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HAYS STATE PRISON
MAILING ADDRESS:
P.O. Box 668
777 Underwood Road
Trion, GA 30753
FAX: (706) 857-0624
POPULATION: ADULT MALE FELONS
CONSTRUCTED: 1989
CAPACITY: 1,101
OPENED: 1990
SECURITY LEVEL: CLOSE
GENERAL POPULATION VISITATION DAYS / HOURS:
HOURS: 9:00AM TO 3:00PM
DAYS: Saturdays, Sundays, and State Holidays
TIER I/II & STEP DOWN VISITATION DAYS / HOURS:
HOURS: 9:00AM TO 3:00PM
DAYS: WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY (BY APPOINTMENT ONLY)
CALL 706-857-0400
MISSION:
Close security facility serving the Department through housing and managing some of the state's most challenging offenders. Provides offender population with a variety of structured programs intended to minimize recidivism and initiate an effective re-entry program. Houses a Faith & Character based dormitory and serves as the host facility for the Paulding Residential Substance Abuse Treatment. This is a Tier I, II & STEP Down facility.
HOUSING:
Hays State Prison is comprised of 7 general population dorms, consisting of 64 beds per dorm for a total of 448 beds. One Fast Track building housing 256. There are six Tier II dorms consisting of 218 beds and 3 Tier I dorms with 160 beds. The outside fire station has 10 beds and the infirmary has 9 beds. We also house approximately 750 level II mental health offenders throughout the institution. This facility also houses a C.E.R.T. Team, a Tactical Squad and a Canine Unit.
- OPEN DORMITORY
- SINGLE CELLS
- FAITH/CHARACTER DORMS
WORK DETAILS:
Hays does not have any outside details. There is a GCIC Optics and Aramark Food Service that are supported by offender labor.
PROGRAMS:
- Academic: General Education Diploma, Adult Basic Education, Literacy
- Counseling: Family Violence, Moral Reconation Therapy, Motivation for Change, Thinking for a Change, Career Center, Behavior Stabilization, Re-Entry, Matrix, Anger Management
- Recreation: General Recreation, Intramural Sports
- Religious Activities: Various Worship Services, Kairos, Faith/Character based dorm
- Vocational/OJT: General Office, Laundry, Warehouse, Barbershop, Grounds-keeping, Optics, Food Service, Building Maintenance, Custodial Maintenance, In 2 Work (Food Service)
