they were Fulton detainees housed there as part of Fulton population management. The facility has therefore mattered to Fulton County inmate population reporting even though it is not operated by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office.

Because ACDC can involve city, county, and federal agreements, a population number alone does not identify the correct lookup system. A Fulton pretrial detainee may be found through Fulton channels. A federal detainee may need BOP, ICE, or U.S. Marshals routing. A city operations question should go to Atlanta DOC contact lines.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Atlanta City Detention Center

Start by identifying why the person may be at ACDC. If the arrest began as a Fulton County jail matter and the person was housed at ACDC under a Fulton agreement, use the Fulton Sheriff's inmate-search page and the Tyler/Odyssey Fulton jail records portal. Fulton says its database updates once per day and is not guaranteed for completeness, so phone and open-records fallbacks remain important. If the person is in federal custody, use the BOP Inmate Locator for BOP custody or the ICE Online Detainee Locator System for ICE custody or CBP custody over 48 hours.

1. Determine whether the person is a Fulton detainee, city detainee, federal detainee, or immigration detainee.
2. For Fulton detainees, search Fulton sheriff/Tyler jail records by name or booking number.
3. For city facility questions, call the City of Atlanta Department of Corrections contacts listed for ACDC.
4. For federal or immigration custody, search BOP by register number or name, and ICE by A-number or exact biographical information.

If a person is not found in one system, check the next custody lane instead of assuming release. Atlanta's local detention landscape includes Fulton County Jail, ACDC, GDC facilities, FCI Atlanta, BOP records, and ICE records within the same city or county area.

Atlanta City Detention Center Address and Contact

Use the Atlanta DOC numbers for ACDC facility questions. Use Fulton sheriff phone and records channels for Fulton detainee booking, bond, or open-records questions. Use federal or immigration locators and agency contacts when the person is not held under Fulton county jail authority.

Visiting Someone at Atlanta City Detention Center

The research does not provide the same detailed ACDC visitor schedule that Fulton publishes for county jail video visitation, so do not apply Rice Street schedule details blindly to ACDC. Call Atlanta DOC before traveling, and ask whether the person is visit-eligible, what identification is required, whether the visit is in-person or video, and whether the person's legal status changes the visit process. For Fulton detainees temporarily housed at ACDC, Fulton custody status can also affect whether bond, court, and release timing are being handled through Fulton jail and court channels.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Atlanta City Detention Center

Do not use Fulton County Jail money rules automatically for ACDC unless Atlanta DOC or Fulton confirms the person is a Fulton detainee under a specific process. ACDC is not the Rice Street Main Jail, and the research does not provide ACDC-specific commissary or deposit fees. For a Fulton detainee housed at ACDC, start by confirming the person's current booking and facility location with Fulton and ACDC. For federal detainees, use federal agency instructions. For ICE detainees, follow ICE facility and legal visit routing when applicable.

Booking and Intake at Atlanta City Detention Center

ACDC intake and housing depend on the custody lane. A person arrested and booked into Fulton County jail custody may first be transported to Rice Street for property intake, medical screening, fingerprinting, photographing, warrant checks, and first appearance before transfer or housing elsewhere. A city detainee follows City of Atlanta Department of Corrections processes. A federal detainee held under an intergovernmental agreement follows federal custody authority, and ICE detainees use immigration custody rules and locators. This is why the lookup page for ACDC should never promise one roster for all detainees.

About Atlanta City Detention Center

ACDC sits at the intersection of local government, county population management, and federal detention. It has been part of Fulton County's inmate-population story because Fulton used the city facility to house adult detainees while managing Rice Street crowding and jail conditions. It is also relevant to federal detention because the U.S. Marshals intergovernmental agreement documents federal detainee housing with Atlanta DOC. The practical takeaway is direct: search Fulton for Fulton detainees, contact Atlanta DOC for city facility questions, and use BOP or ICE for federal or immigration custody.