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Gallia County Jail Overview

The Gallia County Sheriff's Office jail page identifies the Gallia County Jail as the county's only full-service jail. The Corrections Division operates the facility for adult local custody under the sheriff's jurisdiction. That matters for an inmate lookup because official facility sources do not identify a separate county annex, city jail, work-release building, Ohio prison, federal prison, or ICE detention center in Gallia County. The jail roster is the main public record source for people held in local custody after arrest, court commitment, probation violation, or short local sentence.

Gallia County Jail holds adults arrested by the Gallia County Sheriff's Office, Gallipolis Police Department, Gallipolis Municipal Court processes, and other local or nearby agencies when the roster reflects that custody. The public roster also can show municipal cases, common-pleas cases, probation violations, people with local bail amounts, and occasional court or inter-county holds. A roster entry is a custody record, not the final court record. Formal charges and case outcomes must be checked with the court listed on the roster.

The sheriff's official jail page is shown in this screenshot from the Gallia County Jail source page.

The page is useful because it places the roster, visitation, mail, commissary, property, staff, and safety information under the same sheriff-operated jail source.

Gallia County Jail Contact

Use the jail phone for urgent custody, bond, transport, release, or visitation questions. Use the sheriff administrative office for broader office business, public-record routing, and non-jail matters. Sheriff Matt Champlin is the elected sheriff. The jail page lists Lt. Seth Argabright as jail administrator and Randall Johnson as facility manager, with records support from April Montgomery and Breanna Wolford.

Gallia County Jail Population

The new Gallia County Jail is documented as a 120-bed facility, replacing a much smaller jail that had roughly 21 to 22 general housing beds. The inspected roster snapshot showed 16 people listed on a JDS roster run dated 06/07/2026, with 15 male entries, 1 female entry, and 0 other. Treat that as a current roster count at the time inspected, not an annual average daily population. Official current rated capacity should still be verified against the latest ODRC Bureau of Adult Detention inspection when that inspection is available.

The capacity change is central to Gallia County Jail history. The old facility was small, and older inspection material showed a 2019 average daily population above the old general housing capacity. The new jail created a larger downtown facility near the courthouse and sheriff campus. A single JDS roster count should not be used to claim the jail is usually full, usually empty, or over capacity.

Gallia County Jail Roster Lookup

Current local custody starts with the sheriff's inmate-search bridge page. That page links to the JDS Gallia County current inmate roster. The roster is free, public, and does not require a login. It is not a deep archive and does not show every detail in the jail file. It is best for checking current jail custody, book date, charges, court, current disposition, total bail, attorney field, arresting agency, release-date field, and the roster count table.

1. Open the sheriff inmate-search bridge, then choose the current-inmates link to reach the JDS roster.
2. Review the roster run date and time before relying on the custody status.
3. Use browser find for a last name because the captured roster was a generated list, not a search box.
4. Check the court, charge, current disposition, total bail, book date, arresting agency, and release-date field for the entry.
5. Call the jail when release, bond, transport, or court timing must be confirmed the same day.

If a name is missing, the person may have been released, moved to another county, sentenced to ODRC, held by federal authorities, or placed in ICE custody. For a broader current and past record search path, the Gallia County inmate records page separates county jail, state prison, federal, and ICE lookup routes.

Gallia County Jail Visitation

Gallia County Jail uses non-contact video visitation through ICSolutions and The Visitor. Public sources describe all visits as 30 minutes. Visitors may schedule online or use the jail lobby registration computer. Onsite visits use terminals in the facility visitation center. Offsite visits use a home computer or mobile device with a camera, and the ICS Mobile app is for video visits only. It is not a Gallia County inmate roster app.

Verify custody before paying for a remote visit. A person who was released, transferred, or moved to court may not be available even if an older roster entry is still visible.

Gallia County Jail Mail

Gallia County Jail uses a scan-and-view mail process. Address paper mail to the inmate by name, care of Gallia County Jail, at the jail address. Incoming U.S. Mail is opened, digitally scanned, and the original documents are placed in the inmate's personal property for pickup at release. Inmates view scanned mail on housing-area kiosks. Electronic mail is also available through jailfunds.com for a per-email fee.

Gallia County Jail Commissary

Commissary is handled through Stellar Services, and deposits can be made through the lobby kiosk or JailATM. The lobby kiosk is available 24/7 and accepts cash, credit cards, and debit cards. The sheriff page lists a $4 fee per kiosk deposit. The inmate handbook adds that commissary orders are placed from inmate phones in the housing cells using the PIN issued at booking.

Gallia County Jail Property

Property release is limited to weekdays. The researched jail rules state that inmate property may be released Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and must be picked up at Gallia County Jail. The inmate must authorize the release by signing the jail form provided by staff. Property questions are routed to Clerk April Montgomery at 740-208-2115.

• Property pickup is handled at the Gallia County Jail, not through the court clerk.
• The inmate must sign the release form before staff can release property.
• Approved drop-off property is limited to money, prescription medication, and legal documents.
• Medication must be handled through jail staff approval and should not be left without direction.

Gallia County Jail Booking

Booking begins after arrest or court commitment and includes legal intake, identity checks, search, property inventory, money handling, medical or mental-health screening, classification, and housing assignment. The inmate handbook says money is counted in the inmate's presence at booking and placed into a commissary account, with a receipt copy given to the inmate. A personal identification number is issued for commissary ordering and other phone-based functions.

Ohio jail standards require reception and release procedures, classification criteria, and records that identify the committing or transporting authority. In plain terms, classification means the jail reviews risk, needs, and custody issues before assigning housing. A new booking may not appear on the JDS roster at once. The roster run time is the best public timing clue, and urgent status questions should be checked by phone.

Gallia County Jail Medical

The inmate handbook describes reasonable and customary medical treatment by a physician or qualified medical person. Inmates can report illness in writing on Medical Request Forms, which are picked up daily. Sick call occurs at least weekly. Each inmate receives a physical within the 14th day of incarceration, and a person who needs special attention may be moved to an observation cell. Medication is distributed by a corrections deputy or jail nurse under jail rules.

The jail page also identifies Crisis Intervention Team and Mental Health First Aid training among corrections staff, plus a re-entry specialist in the support staff directory. Those details support crisis-response and reentry context, but they should not be read as a published treatment schedule. PREA procedures are also listed by the sheriff. PREA is the Prison Rape Elimination Act. The jail states zero tolerance for sexual abuse, with verbal, written, anonymous, toll-free voicemail, and staff-reporting routes.

Gallia County Jail Bond

Bond and court movement depend on the court listed in the roster. Gallipolis Municipal Court handles many misdemeanor and traffic matters, while Gallia County Common Pleas handles felony and common-pleas cases. Ohio's pretrial-release statute requires courts to use the least restrictive conditions that reasonably assure appearance, public safety, and non-obstruction of the process unless a detention order applies. The roster may show a total bail amount, but it does not always show bond type, payment method, or every hold.

The municipal bond schedule documented in the research excludes felonies, offenses of violence, and probation violations from pre-arraignment schedule release. Those cases are held until arraignment. Transport is local in many Gallia County cases because the jail, sheriff administrative office, municipal court, common pleas court, prosecutor, and clerk functions sit in the downtown Gallipolis justice corridor. Still, each office controls a different record, so a custody roster entry should be compared with the court docket before assuming the final charge status.

Gallia County Jail Directions

Gallia County Jail is in downtown Gallipolis near the courthouse and the sheriff's administrative office. Drivers from the U.S. 35 corridor should follow local routes toward downtown Gallipolis and the courthouse area, then navigate to Second Avenue. From the Ohio River side of town, approach the downtown street grid and use Second Avenue for the jail and sheriff complex. Rural Gallia County visitors should confirm final blocks by GPS because courthouse traffic, parking demand, and downtown street work can affect the easiest route.

The official jail page does not publish a visitor parking map, public transit route, or separate ADA entrance description. Call before traveling if accessible parking, evening lobby access, property pickup, or a video visit appointment could be affected by building access rules. Do not bring unapproved property to the jail; drop-off items are limited to money, prescription medication, and legal documents.