List of Georgia Department of Corrections facilities


The Georgia Department of Corrections operates prisons, transitional centers, probation detention centers, and substance use disorder treatment facilities. In addition, state inmates are also housed at private and county correctional facilities.

Transitional centers

NameLocationSecurity levelCapacityType of offenders
Arrendale Transitional CenterAltoMinimum112Adult females
Atlanta Transitional CenterAtlantaMinimum277Adult males
Augusta Transitional CenterAugustaMinimum230Adult males
Bacon Transitional CenterAlmaMinimum284Adult males
Charles D. Hudson Transitional CenterLaGrangeMinimum157Adult males
Clayton Transitional CenterForest ParkMinimum379Adult males
Columbus Transitional CenterColumbusMinimum140Adult males
Macon Transitional CenterMaconMinimum156Adult males
Metro Transitional CenterAtlantaMinimum234Adult females
Phillips Transitional CenterBufordMinimum197Adult males
Smith Transitional CenterClaxtonMinimum213Adult males
Valdosta Transitional CenterValdostaMinimum164Adult males

Reentry facilities

NameLocationSecurity levelCapacityType of offenders
Metro Reentry FacilityAtlantaMediumAdult males

Probation facilities

NameLocationCapacityType of offenders
Bainbridge Probation Substance Abuse Treatment CenterBainbridge392Adult males
Bleckley Residential Substance Abuse Treatment CenterCochran208Adult females
Colwell Probation Detention CenterBlairsville271Adult males
Emanuel Probation Detention CenterTwin City369Adult males
McEver Probation Detention CenterPerry235Adult males
Patten Probation Detention CenterLakeland252Adult males
Paulding Probation Detention CenterDallas244Adult males
Treutlen Probation Detention CenterSoperton295Adult males
Women's Probation Detention CenterClaxton236Adult females

Substance use disorder facilities

NameLocationCapacityType of offenders
Appling Integrated Treatment FacilityBaxley206Adult males
Northwest Residential Substance Abuse Treatment CenterRock Spring200Adult males
Turner Residential Substance Abuse Treatment CenterSycamore204Adult males
West Central Integrated Treatment FacilityZebulon171Adult females

Private facilities

NameLocationSecurity levelCapacityType of offenders
Coffee Correctional FacilityNichollsMedium2628Adult males
Jenkins Correctional FacilityMillenMedium1150Adult males
Riverbend Correctional FacilityMilledgevilleMedium1500Adult males
Wheeler Correctional FacilityAlamoMedium2695Adult males

County facilities

NameLocationSecurity levelCapacityType of offenders
Athens-Clarke County Correctional InstitutionAthensMedium112Adult males
Bulloch County Correctional InstitutionStatesboroMedium160Adult males
Carroll County Correctional InstituteCarrolltonMedium246Adult males
Clayton County PrisonLovejoyMedium242Adult males
Colquitt County PrisonMoultrieMedium190Adult males
Coweta County PrisonNewnanMedium232Adult males
Decatur County PrisonBainbridgeMinimum135Adult males
Effingham County PrisonSpringfieldMedium192Adult males
Floyd County PrisonRomeMedium424Adult males
Gwinnett County PrisonLawrencevilleMinimum158Adult males
Hall County Correctional InstitutionGainesvilleMedium200Adult males
Harris County PrisonHamiltonMedium150Adult males
Jackson County Correctional InstitutionJeffersonMedium150Adult males
Jefferson County Correctional InstituteLouisvilleMedium140Adult males
Mitchell County Correctional InstituteCamillaMedium135Adult males
Muscogee County PrisonColumbusMedium576Adult males
Richmond County Correctional InstitutionAugustaMedium230Adult males
Screven County PrisonSylvaniaMedium148Adult males
Spalding County Correctional InstitutionGriffinMedium384Adult males
Sumter County Correctional InstituteAmericusMedium350Adult males
Terrell County Correctional InstituteDawsonMedium140Adult males

Closed facilities (partial list)

NameYear closed
Bostick State Prison2010
Georgia State Prison2022
Homerville State Prison2009
Men's State Prison2011
Metro State Prison2011
Milan State Prison2008
Rivers State Prison2008
Scott State Prison2009
Thomas County Prison2017
Troup County Correctional Institution2017
Wayne State Prison2008

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