GDC - Bleckley Probation Detention Center (PDC)

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GDC – Bleckley Probation Detention Center (PDC) basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 478-934-3303

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at Bleckley PDC located at 179 Jac Arts Rd in Cochran, GA are placed according to their custody level (determined by a number of factors including the past criminal history and the length of their sentence). There are ample educational and vocational training programs for all inmates, especially ones that show a willingness to learn new things that will prepare them for a better life when they are released. The mission is to promote and prepare the offender to leave in better shape than when they arrived, giving them the best chance to never come back and thus lower the state's recidivism rate.

Bleckley Probation Detention Center (PDC) is a minimum security facility for confining probationers up to 180 days. Offenders may be sent directly to the center as a sentencing option or if they prove unable to fulfill their probation obligations in the community, may be sent to the detention center as a result of a revocation proceeding. There are seven PDCs currently in operation with a total of 2,300 beds. Two of the centers house female probationers, totaling 470 beds.

PDCs provide a sanctioning option for probationers who require more security or supervision but may not qualify for a boot camp. The centers are highly structured, with regimented schedules that include supervised, unpaid work in surrounding communities and programming geared toward making them more successful in the community.

There are three facilities that house probationers with severe substance abuse problems. Two facilities serve male offenders with a capacity of 592 beds, and one facility provides services for female offenders with a capacity of 198 beds. The program for all three facilities offers advanced cognitive-behavioral substance abuse treatment with a complete mental health component.

MISSION

To provide care, custody, and control of probationers that is consistent with the risk presented by the probationer and within acceptable standards for a facility.

OVERVIEW

A sentencing alternative to jail or prison
Seven male facilities and two female facility
Highly structured minimum security facility with regimented schedules that include supervised, unpaid work in surrounding communities
Military-style discipline is emphasized
May be used as a direct sentencing option or a revocation/ Probation Options Management sanction
Associated with the facility side of the Department in terms of care, custody, food service and medical needs

CHARACTERISTICS

Short-term programs with a designed length of 60-180 days
Average stay (if no behavior issues) is 90 days
Probationers required to work on a detail (inside or outside)
May receive credit for time served while awaiting on bed space for PDC in the county jail if Judge/Hearing Officers states specifically on the court order.
Probationers are transported to each facility by the local sheriff’s office

ELEMENTS

All probationers are required to be on work detail (inside or outside) five days per week.
- Work detail within the facility: food service, horticulture, auto-body, building grounds maintenance, janitorial, laundry, utilities, maintenance and sanitation duties

Community work details: Under supervision, low-security offenders build, refurbish and maintain prison and civic buildings, perform road work, clean public buildings and schools and work at recycling centers and landfills• Programming varies from minimal education improvement to a broader spectrum of evidence-based treatment programs depending on the facility’s resources and court-ordered requirements to include:
- Motivation for Change
- Substance abuse counseling-primarily AA/NA
- Life Skills
- Job Readiness
- Group Counseling
- Personal Health
- GED/Adult Basic Education

visitation Info

GDC – Bleckley Probation Detention Center (PDC) – Visitation

VISITATION DAYS / HOURS:

HOURS: 9:00AM TO 3:00PM

DAYS: Alternated Visitation Days (Saturday M-Z; Sundays A-L);

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