GDC - Burruss Correctional Training Center

State Prison
Georgia
PO Box 5849, Forsyth, GA 30458
478-994-7511
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GDC – Burruss Correctional Training Center basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 478-994-7511

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at GDC – Burruss Correctional Training Center located at 1000 Indian Springs Dr
in Forsyth, 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.

Burruss Correctional Training Center is a medium-security facility that houses about 800 adult male inmates under the supervision of the GDC. Inmates are incarcerated in four separate buildings, each building has four units, each unit is made up of 50 cells that have two tiers of double bunks and inmates are usually housed two per cell. This facility also houses a Fire Station and a Diagnostic Unit for youth offenders.

Inmates can have various work duties, including working in conjunction with the Georgia Department of Forestry, public safety, transportation, natural resources, and the national guard armory. Inmates offer supervised support services within these departments.

Inmates can also take educational courses that include an adult basic education, earn their GED, learn to read, and take correspondence courses. Vocational skills taught at this facility include veterinary assistant through the guide dog program, forklift driver, culinary arts, horticulture, barbering, warehouse management and custodial work.

MISSION – Ensure public safety and effectively house offenders while operating a safe and secure facility. Provide work and rehabilitation programs for 650 General Population offenders. Operate a 100-bed Probation Boot Camp. Provide offender labor for maintenance and operation of the Georgia Public Safety Training Center (GPSTC). Provide support for the Tift Campus, to include Mobile Construction Services. Housing capacity for 94 offenders sentenced as adults between 14 -16 years of age and At-Risk Youth Offenders between 17 -21 years of age. Host facility for the West Central Integrated Treatment Facility.

PROGRAMS:

Academic: General Education Diploma, Adult Basic Education, Literacy, Correspondence Courses, Title I and Special Education, Bartlett Reading, English As A Second Language
Counseling: Family Violence, Motivation for Change, Re-Entry, Thinking for a Change, Moral Reconation Therapy
Recreational: General Recreation, Wellness Walk
Religious Activities: Various Worship Services, Bible Study, Confronting Self Concepts, Heads Up, Kairos Reunion, Specialized Dorm "New Beginnings"
Vocational/OJT: Custodial, Food Preparation, Horticulture, Customer Service, Teacher Aides, Veterinarian Assistant (Guide Dog Program), Warehouse Management, Forklift Driver, Barbering, Food Service Preparation & Cooks

visitation Info

GDC – Burruss Correctional Training Center – Visitation

VISITATION DAYS / HOURS:

HOURS: 9:00 AM TO 3:00 PM

Saturdays, Sundays and all State Holidays