Facilities · Jail
Columbia County Jail
Appling, Columbia County, Georgia · capacity 338
Also reported as Columbia County Detention Center; Columbia County detention center; jail at Appling.
8 deaths are recorded here, from 1904 to 2026; all by name.
- undetermined 4
- suicide 3
- lynching 1
The people
- Dustin Michael Newton March 20, 2026
- Caroline Smith July 13, 2025
- Erik Adam Bodie February 24, 2023
- Brandon Joyner February 10, 2023
- Broderick Anthony Lovette July 13, 2022
- John Scott Sharkey December 24, 2020
- Curtis Leroy Hammond September 25, 2019
- Charley Cummings May 15, 1904
History and conditions
Research on this facility’s history, oversight and conditions is coming.