GA STATE PRISON

FAX: (912) 557-7241
POPULATION: ADULT MALE FELONS
CONSTRUCTED: 1937, CAPACITY:1530
OPENED:1937
SECURITY LEVEL: SPECIAL MISSION
RENOVATED: 1979

VISITATION DAYS / HOURS:

HOURS: 9:00AM TO 3:00PM
DAYS: Saturdays, Sundays, and State Holidays

MISSION:

Protect the public by maintaining custody of offenders, while providing academic and vocational education, mental health, specialized counseling programs, community details and work release transition to offenders.

CAPACITY:

General Population: 929

Supportive Living Unit: 39

Medical: 38

Suicide Prevention: 19

S.T.E.P: 37

Law Enforcement Protective Custody: 26

Segregation (Tier I and Tier II): 439

Fire Station: 10

Total Population: 1,537

HOUSING:

Consists of nine buildings containing four two-tiered cellblocks with single cells. Cellblocks are organized into a general population unit, special management units, MH/MR Units, and a 26 bed surgical unit. Offenders assigned to the Fire Team reside away from the main compound at the Fire station. This facility also houses a Special Management Unit (SMU), a C.E.R.T. Team, two Tactical Squads, a Canine Unit, and a Fire Station.

• SINGLE CELLS & DOUBLE BUNKS

WORK DETAILS:

GCI Details, Grounds Maintenance, Fire Station, Outside Maintenance, Mobile Construction, Kitchen detail, Inside Maintenance, Car Wash

PROGRAMS:

Georgia State Prison is committed to reducing recidivism through providing effective evidence based programming.

• Re-Entry Skills Building
• Motivation for Change
• Thinking for a Change
• Problem Solving
• Moral Reconation Therapy
• Matrix—Early Recovery Skills
• Matrix—Relapse Prevention
• Sex Offender Psycho-Educational Program

DIRECTIONS:

Take I-75S to Macon, then I-16 toward Savannah to exit 98, Stillmore/Aline Exit. Turn right onto Hwy 57 south to Reidsville. At first traffic light, turn right onto Hwy 280. Go approximately three blocks and bear left onto Hwy 147/178. Travel approximately seven miles and Georgia State Prison will be on your right.