County facilities, courts & family resources · Chattanooga, Tennessee
Jail information, court contacts and family resources for Hamilton County, Tennessee. The adult Jail & Detention Center is on Justice Way; juvenile custody and downtown courts are separate destinations.
County jail information
Hamilton County Sheriff's Office
The current adult detention destination is 601 Justice Way, Chattanooga, TN 37421. Juvenile custody is separately listed at 1600 East 3rd Street. Court, sheriff, supervision and jail destinations are not interchangeable.
Current custody facilities
Use the current operator and building name—not an older directory row—to choose the family-contact destination.
Hamilton County Jail & Detention Center
HCSO identifies this as the current adult detention facility. Use its own family guide for visits, mail and deposits; the old downtown Walnut Street jail is not the current visitor destination.
- Location
- 601 Justice Way, Chattanooga, TN 37421
- Current public phone
- (423) 209-7125
Sources: HCSO Corrections, HCSO current contact
Hamilton County Juvenile Detention Center
This is a separate juvenile facility. Adult HCSO video, mail, phone and deposit rules do not establish juvenile-family procedures; contact the youth facility directly.
- Location
- 1600 East Third Street, Chattanooga, TN 37404
- Court information
- (423) 209-5100
- Detention direct contact
- (423) 209-5158
Sources: Hamilton juvenile court, Hamilton directory
Family contact, mail and deposits
Adult video visits and phone
HCSO states adult personal visits are video-only. GettingOut handles remote video and phone funding; onsite Viapath terminals are free, while remote visits may carry a fee. The visitation office is listed as 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; call (423) 209-7086 for current approval and scheduling details.
Sources: HCSO Corrections, HCSO How Do I
Adult personal and legal mail
HCSO says adult personal mail is scanned offsite and should use the current Phoenix scanning block with the inmate name and six-digit SPN; legal mail remains physical at 601 Justice Way. Do not use the old Walnut or Silverdale addresses for ordinary personal mail.
Sources: HCSO Corrections, HCSO How Do I
Commissary and property
HCSO identifies CorrectPay for commissary deposits and a front-lobby kiosk; phone funding is separate. Property pickup requires an appointment at (423) 209-7042, and HCSO warns property may be held by another agency.
Sources: HCSO Corrections, HCSO How Do I
Courts, legal offices and supervision
These destinations are separately sourced; a jail address is not a courthouse or supervision office.
Criminal Court Clerk / bond destination
The Hamilton Criminal Court Clerk handles the court/bond destination described by HCSO. Confirm the exact courtroom and current payment instructions before travel.
- Address
- 102 Courts Building, 600 Market Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402
- Phone
- (423) 209-7500
- Hours
- Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sources: Hamilton Criminal Court, HCSO Corrections
District Attorney and Public Defender
These are legal offices, not jail entrances. Contact the office matching the case role.
- District Attorney
- 600 Market Street, Courts Building; (423) 209-7400
- Public Defender
- 720 Cherry Street; (423) 209-6771
Sources: Hamilton directory
TDOC District 30 supervision
TDOC identifies District 30 for Hamilton County. Confirm the assigned officer and reporting office; this is state supervision, not HCSO custody.
- Address
- 3602 Elwood Lane, Chattanooga, TN 37416
- Phone
- (423) 634-6333
Sources: TDOC District 30
Arrival & accessibility
Confirm the correct entrance
Ask the facility for current visitor parking, accessibility and check-in instructions before traveling. Court appointments downtown and visits at the Justice Way jail require separate directions.
This county guide is still being researched; it is not yet a complete inventory of all custody locations.
Sources: HCSO Corrections, Hamilton juvenile court
Sources & updates
Source review: 2026-09-07. Rules, hours and service availability can change.
Jail411 is independent of the facility. Confirm your appointment and current housing before traveling. External source and service links open in a new tab.
- Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Corrections Services (opens in a new tab)
- Hamilton County Sheriff's Office current homepage (opens in a new tab)
- HCSO mail, bond, visitation and property routes (opens in a new tab)
- Hamilton County: Juvenile Court and detention contact (opens in a new tab)
- Hamilton County Criminal Court (opens in a new tab)
- Hamilton County government directory (opens in a new tab)
- TDOC field-office directory (opens in a new tab)